Color Stories

Designers often look at color forecasts, and make up palettes and color stories, built around concepts for the season. The 2013 Pantone Color of the Year, Emerald, is described as  “…the color of growth, renewal, and prosperity—no other color conveys regeneration more than green.” Well, that’s an optimistic choice for the new year. Pittsburgh Paints has… Continue reading Color Stories

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Color of the Year 2013: Emerald

My sister, Robin Wagner, is a clothing designer specializing in knitwear. She’s alerted me to color forecasting, an important concept in her field, and the industry of color forecasting. Designers may pay to subscribe to a service that determines what the trendy colors for future seasons will be. If you’re of a certain age, you’ll… Continue reading Color of the Year 2013: Emerald

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Design Problem-solving

At the recent workshop at Peters Valley Craft Center, there were comments from some participants that they hadn’t often thought about design when it came to putting surface on pots. One of my favorite books for looking and thinking about design changes is architect Brent Brolin’s small book The Designer’s Eye: Problem-Solving in Architectural Design.… Continue reading Design Problem-solving

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Working with drop molds with Chris Pickett

The web site is the 21st-century’s business card. UF Ceramics MFA alumnus Chris Pickett has a snappy new web site designed by UF Graphic Design student Marisa Falcigno. Marisa worked as a graphic designer before deciding to return to school for MFA study. She’s been a great consultant and designer for many people affiliated with Ceramics, and… Continue reading Working with drop molds with Chris Pickett

Online color resources

There are sites online where you can give the URL of an image, and it will deconstruct it into a palette. http://www.degraeve.com/color-palette/ This is what it did with my banner image: On Color Hunter it’s similar: put a URL or upload an image, and it gives you the palette and the hexidecimal color numbers for… Continue reading Online color resources

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Color research

Color gives emotional tone and interest to our visual world. Color can be indulgent, luscious. Many companies that deal with color do or subscribe to color forecasting and use color stories to shape a concept around a palette. Color services make a business out of selling subscriptions to color forecasting. Lenzing manufactures fibers, and deals with color. The… Continue reading Color research

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