Fifty and Fifty (New York, USA)
Fifty and Fifty (New York, USA)
We picked the simple colours to unify the project among all the varied styles people had. Because of the subject matter, it sort of had to be red, white and blue. We tried to keep it tasteful with the shades of the colours chosen.
Fifty and Fifty is a curated project created by Dan Cassaro that attempts to construct a stylish new way of looking at a country. In order to do that, Cassaro hand-picked 50 designers, one per state, to illustrate their state motto. The outcome is something steeped in history yet completely modern – a kind of designers’ atlas.
IdN v18n4: Mono-Graphics Issue p30-31
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IdN v18n4: Mono Graphics — Colour Toning
It is not nostalgia-design, though some of it has a decidedly old-fashioned feel to it, and it is not minimalist design as such, except when it comes to the use of colour. It is what has become known as mono-graphics — where because of budgetary restraints or a self-imposed restriction, the design is printed in only one or two colours. Mono-graphics doesn't have to mean monotonous. Less colour often makes for more context. We got 9 experts in this issue to demonstrate the incredible visual strength that can be created by using just one or two hues.
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Brook is a member of the Alliance Graphique Internationale and guest curator of "Wim Crouwel – A Graphic Odyssey", a major retrospective of the Dutch master's work currently on show at the Design Museum in London.
Marius Roosendaal (Amersfoort, The Netherlands)
"Colour is something almost incomprehensible, I think, even magical maybe, with unlimited possibilities. Applying constraints makes things a bit easier. Mono-graphics does just that. To craft something with a limited set of tools and yet still be able to create something that’s appealing or beautiful is something of a challenge, which I find fascinating."
I personally see a movement in the direction of creative collectives, similar to that of Public School, where people with different skill-sets team up to share resources and trade services in a way that allows them to produce better work for clients that they might not command on their own, while still giving them the freedom necessary to work on individual projects with their own clients if they choose.
Heath Killen (Newcastle, Australia)
"Everything I do and achieve is the result of experimentation. Experimentation with technique, style and process. It’s all ongoing. I’m also drawing on a very broad and diverse range of ideas and styles that interest me."
"I established my minimalist style during my early years of studing architecture at Siracusa. I have always been inspired by the idea of simplifying an object while keeping it recognisable to anybody."
Slobodan Zivic Creative (Stockholm, Sweden)
"What drives me are collaborations with interesting people and their projects."
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