cosmic circle-triangle-square. While few designers today would argue for the universal validity of such combinations, the attempt to identify the grammar and elements of a perceptually based “language of vision” has informed modernist design education since the 1940s. The circle-triangle-square is Sengai’s picture of the universe. The circle represents the infinite, and the infinite is …
Phoenician
Tau Cross
Great Seal
Great Seal Remarks and Explanation of the Great Seal by Charles Thomson (June 20, 1782) The shield (escutcheon) is composed of thirteen stripes that represent the several states joined into one solid compact, supporting the chief (top section of the shield) which unites the whole and represents Congress. The stripes are kept closely united by …
Theta
Ying Yang The Tai Chi or Yin Yang was derived from ancient chinese efforts to discover and interpret patterns in the sky and the changing seasons. An eight foot tall pole would cast a shadow of varying lengths as the seasons passed revealing a cycling between times dominated by the day and times dominated by …
Phi Phi represents the Golden Ratio.