It’s an odd place to find beauty. Gutters are usually the conduits of unwanted odds and ends. They can become pretty nasty. But once in awhile a treasure is found there. In this case the treasure consists of colors and textures expressed through leaves, asphalt, concrete and mildew.
Entries Tagged as 'color'
Color Trends: Orange Is the New Pink
August 24th, 2009 Comments Off
On the evening before during the meeting of a creative team I’m leading, one team member made the statement that orange is a hideous color and no one likes it, so therefore it would not be appropriate used in the particular identity program we were discussing. Having observed varieties of orange in common used, I [...]
Tags: color · color trends · design
Chart Wars: A Designer’s Critique of the Universal Health Care Charts
July 16th, 2009 Comments Off
Setting aside that fact that many think the Dems’ proposed national healthcare plan is a total nightmare, this chart is no sweet dream from a design standpoint.
Tags: chart · color · Democrat · design · flowchart · graphic design · health care · healthcare reform · politics · Republican
Creative Differences: Illustration and Design
March 17th, 2009 Comments Off
By straddling two “worlds” in my design practice, I often think about one of them while engaging in the other. For instance, while working on a design project, I’ll be musing over the illustration in progress over there on my drafting table. And when I’m in my illustration mode, I’ll be considering the next step [...]
Tags: aesthetics · color · creativity · design · drawing · graphic design · Illustration · painting · water color
Put In A Different Context, Something Becomes Extraordinary
September 30th, 2008 Comments Off
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I first saw this clip by EepyBird in a post over on The Digital Sanctuary followed it to its source. I enjoyed it enough to want to share it here.
And I wanted to add the thought that everything we consider ordinary, such as a pad of sticky notes, had a unique origin. Whether created on [...]
Tags: color · creativity · office · sticky note
