What do those 3 dots stand for?
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I'm sorry to say this but I think It was the way nissan designers copied the circle with dimples design motif in the Audi TT, Now don't trash me for this I bought the Z over the TT becouse its a better car, but a design trend is a design trend and when its as popular as the TT's its bound to be copied.
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Originally posted by VandyZ
You dont even deserve this car, if you dont know!
Just kidding.
Do I feel a "What Zness is to me" essay contest being started?
You dont even deserve this car, if you dont know!
Just kidding.
Do I feel a "What Zness is to me" essay contest being started?
VandyZ - just thought I would let you know, there is a set of track wheels on ebay right now.
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From: Texarkana, TX
Anyway
I can't remember where I got this, some design website :
Lesson 1 - Squares
The square denotes honesty and stability. Squares are familiar, trusted shapes. Because the vast majority of the text we read is set in squares and rectangles, it has become familiar, safe, and comfortable.
Squares and rectangles are probably the most common geometric shapes we encounter. A few books, especially those for kids, may be cut in irregular shapes but adult (i.e. 'serious') correspondence comes in squares -- both the physical shape of the books, magazines, newspapers, and the rectangular columns of set text.
Some designers might equate square with boring. It's true that other, unexpected shapes, can grab attention better than the simple square but don't forget the importance of comfort and familiarity. Imagine how difficult it becomes to file everyday correspondence if letterhead came in a variety of triangles or freeform shapes. Try reading an entire book with all the text set in circles. Squares and rectangles definitely have a place in design.
Some ways you can use squares and rectangles:
* To symbolize honesty, stability, equality, comfort, or familiarity. It could also symbolize rigidity or uniformity.
* Related to the first bullet item, use repeating squares to suggest familiar themes (checkerboard pattern to represent a game board, the checkered flag at the end of a race, a tablecloth).
* To highlight, organize, or set apart information using a solid or outlined box.
* Use a square unexpectedly. Set a block of text in a solid or outlined but tilted box ? with or without also tilting the text.
Lesson 1 - Squares
The square denotes honesty and stability. Squares are familiar, trusted shapes. Because the vast majority of the text we read is set in squares and rectangles, it has become familiar, safe, and comfortable.
Squares and rectangles are probably the most common geometric shapes we encounter. A few books, especially those for kids, may be cut in irregular shapes but adult (i.e. 'serious') correspondence comes in squares -- both the physical shape of the books, magazines, newspapers, and the rectangular columns of set text.
Some designers might equate square with boring. It's true that other, unexpected shapes, can grab attention better than the simple square but don't forget the importance of comfort and familiarity. Imagine how difficult it becomes to file everyday correspondence if letterhead came in a variety of triangles or freeform shapes. Try reading an entire book with all the text set in circles. Squares and rectangles definitely have a place in design.
Some ways you can use squares and rectangles:
* To symbolize honesty, stability, equality, comfort, or familiarity. It could also symbolize rigidity or uniformity.
* Related to the first bullet item, use repeating squares to suggest familiar themes (checkerboard pattern to represent a game board, the checkered flag at the end of a race, a tablecloth).
* To highlight, organize, or set apart information using a solid or outlined box.
* Use a square unexpectedly. Set a block of text in a solid or outlined but tilted box ? with or without also tilting the text.
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