The desire for this sketch draws from the practice of manually constructing perspectives in the pre-CAD era. This knowledge is used as the basis of understanding how three dimensional forms are drawn on a two dimensional screen.

Some of the compositions are more successful than others. There are a few that generate particularly striking color combinations while there are some that result in oddly complimentary shapes.

Have a go and generate mathematically perfect boxes of your own. Though you physically can’t store anything in them, I hope you’ll still find them likable.