New Ideas January 2026 (Designs, Thoughts, Ideas)

Purpose of This Page

This page functions as a working sketchbook — a place for capturing ideas, design thoughts, and visual references in an unfiltered state.
It’s not a finished artwork gallery — instead it archives visual cues and design seeds that may grow into future concepts.

What is the photos about

Multiple images from a single session or set of references — likely photos of objects, compositions, shapes or textures that intrigue you.
The aesthetic feels minimal, observational, and structural — as if you are exploring how forms sit in space and interact visually.

Potential Directions

Use these as guiding questions or prompts for your next session:

What is the visual relationship between these forms? (weight, balance, repetition)
Can these references become compositional studies for drawings or paintings?
Are there patterns or motifs emerging you want to explore further?
Which images provoke emotion or narrative without adding text — simply through form or composition?

Potential for a New Style or Discipline

This page suggests a developing artistic focus that could evolve into something distinctive:
→ Structural Abstraction
Play with simplifying forms from observation into geometric or minimal compositions.

Visual Logic & Presence
Rather than illustrating stories, the visual choices highlight presence, shape, weight, and continuity — which can become a recognizable voice in your work.

Work in Progress — January 2026
This sketchbook entry captures raw visual ideas and photo references. These images are fuel for future studies — explorations in form, structure, and visual logic that will develop into drawings, compositions, and a distinctive creative practice. More notes, sketches, and reflections to follow as this body of work evolves. This is for my Bags Designs

Image 1

Close-up photograph taken from beneath a glass chandelier, showing repeated diamond-cut glass forms reflecting warm yellow light with minimal visible background.

Title: Suspended Glass Chandelier — Pattern, Light, and Perception

Photo by Pieter Lategan - Pretoria South Africa - Saturday 31 January 2026

This close-up photograph was taken from directly beneath a glass chandelier to isolate pattern, repetition, and light. Identical diamond-cut glass elements refract electric light into warm yellow tones, creating shifting reflections and visual motifs. By reducing background context, the chandelier becomes abstract — read less as an object and more as a sculptural light composition driven by structure, repetition, and illumination.

Image 2

$Photograph taken from below a round glass chandelier featuring diamond-cut glass elements that reflect and refract light, creating rich patterns and a sense of luxury.$

Photo by Pieter Lategan - Pretoria South Africa - Saturday 31 January 2026

Round Glass Chandelier — Diamond Cut Light Structure

This photograph captures a round glass chandelier viewed from below, emphasizing symmetry, repetition, and the precision of diamond-cut glass elements. The electric light source activates the glass surfaces, producing layered reflections and intricate light patterns. Although each glass element is identical, their interaction with light creates variation and visual richness, transforming the chandelier into a sculptural study of structure, luxury, and illuminated form.

Image 3

Close-up photograph of chandelier glass elements illuminated by light, showing abstract patterns and reflections with no visible background.

Photo by Pieter Lategan - Pretoria South Africa - Saterday 31 January 2026

Glass Pattern Abstraction — Light Detail Study

A tightly framed study of chandelier glass and light, where the camera’s close perspective and lighting transform the familiar object into an abstract pattern. The strong play of light and reflections makes the glass feel like a design element in its own right, emphasizing form, rhythm, and luminous structure over context.

Image 4