All the colours of the rainbow
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.
Pantone colour of the year
With 2010 on the horizon, Pantone have again awarded their annual colour of the year. This years winner, Turquoise. A color of deep compassion and healing, and a color of faith and truth, inspired by water and sky.
Read on for annual winners from years gone by.
2009, Mimosa. The color yellow exemplifies the warmth and nurturing quality of the sun, properties we as humans are naturally drawn to for reassurance.
2008, Blue Iris. A mix of blue and purple that suggests dependability and magic. Continue reading...
So many substrates, so little time
While the bulk of most graphic designers work is destined for paper there’s a whole world of substrates out there. ( substrate is fancy design talk for stuff to stick your design on. )
Gathered from the excellent packaging design site, The Dieline, here is an interesting collection of packaging substrates and designs applied to them, starting with the above conceptual colourless Coke can by Harc Lee.
I’m not sure how pleasant the tactile element of this design would be, 10 points for originality though. Nothing says a masculine cologne like a block of concrete. Continue reading...
Large format business cards
This is a “business card” by PacBlue Printing delivered to advertising agencies to promote their large format printing capabilities.
Very Clever.
Probably a touch to big to carry a stack around with you, at least their clients will never lose the card.
The machine that made us
If you haven’t already seen this BBC documentary by Stephen Fry you’re missing out, it’s fascinating.
Quoted from the BBC – “The printing press was the world’s first mass-production machine. Its invention in the 1450s changed the world as dramatically as splitting the atom or sending men into space, sparking a cultural revolution that shaped the modern age. It is the machine that made us who we are today.
Stephen’s investigation combines historical detective work and a hands-on challenge. He travels to France and Germany on the trail of Johannes Gutenberg, the inventor of the printing press and early media entrepreneur. Along the way he discovers the lengths Gutenberg went to keep his project secret, explores the role of avaricious investors and unscrupulous competitors, and discovers why printing mattered so much in medieval Europe.”
Whether your a designer or not, setting aside an hour to watch this will be time well spent. Continue reading...
