Colour Sutra
Colour is at once both the most subjective and the most universal of design elements. For most of us, there is no particular rationale behind what we regard as our ‘favourite’ colours – but for a designer, making the right choice of colour combinations can mean the difference between success and failure. We talk to 10 top creatives about their approach to this fundamental issue. Their opinions are as fascinating as the examples of their work we have chosen to illustrate the article.
IdN v16n6: The Colour Issue
Contents:
It’s a colourful world
Whatever happened to classic Dutch design
Type Casting: Featuring Fábio Duarte Martins
Opulent Moments
On and Off the Wall
Specifications:
93 pages
6 varying paper stocks
4 process, spot UV
98 minutes DVD Video included
IdN v16n6: The Colour Issue Sampler
It’s a colourful world
Colour is at once both the most subjective and the most universal of design elements. For most of us, there is no particular rationale behind what we regard as our ‘favourite’ colours – but for a designer, making the right choice of colour combinations can mean the difference between success and failure. We talk to 10 top creatives about their approach to this fundamental issue. Their opinions are as fascinating as the examples of their work we have chosen to illustrate the article.
Featuring:
James Joyce / MWM Graphics / Nepomuk / Tomi and Cherry / Neasden Control Centre / HouseOfBurvo / Kustaa Saksi / Dan McPharlin / Tomer Hanuka / Nocturn
IdN v16n6: The Colour Issue
IdN v16n6: The Colour Issue
IdN v16n6: The Colour Issue
IdN v16n6: The Colour Issue
Whatever happened to classic Dutch design?
The Nehtherlands may translate into English as ‘low countries’ but when it comes to design, the Dutch are surely at the peak of this profession. Recognised as a centre of excellence and innovation in almost all creative fields, the Dutch design scene is experiencing something of a watershed. Is it still a source of inspiration to the rest of the design world? Yes, but it is changing. We ask a dozen leading Dutch creatives to explain what’s going on in their home country.
Featuring:
Novak Grafisch Ontwerp / Misha Strik / Almost Modern / Patswerk / Autobahn / Joost van Bleiswijk / Karma / Catalogtree / Florentijn Hofman / Studio Kluif / Lesley Moore / Hans Gremmen
IdN v16n6: The Colour Issue
IdN v16n6: The Colour Issue
IdN v16n6: The Colour Issue
Type Casting
Taking matters into your own hands is often a step towards discovering a talent you didn’t know you possessed. This is what happened to Portuguese graphic and type designer Fábio Duarte Martins when he tired of the hassle of finding just the right typefaces for his projects and started to design his own. Now he can’t stop!
Featuring:
Fábio Duarte Martins
IdN v16n6: The Colour Issue
Opulent Moments
The third “Twenty120” independent-film festival gathered together 20 directors from the US, the UK, France and Germany to express their thoughts on the theme In the Age of Opulence. Here they tell us why they picked the approaches they did. And don’t miss this issue’s free DVD, which encompasses all 20 of these two-minute tours de force!
Featuring:
Cass Vanini / Örn Ólason/Dan Dirckinck-Holmfeld / Adam Gault/Stefanie Augustine / Alexander Tarrant/Colin Sebestyen / Bill Sneed / Blake Haney / Evan Mathis / Evan Silver / Ezequiel Rormoser/Marcos Torres / Jarratt Moody / Jason Goodman / Jody Sugrue/Vince Diga / Jon Saunders/Tony Barbieri / Juan Delcan/Anton Ginzburg / Jun Seo Hahm / Justin Harder / Matt Eller/Bill Morrison / Mitchell Paone/Bryce Wymer / Pierre Magnol / Sebastian Onufszak / Vince Robles / Yibi Hu
IdN v16n6: The Colour Issue
IdN v16n6: The Colour Issue
On and Off the Wall
Continuing our close-up on music-poster design, we feature three graphic designers who have specialised in the genre, coming up with consistently memorable collectibles for fans of singers and bands who also happen to be among their own personal favourites. Talk about dream jobs!
Featuring:
Opion-G / Bubble Process / Boss Construction
IdN v16n6: The Colour Issue
IdN v16n6: The Colour Issue
Sydney, Australia
Sydney based animation and design specialists Sixty40 have won four international Promax’s, including a Gold Global Promax for their "TV1 Summer idents", and three Silver for Foxtel’s Winter Olympic interstitials.
Copenhagen, Denmark
“There is a strong masochistic side to much of the work I do…I deliberately don’t take the easy way out, I want to do the work, I want to dig the ditch so that I can feel at one with it. Because I created it."
New York, USA
If Bernstein’s illustrations filled the books you used to read as a child, you definitely wouldn’t have faked falling asleep!
London, UK
Check out London based Japanese artist Hiroshi Kariya and his works inspired by a unique combination of science fiction films and wood cut prints.
Warsaw, Poland
He is most inspired by his environment and surroundings, and his works are influenced by nature and a desire to recreate it in the simplest way possible while still preserving the complexity it represents.
Paris, France
Explore blindSALIDA's world of explosions, lines and movements, colors, and surreal, psychedelic designs.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
“I have learnt that it is not that easy to strike a balance with the environment. Awareness is important, but I think that the government should take a leading role.”
Chicago, USA
Check out the works of Dan Funderburgh, Mike Perry, Seripop and Sonnenzimmer at the 2nd annual Public Works design show. Opening night: 6th August 2010 6-9pm / Exhibition: 6 Aug - 3 Sept, 2010 / Andrew Rafacz Gallery, 835 W. Washington Chicago
Berlin, Germany
Verhaagen's work is like a child, high on sugar, feeling a sense of delusion and enlightenment!
Bath, UK
Keep your eyes on the simple, cutting-edge design works by Jack Maxwell, a recent graduate from Bath School of Art and Design.
Tokyo, Japan
“An optimistic mindset and a sense of humour and wit are more appealing to us than work that is too self-consciously serious.”
London, UK
“If I'm not at my desk drawing, you’ll probably find me outside somewhere, hopefully surfing or skateboarding or wandering around the woods, but my sketchbook will always be with me in case the urge to doodle becomes too strong.”
Hong Kong, China
Exhibition: 12 July - 22 August 2010 / Venue: New Gallery on Old Bailey / Location: 17 Old Bailey St, Soho, Hong Kong
Los Angeles, USA
"My work aims to draw a visceral response from the viewer through truth, humor and expose."
