Syntax

An evolving visual language exploring the geometry of cities, machines, and minds.

Syntax is the conceptual art framework of Cole Design Works — sixteen interconnected branches that translate structure into abstraction. Each branch studies a different kind of system — from architecture and machinery to emotion and memory — rendered through modern geometric art.

New branches unfold as the series evolves.

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ARCHITECTURAL SYNTAX

The geometry of built form and spatial order

Abstract geometric design of overlapping black squares on white background.

Spatial Rhythm | Load Path | Structural Silence | Atrium Systems | Vertical/Horizontal Dynamics | Modular Composition | Frame and Void | Blueprint Abstractions | Structural Icons

MATERIAL SYNTAX

Matter as grammar

A geometric logo consisting of black, gray, and yellow 3D blocks arranged in a diamond shape.

Concrete Forms | Glass Structures | Steel Systems | Wood Patterns | Composite Fields | Ceramic Logic | Textile Tension | Reclaimed Matter | Carbon Geometry

URBAN SYNTAX

The geometry of the city

Graph with a curving line connecting a series of black squares, with the line ending at a red square.

City Abstracts | Metropolitan Fields | Density Grids | Transit Networks | Industrial Zones | Vertical Layers | Aerial Morphologies | Subterranean Structures | Night Maps

MACHINE SYNTAX

Mechanisms as rhythm

Graphic of two interconnected gears, one dark gray and one blue, representing mechanics or engineering.

Automotive Forms | Aeriform | Nautical Constructs | Vector | Orbit | Bio-Mechanica | Resonance | Terraform | Mechanical Logic | Gear Traces | Turbine Forms | Hydraulic Flow | Servo Geometry | Circuit Mechanics | Industrial Motion | Kinetic Frameworks | Precision Systems

DIGITAL SYNTAX

Systems born of code

Graphic of a wave or line chart with pixelated squares on the left side.

Signal Chain | Code Structure | System Error | Neutral Logic | Data Typology | Quantum Field | Synthetic Memory | Holographic Grid | Glitch Grammar

BIOLOGICAL SYNTAX

The logic of living structure

A stylized snowflake design with two shades of green, featuring a spiral at the center and branching patterns extending outward.

Fractal Growth | Cellular Order | Symbiotic Systems | Genetic Code | Mycelial Networks | Photosynthetic Patterns | Evolutionary Pathways | Viral Architectures | Ecosystem Matrices

LINGUISTIC SYNTAX

Words as visual structure

Abstract logo with three curved lines in shades of gray and blue, and five dots arranged above the top line.

Grammar Structures | Typographic Fields | Phonetic Echoes | Semiotic Systems | Scripted Geometry | Lexical Grid | Diagrammatic Meaning | Morphological Order | Semantic Fields

TEMPORAL SYNTAX

Time, decay, and continuity

A circular geometric pattern with concentric rings. The top half of the rings is brown, and the bottom half is purple, divided horizontally across the middle of each ring.

Erosion Patterns | Light Trails | Sediment Layers | Cycle Mechanics | Rythmic Persistence | Decay Structures | Entropic Drift | Time Fold | Duration Fields

PLANETARY SYNTAX

The geometry of living worlds

An abstract design of two green circles and a gold orbital ring overlapping each other on a white background.

Erosion Fields | Hydrologic Flow | Continental Drift | Atmospheric Layers | Seismic Pattern | Cryospheric Geometry | Desert Grids | Oceanic Currents | Weather Maps

COSMIC SYNTAX

The architecture of the infinite

Blue and white circular spiral logo with swirling segments on a white background.

Orbital Systems | Stellar Nurseries | Gravitational Geometry | Radiation Fields | Nebular Flow | Celestial Mechanics | Dark Matter Pattern | Cosmic Lattice | Photonic Dust

PSYCHOLOGICAL SYNTAX

The architecture of thought

A geometric design featuring two diamond shapes, one purple and one gray, arranged vertically with the purple diamond on top and the gray diamond underneath, connected by their points.

Memory Traces | Cognitive Maps | Emotional Fields | Dream Structures | Pattern Recognition | Subconscious Order | Neural Echo | Mindspace Geometry | Intuitive Systems

ACOUSTIC SYNTAX

Sound and spatial vibration

Blue fingerprint icon on a white background.

Harmonic Grids | Resonant Forms | Frequency Lattices | Sonic Decay | Echo Chambers | Interference Fields | Timbre Geometry | Reverberation Maps | Silence Pattern

CULTURAL SYNTAX

The built language of identity

A circular graphic with abstract symbols and a small human figure at the top center, in shades of brown and orange.

Pattern Language | Symbolic Order | Ornament Systems | Ritual Grids | Mythic Geometry | Craft Logic | Iconographic Fields | Decorative Grammar | Narrative Forms

ALGORITHMIC SYNTAX

The poetry of computation

A pattern of black and orange geometric shapes arranged in a symmetrical design on a white background.

Recursive Growth | Cellular Automata | Rule Sets | Emergent Fields | Algorithmic Bloom | Generative Logic | Randomized Order | Evolutionary Code | Binary Symmetry

ENERGETIC SYNTAX

The physics of motion made visible

A stylized orange and yellow sunburst design with rays extending outward from a central point on a white background.

Magnetic Lines | Photon Fields | Thermal Flows | Electric Currents | Entropic Drift | Vortex Systems | Radiant Geometry | Pressure Fields | Wave Dynamics

META SYNTAX

The structure behind structure

A logo with two interlocking gray circles and a blue and gray ribbon in the middle, forming an infinity symbol.

System Map | Syntax of Syntax | Recursive Field | Self-Similarity | Reflection Loop | Diagram as Object | Code of Form | Internal Order | Archive Grid

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