COLOUR COLLECTIVE

pornographic pink

2009-07-03T06:35:00.000-07:00

The Chinese Government have made it mandatory for all computer manufacturers in china to now install "Green Dam" software, which filters for violence and pornography. One of the methods by which it filters images is colour, particular tones and patterns of pinks and flesh tones. Strangely, both Garfield and Hello Kitty have also been caught in this filter. Does this mean that some colours may be proscribed? purely for being 'immoral' or 'dangerous'? i reckon i might need to keep certain sections of my pantone book in a dark corner.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/chinas-internet-porn-filter--no-garfield-please-1725411.html

solve sundsbo's birds

2009-07-03T06:25:00.000-07:00

jess found these beautiful pictures by solve sundsbo.

the ivy league dandy

2009-05-06T00:57:00.000-07:00

menswear is taking over from womenswear as the colourful, the playful, and the period-referencing.

while basic fabrics such as chambray and khaki are reviving, mens brands such as Band of Outsiders are recreating the Ivy League preppy look and men's traditional dressing drawn from American vintage inspirations.

the boldness of the colours (apricot trousers anyone?) is inspired by the last time men were this confident - the 1950's.

Source: A Continuous Lean

l'esprit d'hermes

2009-04-21T03:29:00.001-07:00

Tim Walker shoots the Hermes SS2009 catalogue, and I have a dream of Aaafrica. Pretty amazing.
Wonder if it's a bit pre-post-colonialism?

rough blues

2009-04-07T11:52:00.001-07:00

fondant kitties

2009-04-07T11:50:00.001-07:00

I have been resisting posting cat pictures of any sort, no matter how artfully directed, as it's a slippery slope to me just constantly posting pictures of my cats. But. I've been looking for some pictures of Tim Walker's scrapbooks to illustrate summer blues, and I found this picture again which is, embarrassingly, my dream piece of artwork to own, along with David Hockney's painting of Mr and Mrs Clarke and Percy. (Ha, I think I have a secret idea that if i post what I want, I will magically receive!).

Anyway, cat pictures ahoy. My excuse is the colour. SS2010 anyone?

http://www.thomastreuhaft.com/Tim_Walker/tw.html

nice

2009-03-26T08:46:00.000-07:00

just nice colour on these shades from Oxfam,
especially the coral tips

google roofs

2009-03-26T06:51:00.000-07:00

Seduced by google earth, (and prompted by "Kath & Kim")
i got to looking at different places, with different climates, to see if there is much variation in suburban housing from the air.
surprisingly, not a lot.
though i did notice in Anchorage that there is some white roofing,
which lead me to
http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/000587.html

showing that white/reflective roofing has an environmental benefit.
so perhaps, there will be even less colour in the next century.

stapler of the week

2009-03-13T10:52:00.000-07:00

clearly the interest in heavy-duty stationery is catching. these staplers don't exactly match the varieties of tape below, but the reduced colour palette and finish, based on necessity as much as choice, are a shared protestant aesthetic. practical, use what's to hand, beauty out of circumstances. very timely.

Source: Stapler of the Week

needs must

2009-03-12T11:16:00.000-07:00

A bit of a fetish for tapes,
they necessarily have a sense of utility, but a wide range of textures, transparency and tone.
Just combining them in different ways, building palettes and the makings of a grammar for product and interior concepts.

primary focus

2009-03-12T11:12:00.000-07:00

Yellow, red and green, as iconic-accents.
Obviously, it’s a bit overstated here, but the use of colour should be more evocative,
Either by triggering associations with that colour, or pushing emotional buttons.
To further unsettle, the forms are amorphous, blobbing around in space, amoeboid.
The games consoles from the movie “existenz” are worth looking at.

rubber lover

2009-03-12T11:10:00.000-07:00

The qualities of these ‘slimes’ is really lovely, as it stretches and reveals less of its colour.
The user-reaction to this stuff is always extraordinary, for some a wince, for others it’s a very primeval play.
Funny how a little viscosity can bring a smile to the face.

visor

2009-03-12T11:08:00.000-07:00

These images keep floating around my desk, so I put them together.
The colour is yellow, but with an important lime element, corrupting its brilliance.
In a reflective finish, greyed out, it evokes a futurism with a gentler aspect.

lux-ish

2009-03-12T11:07:00.000-07:00

Low-level metallic and reflective surfaces, gunmetal and anthracite qualities, but in more welcoming tones. Don’t know where I am going with this at the moment, but it is with mass-market in mind, rather than high-end, about low-level luxury.

lemon anise

2009-03-12T11:06:00.002-07:00

Source: Garance Dore

trace

2009-03-12T11:06:00.001-07:00

Apart from loving the intensity of this colour, deep violety indigo whatever, it is the quality of loose colour that I am into, the feeling that it will rub off, a draggy spongey touch,
Also, its translucence could be great for interior usage, with plastic components in cars (think!) , it could be a whole new environment possibility.

mallard

2009-03-12T11:04:00.000-07:00

It started with a really interesting sculpture by George Taylor(image on left), in an exhibition in the Pangolin Gallery, in King’s Place, York Way. The feathers, and the fur sample (from Berwick St) kicked off a series of colour images (pictured in the middle)
It’s all it is, for now…

irresistible

2009-03-12T10:54:00.000-07:00

creative

romantic

bleeding

soft

watercolour

colour needs to surprise and be familiar. at the moment especially, colour needs to be irresistible.

Source: 'Destructuve Vintage TyPO' experiment by Alberto Seveso

guides

2009-03-12T10:53:00.000-07:00

These are some diagrams I made for design friends who were visiting London, with some of my usual scoping haunts. Might be handy if you don’t have long in London, but want to see some stuff.