It’s amazing the things that people are able to overcome, not least of all blindness. With colour being used for communication so much in day to day life, let alone if your a graphic designer, I can only imagine some of the difficulties one might face.

With the colouradd system, recognizing and even utilizing colour is now possible.

The system proposed is based on the search of the color, not the light color RGB Ð (R, red; G, green and B, blue), because the colorblind person does not possess the correct vision of the colors, nor a tangible knowledge of how their addition works.

The system proposed is based on the pigment color, using as basis the primary colors: BLUE (cyan), RED (magenta), YELLOW.

In addition to primary and secondary colours, symbols for white and black allow users to expand their colour range into the dozens, as well as using shades of grey and specialty symbols for gold and silver. Continue reading...

Now, I don’t know exactly what Google bases it’s auto-complete suggestions on, but presumably it’s built around popular search terms. If this is the case, the graphic design community may be harboring a dirty little secret.

When you’re all alone…

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If you’ve ever had a drink in your life you’ll no doubt recognize the iconic bottle design of Absolut Vodka. It stands to reason their are plenty of equal, if not better products when browsing the shelves of your local bottle shop, yet even without the label, Absolut stands out from the crowd. Continue reading...

In order to promote the Pantone colour guide book to design students, Basheer Graphic Books commissioned this 8 metre Pantone rainbow consisting of over 5000 colour chips, built by the agency Bates141 in Jakarta.

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I’m not usually a fan of the whole swirly-vector style of illustration that gets used over and over for everything, but this series by Si Scott deserves a mention.

Their stylized forms are so elaborate and yet still realistic. Continue reading...