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The apple logo is a good example of of a logo that is simple but recognizable as apple no matter how the colors change. The shape is always the same and doesn't require words to let the consumer know that it's obviously apple.

A sign gives a directional and informational representation visually, such as a stop sign. A symbol is more general and is just a representation of something, such as the symbol of a peace sign. Those two are interchangeable in a way like in a girl's bathroom sign is a representation of a female but is also instructional. A logo is something that is designed usually for a company or organization that needs an easily recognizable symbol specifically for them. The target symbol is just a regular symbol, but the company made the two ring red target as an logo for their store. An icon is a symbol and a logo in a way but usually for a purpose such as religion or to suggest something intangible.

Duchamp

In "The Bride Stripped Bare by her Bachelors" the piece is suppose to be taken in visually and verbally. It is referred to as "anti-retinal" in which the painting is suppose to be on the surface of the mind. At first glance the piece to me seemed random and unexplainable by the title. In the notes in the Green Box the mechanical nature of the piece really comes into view. The representations of how the top panel of the bride is stripped and relates to the bottom panel of the bachelors can only be seen when the Green Notes are read. Two things that really bother me about the notes in the Green box is that there are elements that were not in the piece and that the movement can be confused. The elements that seemed to play a key part in the mechanism of the action of the bride and the bachelors are not present, such as the "splash" along with other movement elements. It seems like Duchamp relays the unfinished details in the Green Notes as almost an apology for not actually finishing the piece. Also on the Duchamp website it really pulls together how all the parts are suppose to move, then and only then did I feel like I could see what was going on. (http://www.p22.com/projects/duchamp.html)

Wall Coverings, Fabric Prints, Floor tiles... etc... etc.. patterns

(lizplummer.com/blog/category/city-guilds/)
As I was looking through at many of the different patterns I found some trends. Wall coverings were similar on a general website because all of them had a floral pattern or very floral looking abstract pattern. Fabric prints as well had a very general pattern, either having floral prints, stripes, or other repetitions of something. What they both have in common is that usually these floral or organic shapes were patterned in a grid so that they were evenly balanced and distributed on the wall or cloth. Floor tiles also followed a grid, but some of the tiles would break into other geometric shapes to cause a pattern effect. Overall a grid pattern can be seen in the floor tile examples that I found. Then I looked up Islamic patterns knowing from class that these patterns were solely suppose to be nonsubjective. I found it really interesting that none of the pieces I saw from Islamic art were subjective or suggestive, but still had the same rhythm and effect as floral prints.

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GESTALT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gestalt is a configuration or pattern having traits that cannot be derived from it's summation of individual parts, but works as a whole.
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