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Overlapping System
A line system in which materials are layered in overlapping planes, creating spatial depth and visual complexity.
“The overlapping system creates perceived depth through layering - when materials overlap, the composition gains spatial dimension beyond its physical extent.”
The overlapping system achieves spatial depth through the deliberate layering of materials across different planes. When materials overlap, the eye reads a foreground and a background, generating perceived depth beyond the physical dimensions of the arrangement. This system is closely related to the principle of spatial depth and is a primary tool for preventing a design from reading as flat. It is associated with contemporary and formal-linear work where silhouette relationships are carefully choreographed. Source: Lersch (300).
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