Point is a position in space. It is one-dimensional; has no height, depth, or length; the beginning and the end. When a point is in the center it feels stable, organizing surrounding elements around it. Off-center points feel hostile, no longer dominant.
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Image: Abranowicz, William. "Perfectly Suited." Elle Decor. October 2010. 213. |
This image is a clear example of point, with your eye immediately drawn out the window to the horizon. The mirrored cabinets allow your gaze to flow seamlessly out the window. This is the master bathroom of Ralph Lauren at his Fifth avenue duplex in Manhattan, decorated by Angelo Donghia. Lauren wanted minimalism, with simple, clean, open spaces.
there was a LINE...
Line is a point extended. It has length, direction, movement, growth and position. It can be an intersection, outline, boundary, horizontal, vertical, diagonal, zigzag, curved. Each line gives a different psychological response. Can be an imagined element, rather than actually visible, such as an axis.
Image: Upton, Simon. "Natural Instinct." Elle Decor. October 2010. 236. A line is created through the use of candles along the edge of the pool in my image above. Here it is imagined, connected by the point made from each candle. This is the house of Brazilian fashion designer Carlos Miele in Florianopolis, Brazil. Miele wanted a place surrounded by nature so he drew inspiration from the glass houses of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Phillip Johnson. |
who fell in love with a PLANE...
Plane is a line extended. It has surface, orientation, position, length, and width but no depth, and shape but no form. It is two-dimensional. Shape is the main identifying quality. A plane serves to define the boundaries of a volume. In architectural design there are three types of planes; overhead plane, wall plane, and base plane.
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The row of columns in the above image make up a series of parallel lines giving the perception of the plane they describe. This is the home of interior designer Mikhail Dantes in Denver, Colorado. He created this serene space by transforming a 1950s ranch house into something clean and modern. they made VOLUME and lived happily ever after.  Volume is a plane extended. It is three-dimensional; has a fullness; length, width, and depth; form and space; surface, orientation, and position. Form is the main identifying quality in a volume. In architecture, a volume can be either a solid or a void.  
Volume is expressed in the chandelier and in the table base in the image above. This dining room is in the apartment of hairstylist Frederic Fekkai and his wife Shirin Von Wulffen on the Upper East Side and was designed by interior designer Robert Couturier. |
