Application- Meaning 1

This painting is a representational painting called The Fly Fisherman, by Peter Bougie. It is noticeable that Peter wanted to capture the natural world that everyone is familiar with in his painting by using certain colors to signify fall. The color of the leaves and grass denote that fall has already came. Most people can recognize that there is a fisherman standing in the realistic water. The shadows from the trees give a great sense of detailed shadows cast over the top of the water. The overlying message is peacefulness found in nature. The fisherman has a vest on which is visible because of the detail Peter has used in his painting. The painting displays the realistic act of fishing in a calm river. The form and content of the painting make this a representational piece of work.

 This is a product created by Florian Krautli called puppet lamp. This is no traditional lamp that you would see in an office, school, or home because of its abstract shape and design. You can see that this lamp is created from a toy doll, and that alone is very abstract. going out to find secondhand dolls to create lamps out of is abstract. These bright little minded dolls represent a message that different products are brilliant and useful. People should stop thinking product designers as someone who gives shape and color to a product, and see a designer more of an inventor, visionary, and freak! The lamp communicates to the viewer that not all products have to be traditional and most products are designed from something realistic with a twist of abstract ideas. The content of a toy doll and a lamp are there as ideas, but the form is skewed. This creates abstract designs.

This is a simplistic symbol that signifies a female or male. It is a very recognizable symbol throughout cultures around the world. Without explanation, almost every person knows what the symbols are that denote the gender. Gender is something everyone is born with whether they accept it or not, so this symbol is permanently recognizable to people. Because some are proud of their gender, they will use this gender symbols as a symbol of pride.