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Archive for February, 2007

Colorcodes: how barcodes become art

Hi Guys, sorry for disappearing. I have just started a new job and I am freaking out, working 10/11 hours per day. I would have loved to update the blog, however these days have been crazy. Please be patient. I will try to keep the rythm - I promise!

Brain Tiong has just launched a new project with Singapore Press Holding. Colorcodes evolves the idea of the semacode and weaves it with color and design. People with the right mobile phones are able to scan these codes with their camera, ping it to a site and receive all sorts of, mainly marketing, goodies.

The site says:

“ColorCodes can be as small as 1 square cm, and as big as your imagination. A ColorCode’s™ pattern potential is determined by the number of color cells it encompasses. In a standard, four-color 5 x 5 cell code, more than 17 billion patterns can be created. Continue reading ‘Colorcodes: how barcodes become art’

Cool yourself with ice

Ice BlueToday I went for a walk to see the melting signs of winter. Ice has almost disappeared from the sea and when I took this photograph of Mälaren, a lake in Stockholm, I decided to write a post about this interesting shade of Blue.I’d wear Ice Blue when I crave some isolation or to calm the stressed hearth and mind. This would bee good colour to wear in connection with work that involves reflection and precision. Blue is also a colour of the mind and seams to be a preferred colour of the male population (mostly Sky Blue).
Surprisingly I’ve also found that for some people this colour symbolises LOVE. This is quite interesting connection.
Any idea why would it symbolise LOVE?? Anyone? Continue reading ‘Cool yourself with ice’

How not to be used by colour

I am back after a while of silence and will be more present now as I am to write more about my theory of colour.

As Tita and Valentina are posting great stuff about all other art forms in this coloured universe, under this category, I will be explaining (in an entirely subjective manner) how to use the colours. As well as the meaning and the effects that the colour has on us but more to the point:
how can we use it FOR OUR OWN PORPOISE.
How use the colour and not to be used by it. Continue reading ‘How not to be used by colour’