1. Notan The design concept of light and dark

2. Notan  Notan is the term used by the Japanese to express light and dark. No meaning light and tan meaning dark.  In eastern cultures they believe the that light cannot exist without dark and dark cannot exist without light.

3. Notan  In western cultures, North America and Europe mainly, we use the terms Positive and Negative space. We treat these two as separate pieces of an artwork.

4. Notan  The project we are going to work on is called Notan – Expanding the square  We are going to make two final compositions, but many practice ones.

5. Notan Examples