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wallpaper revival {colour commentary}
Modern wallpaper is bursting with non-traditional subjects from bold geometry to gradient effects to customizable drawing surfaces. Elegant shimmer, hologram foil, mixed with colour, bold prints,...
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textielMuseum & textielLab identity
Dutch studio Raw Color has an exquisite eye for unique and memorable colour palettes. I love their identity for TextielMuseum and TextielLab and the wide palette created by using different intensities...
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walls of texture {in black & white}
Some works of art just make your day. I love these two pieces by Italian artist Andrea Marini. ‘Gemmation’ is a blooming wall of sculptural fibreglass that is both serene and exploding with texture....
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soft neon branding
Who says the neon colour family must always be distractingly bright? I love the soft, almost washed neon look used in this Las Palabras Pintadas branding by Buenos Aires designer Lucía Izco. Add in...
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knots of colour
Milwaukee-based artist Cassandra Smith has a portfolio plump with thought-provoking combinations of pattern, hue and unique surfaces. One of my favourite aspects of her work is the use of found...
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bloc styling
Great product, photography, styling AND use of colour? Now that’s good design. I love this lookbook for Bloc Necklaces by Ladies & Gentlemen Studio. With photography by Charlie Schuck and styling...
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pakta
Pakta is a new Barcelona restaurant from famous culinary pioneers Albert and Ferran Adrià (creators of El Bulli). The menu features Japanese-Peruvian Nikkei cuisine and the interior design is a...
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astrobright tea packaging
Whoa. Geometric lines, a brilliant colour palette AND metallic foil? This tea packaging concept is flipping gorgeous. Designer Ken Lo created several packaging suites to explore the possiblity of...
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gethsemane lutheran church {colourful places & spaces}
If colour ever becomes its own religion, I think I found the ideal place of worship. Designed by Olson Kundig Architects, the redevelopment of Gethsemane Lutheran Church in Seattle is a striking...
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your song {in black & white}
How beautiful is this feat of handmade typography? Antonius Bui meticulously cut the handwritten lyrics of a song out of paper, creating a sheet of artfully intertwined letters. I love how it lifts up...
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bbc asian network, summer of music
Click here to view the embedded video. Click here to view the embedded video. Vibrantly coloured powders and spices exploding on a pounding bass speaker? Um, can I sign up twice? I love this identity...
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cornflower blue & brass {palette of the week}
I’m a longtime admirer of these chic Brass Paperweights by Daniel Emma. And this photograph by Rodrick Bond is simply beautiful. The cornflower blue wall reflects onto the metallic brass surfaces,...
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the swap show
The Swap Show is an “exhibition exchange between design studios and creative agencies from cities around the world designed to showcase and celebrate creative work internationally”. The 2013...
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metallic jewel tones {palette of the week}
I came across this image crafted by photographer Daniel Lindh and art director Chang Lin and fell in love with the modern styling and palette. Has nail polish ever looked better? I just want to dive...
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salience
Click here to view the embedded video. It seems that coloured powder has gone from somewhat trendy to an artful and adaptable material, ripe for experimentation (and I’m first in line to cheer on that...
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looks like music
Click here to view the embedded video. ‘Looks Like Music’, an installation at MUDAM Luxembroug by Japanese designer Yuri Suzuki, is one intriguing look at colour and music. Yuri created the Colour...
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balloons & markets {palette of the week}
I saw these two photographs by Rachel Jones of Black Eiffel on Instagram and instantly become enamoured with their beautiful colour palettes. While the photos were taken a couple of weeks apart and...
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culinary compositions
Designers Dennis Adelmann and Carolin Wanitzek styled these beautiful graphic arrangements for New York startup Food Throttle (a tool focused on selecting special foods for special needs). Playing...
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kindergarten kekec {colourful places & spaces}
A school in Ljubljana, Slovenia called Kindergarten Kekec proves that turning a space of learning from blah to inspiring only really requires some clever thinking and a big dash of colour. Built in...
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san francisco design week 2013
Oh dreamy overlapping sheets of colourful laser cut plexiglass. I love this 3D installation created for San Francisco Design Week 2013 by Manual. The final photographic identity is fantastic but the...
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