Kinetic Energy!!!

I am excited about Ford adopting its new design language called "Kinetic Design". "Kinetic Design" means energy in motion. The concept appeared at Frankfurt Motor Show with the debut of the iosis Concept, a four-door sedan that featured clean angles, a sharply sloped windscreen and large wheels. Many of its design themes are now on the S-MAX and Galaxy MPV’s and the 2007 Mondeo. It is very hard to design something that evokes certain emotions and is aesthetically pleasing at the same time. If you have both combination working then you have a winning design. As far as I can see, Ford translating kinetic design DNA into their other model lines is working quite well. Unfortunately, a lot of these cool designs won’t be making it to the States. Which begs the question; how come Europe always gets cool designs?? Especially when it comes to small hatchbacks..... Read More......

FUSION OF MATERIALS

Alexander Pelikan has come up with a new technique that fuses wood and plastic together. This is an exciting step for furniture design. The composition of the furniture is unique with the random placement of plastic combined with the rigid nature of wood; creating an effect that looks as though the wood is painted.

Check out the video to see Pelikan demonstrate his technique!


Alexander was born in Germany and completed his bachelor’s degree at the Design Academy Eindhoven in 2006. He also opened up his own studio, PeLidesign www.pelidesign.com.

Hunn Wai is another designer that demonstrates an interesting fusion of materials. In the pictures below it looks as though the wood is melting into the plastic.




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fun with COLORS

Color can be scary, but it doesn’t have to be. There are tons of websites out there that let you have fun with color, if you know where to find them. Here are a few that I’ve found...


Multicolr Search Lab - Idée Inc.


This nifty tool lets you search Flickr’s images by color. Choose up to 10 colors from the palette on the right and be amazed at the results. (clicking the same color more than once increases its presence in the search results)

I used it to create this homage to PANTONE® 143 C.




COLOURlovers.com


Keep your finger on the pulse of the colour community with the help of this awesome site. Browse and download the latest palettes and patterns created by people just like yourself, or submit your own for judging. Be sure to check out their blog as well for loads of inspiration.


Color Palette Generator


Need to create a color palette from an image? Are you too lazy to do it yourself? Would you rather have your computer do it for you mathematically, using calculus or something? Then check out the Color Palette Generator on DeGraeve.com. Who knows? It might come in handy some day for you graphic designers out there.

That’s all I have right now. Post your favorite color sites in the comments!
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