1. Order - After some preliminary sketches, I came up with the final piece, which shows a crossroad looked at from above. The black squares can be seen as cars, interaction of four roads, or a zebra crossing. It’s a matter of open interpretation. The order of the black squares (cars) ensures smooth and safe flow at the crossroad.

2. Increase – I have used the principles of overlapping, direction, illusory space and contrast in size to create a 3 dimensional visual effect. When you start seeing the image from the bottom right corner, it’s an increase in height like a skyscraper seen from below. When you go from the left top corner to the bottom right corner, then it’s an increase in size and show motion.

3. Bold – The black square stands out from the white square because of the high contrast of the white and black colors.

4. Congested – I was inspired by the game Tetris when I designed this imagine. The tube is made by the gap of two big black squares, which were cropped to fit into the frame. Congested is shown in a way that the small squares failed to fit in properly.

5. Tension – The image shows that a little square leans against the corner of the frame, bearing a giant black square oppressively. It depicts the tension we get when we are overloaded with excessive burden.

6. Playful – Seven black squares (negative space) are spread into a flowery shape. To enhance its playfulness, part of the form jumps outside of the frame, and the overlapping of the 2 black squares on top switches to white (positive space) with a transparent effect (you can see through the frame underneath the squares). The tangent of the negative-positive space is an eye-catching point, which will draw your eyes to them immediately, then the white line will send your eyes through the detail of the flower, and eventually back to the tangent.