We rarely take into account the origin and identity of everyday objects that are made for our use. So many of our clothes and belongings are made in countries outside the US, and this separation keeps us from appreciating the full value of objects we encounter every day. I know the origin of a fewContinue reading “Geotagged Ceramics from Atelier NL”
Author Archives: Elizabeth Pizzuti
Design Inspiration from Billy Baldwin
Billy Baldwin was ‘the’ interior designer in New York in the 60’s and 70’s. He preferred casual, personal interiors, using pattern on pattern and maintaining the clients personality with some pieces of their own furniture. He designed rooms for Cole Porter, Jackie Kennedy Onassis, and Greta Garbo. This is an image of a Billy BaldwinContinue reading “Design Inspiration from Billy Baldwin”
Color Forecasting
I came across this post on the Landor blog from Jack Bredenfoerder while scanning through my bookmarks the other day. It is very relevant to our current project in class, which is to do a trend forecast for a specific color. My color is yellow, so I think it’s great that 2010 all of theContinue reading “Color Forecasting”
Analagous color schemes… found in real life!
Below are examples of analagous color schemes I found in my journeys around NYC. In the first image, a warm and cheery group of flowers with orange, orange-yellow and yellow hues. Next I found a pair of blue-green cars parked on the street, with the bright blue garage and graffiti in the background, then aContinue reading “Analagous color schemes… found in real life!”
Hunter Stabler – paper cut art (and a cool name too)
Detail from the Cockatoo is Moving Under You, Ink and graphite on hand cut paper Baba Yaga Misquotes the Face to Steeleye Span, Hand Cut Paper Sator Square, ink and graphite on hand-cut paper mounted on plexiglass, 12 x 12 inches Every once in a while, an artist pops up on my screen via myContinue reading “Hunter Stabler – paper cut art (and a cool name too)”
Research on Josef Albers
I’m doing research today for a presentation on Josef Albers, who was a painter, teacher and philosopher educated at the Bauhaus and eventually headed the department of Design at Yale University. Below are a few images of his work that I’m incorporating into my presentation. He created a theory for teaching color that is stillContinue reading “Research on Josef Albers”
Harmonious colors by Alberto Sevoso
I’ve had these images saved in this post for a couple days now, because I’m trying to figure out why I love them so much. They are the typographic work of artist Alberto Sevoso. I can’t tell if they are watercolor, collage or both, and I couldn’t tell you even remotely what they say, butContinue reading “Harmonious colors by Alberto Sevoso”
Anastassia Elias creates beautiful art from toilet paper rolls
I was searching for inspiration for my Type 2 assignment today, and I came across this blog post, from the My Modern Metropolis network. I’m always on the lookout for innovative reuse of materials, and may be one of the only people on Earth that recycles the cardboard middle of toilet paper rolls, and theseContinue reading “Anastassia Elias creates beautiful art from toilet paper rolls”
This is an unbelievable tapestry
aaxé vatapá alegria feijão, avaf 2008Wool, silk and artificial silk tapestry with metallic thread details.Dimensions: 11′ 5″ x 6′ 8″ It is the most provocative and energetic tapestry I’ve ever seen, and I thought fitting for my color blog. By the way, the artist’s name means ‘assume vivid astro focus’ and they are an anonymousContinue reading “This is an unbelievable tapestry”
Gradient in Grey – Cut paper collage
Here is my gradient exercise using paper torn from magazines. Luckily I had some Philips de pury catalogs lying around and got some nice variations from colors in the featured artworks. The only problem I found are the difference in warm and cool colors, even when they are around the same value look very different.Continue reading “Gradient in Grey – Cut paper collage”