About 2 Cubes 3D recreation of El Lissitzky’s book ‘About 2 Squares’ by Onur Oral
‘About 2 Squares’ A short picture book for children. Published in Berlin in Powerful expressions of revolutionary Communism and art. Presented a radical thinking of what a book was. Marked as the beginning of a new graphic art.
Front cover (About 2 Squares) Dedication page (to all, to all children)
Target Audience No age limitations People who are interested in symbolic narrative and Constructivism. About 2 Cubes 3D recreation of El Lissitzky’s book ‘About 2 Squares’
About 2 Cubes 3D recreation of El Lissitzky’s book ‘About 2 Squares’ What will ‘About 2 Cubes’ achieve? Increases the sense of wonder about Constructivism, El Lissitzky and Constructivist style of art. Shows how a story can be told with visual shapes. Lets people to involve in the process of making an artwork. Creates an illusion of transition between 2d and 3d.
About 2 Cubes 3D recreation of El Lissitzky’s book ‘About 2 Squares’ Why this project? Interest in Constructivism and El Lissitzky. Making people to wonder about Constructivist style of art. Personal blog about Russian Constructivism. Enthusiasm for studying on art movements.
About 2 Cubes 3D recreation of El Lissitzky’s book ‘About 2 Squares’ What are the challenges? Integrating 2d into 3d environment. Creating 3d models. Writing a code for real-time rotation. Leading users to click on objects without any warning.
About 2 Cubes 3D recreation of El Lissitzky’s book ‘About 2 Squares’ What will be gained with ‘About 2 Cubes? Creating an interactive application. Creating 3d models. Writing a code for real-time rotation. Working with different tools and combining them.
About 2 Cubes 3D recreation of El Lissitzky’s book ‘About 2 Squares’ What will not be covered? Original book’s story. Information about Constructivism or El Lissitzky. Content changing.
About 2 Cubes 3D recreation of El Lissitzky’s book ‘About 2 Squares’ What are the needed tools and resources? Unity3d Adobe Flash A decent computer
About 2 Cubes 3D recreation of El Lissitzky’s book ‘About 2 Squares’ What are the risks to the successful completion? No experience of Unity3d Solution Maya and/or Papervision3d Rotation buttons
About 2 Cubes 3D recreation of El Lissitzky’s book ‘About 2 Squares’ What is the criteria of success? Good looking interface Well drawn 3d objects Working illusion of the transition between 2d and 3d