Hiromura Design Office has created a magnificent storage solution for the Tokushu Tokai Paper Head Office that is every paper/craft/color lover’s wet dream. If I had all the money in the world I would have this Japanese design house design all my storage spaces.
Via Apartment Therapy.…
Want your child to get a head start on chemistry? Try these Educational Chemistry Crayons from Etsy seller QueInteresante:
Children play and draw with crayons practically every day, so why not make the experience more educational? This listing is for a set of 48 Crayola crayons with labels so that while children are coloring, they are also exposed to the names of chemicals that will make those colors! So instead of thinking “I want green” they will think “I want Barium Nitrate Ba(NO3)2 Flame” and then when they take chemistry in high school and their teacher sets some gas on…
Travel by Color is an online tool developed by travel site Explorra that lets you pick a color (or you can choose to go with a random selection) to discover a variety of destinations containing that hue.
While I doubt that most users of the tool will actually use the service to choose their next vacation destination, it is nonetheless a fun way to explore the wide variety of colors offered by locales around the world.
Via COLOURlovers.…
The Telegraph has a terrific article about the preservation and study of renowned artists’ paint palettes:
Why preserve Van Gogh’s palette?
Why preserve an artist’s palette? The daubs of raw pigment or the mixes left in position can be an intriguing index to the working method and the mind of the artist. And most, once the status of art had been elevated above the realms of mere craft, would paint themselves palette in hand.
Where and how colour is laid can convey emotion, psychology, religious significance. “The whole value of what you are about” wrote John Ruskin in his Elements…
Most of my readers may brush off this news, but I have some exciting news for all my fellow color lovers and print designers…
Today, Pantone released the Pantone Plus Series, an update to the ubiquitous Pantone Matching System!
The new series does not only include 566 new colors, it also hosts a myriad of new features such as the chromatic arrangement of colors for more intuitive selection, an expanded palette of spot colors, the addition of new premium metallics, and a broader range of neons.
The Plus Series also brings with it digital tools such as the Pantone Color…
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