Plastic/Deep refers to the representation of three-dimensionality that occurs in a flat picture plane. For our purposes it also refers to elements of illusion in 2-D space. Illusion of texture, and gradient value. All the things that come together to capture a sense of the 'reality' of the physical world.
Shallow/Graphic Space:
This is a flat, designer abstraction of space that substitutes pattern for texture, bold decorative color choices for naturalistic ones, hard edged graphic value for gradient value and essentially transforms space from representing the realism of nature, to expressing the individual potential of design.
