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Deconstructing Thought Forms: Ett bokformgivningsprojekt om ett färg- och formsystem över hur tankar och känslor ser ut
University of Arts, Crafts and Design, Department of Design, Interior Architecture and Visual Communication (DIV), Graphic Design & Illustration.
2021 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis [Artistic work]
Abstract [sv]

Ett bokformgivningsprojekt som visar färg- och formteorierna i boken Thought Forms (1905) som ett tidigt konst- och designteoretiskt verk.

Boken Thought Forms (1905) av Annie Besant and C. W. Leadbeater är en teosofisk bok som presenterar ”tankeformer” som visar hur tankar och känslor ser ut för den klärvoajanta. Boken tros ha inspirerat abstrakta konstnärer som till exempel Vasilij Kandinski och Hilma af Klint som båda var medlemmar i det teosofiska samfundet. Genom en serie på tre böcker presenterar jag färg- och formsystemen i Thought Forms som ett tidigt konst- och designteoretisk verk.

Projektet är lika delar en undersökning av känslor och andliga idéers påverkan på formgivning som ett ut utforskande av bokformens påverkan på läsningen av ett innehåll.

Projektet består av tre handgjorda böcker som presenterar bilderna, förgläran och formerna ur Thought Forms:

Deconstructing Thought Forms: The Figures

Deconstructing Thought Forms: The Colours 

Deconstructing Thought Forms: The Shapes

Abstract [en]

A book design project that shows the theories of color and form in the book Thought Forms from 1905 as an early of art- and design theoretical work.

The book Thought Forms by Annie Besant and C. W. Leadbeater is a theosophical book that shows "thought forms". Colourful shapes formed by thoughts and feelings, only visible for the clairvoyant. The book is believed to have inspired abstract artists such as Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint, who were both members of the Theosophical Society. Through a series of three books, I present the color and shape systems from Thought Forms as an early art and design theoretical work.

This project is both an investigation of the influence of emotions and spiritual ideas on design as an exploration of the book designs effect on how we receive a content.

  

The result is a series of three books:

Deconstructing Thought Forms: The Figures 

Deconstructing Thought Forms: The Colors

Deconstructing Thought Forms: The Shapes

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2021. , p. 112
Keywords [en]
Book Design, theosophy, Annie Besant, Hilma af Klint
Keywords [sv]
Bokformgivning, Bokdesign, Grafisk design, Teosofi, Annie Besant, Hilma af Klint
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Design Arts Art History
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URN: urn:nbn:se:konstfack:diva-7992OAI: oai:DiVA.org:konstfack-7992DiVA, id: diva2:1585807
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Graphic design & Illustration (Bachelor)
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Available from: 2021-08-18 Created: 2021-08-18 Last updated: 2021-08-18Bibliographically approved

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