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Douglas Thomas, assistant professor in the design department, lectures to students about negative spaces. The lecture is the first of the Faith and Works lecture series for the 2021-22 school year.

Sometimes less is more when it comes to design, as I reflected while styling the bookshelves in my home office. When I tried to cram in my full collection of vintage metal bakeware, the look was more ...

To get a new and different perspective, instead of painting the positive space, which includes people, objects, etc., artists sometimes paint the negative space, which is what is in between people, ...