EXPLODING THE CUBE: YANNICK MARTIN’S STUDIES OF A SIX-SIDED

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Former architect Yannick Martin, who has previously confined architecture’s most
famous houses to a cube, is a graphic designer who explores ling and geometric shapes
to examine the language of the diagram. By fragmenting simple shapes, Martin seeks to
offer new ways of looking at an icon so commonplace and ubiquitously used that, for
most, the sheer potential and variety of its application can be overlooked.
“This study aims to question, and then illustrate, the types of spaces that could be
produced by a cube. Studying the cube in two dimensions provides a way to explore the
infinite possibilities of this volume. The illustration ultimately invites the viewer to
reconsider their understanding of this simple form by examining the logic of its
composition.”