Grid of Nine

Visual Thinking

A- Drawing for visual thinking and its communication level

Hand drawing is a natural and effective way of expressing and solving problems for all ages.

1. Describing an abstract word or personal problems by means of hand drawings can derive a hidden mental state from one’s personality.

2. Communication drawing – When delivering messages and understanding them how are they helpful and strong?

3. Keeping a drawing journal – This is private for those who draw and keep a drawing journal, but it can be opened to the public as the drawings can be accepted in different ways for others.

B- The visual form of letters
Unknown facts when we are trying to see letters visually.

1. Tracing to the origin of Chinese Glyphs letters.
Chinese letters carry meanings by each symbol.

2. Some combinations of letters with colors and typefaces give particular atmospheres in itself before being read.
(Haagen-Dazs has no meaning and this word is neither English nor any other lanuage, but it gives European mood)

3. The beauty of letter forms especially in strange language letters. When we try not to read letters but see them as purely visual form, we can discover unknown attractiveness in them.

C- Signs and marks conveying symbolic contents – Visual Information

Public Signs and Symbols in brand logos represent their contents effectively and efficiently without particular language.

1. Comparing and analyzing the origin of symbols in brands logos in certain fields and moreover their communication skills (Eg: Mercedes-Benz and BMW)

2. Brand logos and names convey imagery in their visuals.
(Eg: Comme des garcons logo)
Pleasure of making their stories with only a few shapes inspired by a particular logo shape.

3. Visual communication for symbols (logos) that have their own sounds – Correlation of sounds with logo shapes and it communication skills