Concept
Line Direction
The use of materials oriented along a specific directional axis to guide the eye through the design vertically, horizontally, or diagonally.
“Line direction is the most structurally direct form of rhythm - it works through the inherent directing force of oriented material rather than repetition or gradation.”
Line direction is the third tool of rhythm. The line itself - a tall stem, a sweeping diagonal branch, a cascading trail - takes the eye from one area of the arrangement to another. It is the most structurally direct form of rhythm, working not through repetition or gradation but through the inherent directing force of oriented material. It connects rhythm most explicitly to the Line element.
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