Implied Motion/Movement Operating in Tangible Designs.

This image of furniture that has the naturalistic shape of a centipede gives the suggestion of motion by appearing to walk up the wall. The multiple legs and the way they look so natural and organic gives us static visual information that is indeed interpreted as implied movement. It’s great how a strong sense of dynamism is achieved in this piece of furniture design explicitly showing the designer’s intention of emphasizing the natural forms of a centipede and the motion illusion that can be created with a composition like this. Distortion of reality is present here in a way that the sofa transforms into an insect that not only looks like an insect but also seems to “act” like one, by walking up the wall in such realistic way.

This lamp has a visual mode that allows an implied sense of gentle motion by its twisting design. It is very much a static lamp, but its design gives us a sense of organic movement, some dynamism around its own axis. It’s like these swirls wrap up the lamp from bottom to top, almost like a serpent crawling up a tree trunk kind of simulation. The material in which the lamp has been manufactured really allows the designer to achieve this sense of subtle movement and reach the perfect flexibility for it to become dynamic enough to present this illusion.

This is an example of sculptures that are created in a way they look like they are in motion. By hanging all these strawberries from the ceiling at specific heights, the designer has achieved this falling cascade motion simulation very realistically. This dynamism is carefully achieved by the artist intention of showing movement within a static composition. This allows for the intense illusion of this bunch of strawberries that have been "dropped" from above and seem to be continuously falling upon whoever walks under the hanging sculpture.