Research – 2D Principles and Squares – Project Two (2110)

a. Order

1. (noun) The arrangement or disposition of people or things in relation to each other according to a particular sequence, pattern, or method.
2. (noun) An authoritative command, direction, or instruction.
3. (verb) To give an authoritative direction or instruction to do something.
4. (verb) A request (something) to be made, supplied, or served.

• • themes of conformity, submission, discipline, and linearity
  • feelings of oppression, boredom, and rebellion

b. Increase

1. (verb) To become or make greater in size, amount, intensity, or degree.
2. (noun) An instance of growing or making greater.

• • themes of improvement, acceleration, size, progress, and loss of control
  • feelings of being overbearing or overwhelmed, confidence in improvement, and development

c. Bold

1. (adjective) (of a person, action, or idea) Showing an ability to take risks; confident and courageous.
2. (adjective) (of a color or design) Having a strong or vivid appearance.
3. (noun) A bold typeface or letter.

• • themes of uniqueness, strength, leadership, and importance
  • feelings of fear of being the only one, confidence in being individual, breaking conformity, and demanding attention

d. Playful

1. (adjective) Fond of games and amusement; lighthearted.

• • themes of childhood, innocence, fun, expression, and euphoria
  • feelings of happiness, giddiness, the longing to do it again, the hypocrisy that “more people should act playful” but being playful is frowned upon professionally
    • be playful, please

e. Congested

1. (adjective) (of a road or place) So crowded with traffic or people as to hinder freedom of movement.
2. (adjective) (of a part of the body) Abnormally full of blood.

• • themes of sickness, plague, disease, anxiety, claustrophobia, and discomfort
  • feelings of wanting to escape, wanting to stay uninvolved, fear of being too close, the need to find a place other than this, and pathological fatigue

f. Tension

1. (noun) The state of being stretched tight.
2. (noun) Mental or emotional strain.
3. (verb) Apply a force to (something) which tends to stretch it.

• • themes of strain, distraught, trauma, globophobia, breakage, and release
  • feelings of mental debilitation, the want to change the current state of being, on the edge of snapping or releasing calmly, and the fear of something going wrong