Different Modes.

Richard Artschwanger, Table and Chair, 1965

Formica.

"ART IS VISUAL NOT VERBAL...

...The visual is a mode of knowing which is different from spoken and, especially, written language. Verbal analyses are not always possible and when they are, more often than not, destructive of the visual mode they propose to illuminate."

-Except from Richard Artschwanger's note books, from Richard Artschwanger, Up and Across. (c) 2001 Neues Museum, Nürnberg

Physical Fact vs. Psychological Effect (part 2)

Graph illustrating different tapers in arithmetic, and geometric progressions.

See previous post for a comparative chart

In the field of Electronic engineering, in audio amplification circuits, engineers use potentiometers (the things behind the volume knob) that have an "geometric", or what is known as an "audio" taper to them. This is due to the fact that the human ear does not perceive volume increase in a straight line- like the Weber-Fechner law suggests, there is a disconnect between what our mind actually perceives and a system for understanding it.

Physical Fact vs. Psychological Effect (part 1)

Albers, Josef. Interaction Of Color: Revised and Expanded Edition. Yale University Press, (c) 1963, 2006

Josef Albers wrote in his legendary book "Interaction of Color" the Weber-Fechner Law: "The visual perception of an arithmetical progression depends upon a physical geometric progression"

that being a little dense- what he getting at here?

to put it poetically, "sometimes you must exaggerate the truth to tell the truth"

Its an interesting point- here is empirically derived information describing the discrepancies between an physical representation (an objective device, or visual) and a psychological (or visceral) response.