What makes more sense when broken?
December 20, 2012 5:23 AM Subscribe
I need a visual metaphor or pun: something that shows "break for sense." What object or symbol can be taken apart, or decomposed, and then reveals something new? Ideally can be shown fairly simply, in an abstracted way.
I've come up with a few, but none are quite clicking. For instance, you can take a hard shell and crack it to reveal the seed.
This is for my personal brand. The original phrase comes from typography, where text is line-broken to make sense, instead of just to fill the page.
I've come up with a few, but none are quite clicking. For instance, you can take a hard shell and crack it to reveal the seed.
This is for my personal brand. The original phrase comes from typography, where text is line-broken to make sense, instead of just to fill the page.
A geode.
posted by phunniemee at 5:47 AM on December 20, 2012
posted by phunniemee at 5:47 AM on December 20, 2012
Came here to say geode. I think some mineralogical society's legend is Latin for "We fracture to reveal." Maybe a geologist's hammer breaking a stone to reveal something.
posted by StickyCarpet at 5:50 AM on December 20, 2012
posted by StickyCarpet at 5:50 AM on December 20, 2012
matroshka dolls
dollhouse
kindereggs
certain types of physical puzzles
trojan horse
corposes, bodies
(human) heads
nuts, e.g. walnuts
lockers, cabinets, cupboards
buildings, houses
posted by Foci for Analysis at 6:02 AM on December 20, 2012
dollhouse
kindereggs
certain types of physical puzzles
trojan horse
corposes, bodies
(human) heads
nuts, e.g. walnuts
lockers, cabinets, cupboards
buildings, houses
posted by Foci for Analysis at 6:02 AM on December 20, 2012
Piggy Bank - break for cents!
posted by Roommate at 6:07 AM on December 20, 2012 [4 favorites]
posted by Roommate at 6:07 AM on December 20, 2012 [4 favorites]
BREA
KFOR
SENS
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I think showing a literal broken thing would work against the meaning you're going for. And typography is awesome.
posted by ook at 6:11 AM on December 20, 2012
KFOR
SENS
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I think showing a literal broken thing would work against the meaning you're going for. And typography is awesome.
posted by ook at 6:11 AM on December 20, 2012
A fortune cookie
posted by pipeski at 6:26 AM on December 20, 2012 [2 favorites]
posted by pipeski at 6:26 AM on December 20, 2012 [2 favorites]
butterfly coming out of chrysalis.
posted by sciencegeek at 6:54 AM on December 20, 2012
posted by sciencegeek at 6:54 AM on December 20, 2012
I like the piggy bank idea! I see ook's point about the literal broken thing working against the typography meaning you're going for, though.
Maybe combine the two, and as a visual aid, use one of those eye charts that is actually composed of split up words?
I made this one for you.
posted by misha at 6:58 AM on December 20, 2012
Maybe combine the two, and as a visual aid, use one of those eye charts that is actually composed of split up words?
I made this one for you.
posted by misha at 6:58 AM on December 20, 2012
Maybe one of those glass fronted boxes where you break it to activate a fire alarm or get a fire extinguisher...the "in case of emergency, break glass" things. But instead of a fire alarm, there could be something else inside.
posted by christinetheslp at 8:44 AM on December 20, 2012
posted by christinetheslp at 8:44 AM on December 20, 2012
Response by poster: Thanks for the ideas.
Piggy bank: agh, terrible pun (by which I mean great). But I'm not sure it explains the name so much as adds another layer of meaning.
I thought of the fire alam one. I was never sure what to put in there.
Ook, you're right, literally broken -- as in destroyed -- things might work against my theme. Things with pauses or rests, or less destructive "separations" would work though.
Pure typography is tempting, and the eye chart is a good idea. I will play around with it.
posted by JLMC at 1:40 PM on December 20, 2012
Piggy bank: agh, terrible pun (by which I mean great). But I'm not sure it explains the name so much as adds another layer of meaning.
I thought of the fire alam one. I was never sure what to put in there.
Ook, you're right, literally broken -- as in destroyed -- things might work against my theme. Things with pauses or rests, or less destructive "separations" would work though.
Pure typography is tempting, and the eye chart is a good idea. I will play around with it.
posted by JLMC at 1:40 PM on December 20, 2012
ooh, fortune cookie is a good one.
how about something like breaking a worldview, e.g. allowing one to think outside a box by breaking it?
but ultimately I like the idea above, but maybe break it this way, as the lines look more like real words and are therefore more confusing, and interesting, at first
BREAKF
ORSEN
SE
posted by brenton at 5:45 PM on December 20, 2012
how about something like breaking a worldview, e.g. allowing one to think outside a box by breaking it?
but ultimately I like the idea above, but maybe break it this way, as the lines look more like real words and are therefore more confusing, and interesting, at first
BREAKF
ORSEN
SE
posted by brenton at 5:45 PM on December 20, 2012
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posted by Rock Steady at 5:28 AM on December 20, 2012 [1 favorite]