Rank
Order by importance, no ties; show the order in size or place.
The king drawn twice the height of his enemies.
Seen in Narmer Palette, Hierakonpolis, Egypt, c. 3100 BCE
Try it on your work
Lay five objects from your bag in a row by importance, no two equal, and raise each on a stack of books, the highest for the first. Stop at the fifth.
Write five ideas for a project. Letter them on a page in five sizes, the first largest. Stop when the page is lettered.
A group lists the five things it must decide this month and orders them, with no ties allowed; the list goes on the wall in falling size. Stop when the fifth is written.
How it has been used
Put things in order of importance, no two equal, and make the order visible in size or place: the headline and the subheads below it, the main figure painted largest, the podium's three heights. The move forbids ties: every thing has its own place in the order.
Where it leads
Grouped under Help me decide what comes first