in 2012 i was asked to make the poster for an exhibition of my ballet posters at the ‘dutch poster museum’ in hoorn
i wanted to create a life-size dress made of posters but liked the small dummy/test version so much, i used that for the final poster instead…
Instead of using color names, each white tube of paint is labelled with an “equation” showing which primary colors, and in what proportions, were used to make the color inside.
The “Nameless Paint” designers, Yusuke Imai and Ayami Moteki, believe that color labels are problematic. “By not assigning names to the colors we want to expand the definition of what a color can be, and the various shades they can create by mixing them,” said Imai. In addition to rejecting labels, the paints also teach color theory.
interesting project from japanese duo ima moteki which aims to help children understand some of the basic concepts behind color theory and how to mix and create new colors
here is the finished poster for the ‘interactive smartphone’ concert with the metropole orkest in amsterdam next month, as you can see it has changed slightly form the first version (see two posts back)
i’m really loving this poster i came across online, recently
a collaboration between glithero and traditional printers baddeley brothers to create …five expertly crafted paper airplanes, using traditional print press techniques and an unorthodox appropriation of an envelope-folding machine, the project is presented alongside a making-of film that pays homage to the faithful relationship between the printers and their machines…
(via mister jean-louis ‘el capitan’ d)