ULI MOTIFS: IT’S AESTHETICS ON ARCHITECTURAL WALL DESIGN IN NIGERIA

Abstract

This paper looks into the need to give the Uli art Culture of Eastern Nigeria an artistic visual design identity based on their tradition. The exploratory design analysis which is used is based on the concepts ideas and materials for the old and new methods of the Uli culture. It has been analyzed and synthesized into a more dynamic indigenous system of visual communication in Nigeria that will enhance the general development of the society. The analyses of signs, symbols, posters and other artworks were carried out based on their artistic, aesthetic and functional design mainly as it concerns the Uli and Nsibidi visual method of communication design in modern times. The research attempted to harmonize the traditional and the modern method to develop a new visual communication method based on their culture and technology in recent times. The culture just like their close neighbour could also reduce these signs and symbols into simple codes for confidentiality, security, affection and economic transitions among themselves.