Department Store Identification: A Letter Cut into Sixty-Four Grids

Take an existing handwritten letter mark, place it in a square and cut it into eight by eight, a total of sixty-four small squares, then rearrange and combine these squares—they can be rotated, enlarged, or partially extracted, generating thousands of variations, but each one originates from the same prototype. This system extends from wrapping paper to architecture: giant grid patterns cover storefront facades or display windows, in black and white, appearing as abstract geometry up close, but subtly revealing the original letter from a distance. The value of the system lies in "infinite variations from strict rules." Frontal shot of a storefront, with the grid pattern unfolding on the facade at a large scale. Avoid: patterns being arbitrary and not derived from a prototype, adding a third color, inconsistent square sizes, the prototype letter being fully presented.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

取一個既有的手寫體字母標記,把它放進正方形並切成八乘八共六十四個小方格,再把這些方格重新排列組合——可以旋轉、放大、只取局部,產生數以千計的變化,但每一種都源自同一個原型。這套系統從包裝紙延伸到建築:巨大的方格圖案覆蓋店面立面或櫥窗,黑白配色,近看是抽象的幾何,遠看隱約浮現原本的字。系統的價值在於「無限的變化來自嚴格的規則」。店面正面拍攝,方格圖案在立面上大尺度展開。避免:圖案隨意而非源自原型、加入第三色、方格大小不一、原型字完整呈現。