Picture a room that’s sparsely furnished and then one that’s crowded, and you’ll have an immediate idea of why positive space in interior design matters. Even when they’re imagined spaces, you can be ...

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, ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Yuni Yoshida/Noh Juhan. Negative space is one of the boldest tools in a designer's ...

Columbus sculptor Meg Beech carves a clay sculpture. It’s the silence around the sounds. It’s the empty stage where dancers make moving shapes. It’s the spaces between the words of a poem and the ...