Old Pantone color charts recycled

As I love colors I was more than happy few years ago when my ex-flatmate, artist Daniel Jacoby,  offered his piece of art to me. The collage is a collection of old Pantone color charts that Daniel had found from a trash pin. As the piece is huge and Daniele travels a lot and does residence stays in different countries he had troubles of keeping the piece. For me the perfect storage is on my big white wall.

Daniel has studied Fine Arts in the University of Barcelona and is extremely active in participating to different art contests and exhibitions.  He has elaborated his style from paintings to modern and conceptual installations; traditional still lifes you won't see from him.

The latest collaboration is TEXTO, a book of different visual artists trying the narration as a form of expression.

16 bits, Daniel Jacoby

Acrylic, feltpen and collage to a canvas, 130 x 195 cm

Some details of the 16 bits

 As you can see there is much more use for the industrial Pantone colors. As Pantone provides a wide range of services to any kind of industry with its specific color info and trend forecasts, the use of those products can be much more creative than the typical analyzis to maximize the success in the field of different trends.

Nooou, Pantone announces the Tangerine Tango is the color for this year!!!

I was ahead of my time as Pantone declares the Tangerine Tango to be the color of the year 2012! It was my favorite last year, now I am already for mint, but of course I can continue with my orange path... Pantone is the world's color authority that has since year 2000 announced a color for each year. These colors then influence product developments and buying decision of different industries; fashion, graphic design etc. Trendforecasts are of course made much earlier, but at the beginning of the year there is this announcement.

The new color is applied to accessories, of course. I could buy one of these mugs, but they are huge, so I don't know what would I be drinking from that.

Interesting for this year makes the fact that Pantone has teamed up with Sephora, the make up empire, and in spring Sephora will launch their collaboration as Sephora + Pantone Universe. It will be the first "Color of the year beauty collection". I only hope that the limited edition collection is not only to USA market...I will be wating for Tangerina Tango nail polish and maybe this year I would dare also use an orangish lipstick, maybe.

 2012 Pantone Color of the Year; Tangerine Tango 17-1463

Good everyday design

While visiting Finland I admired the new layout of a milk brick. It was beautiful, very innovative & different, traditional, a perfect match for Valio milk. It was so well designed that I had to cut the brick, clean it and take the cardboard to home. Only at home I read from the brick that it was designed by Paola Suhonen, the designer of Ivana Helsinki. I should have known that. It was so Paola's style.

Valio has asked several Finnish designers to design a new layout to its milk. Here you can find the different options, but for me the best obviously is the design of Paola Suhonen, a different, but distinctive design to a very basic product.

Cows and summer view realised using needlepoint.

2012 might be for Mint

Mint is kind of a difficult color, or at least it is not a common one or that pleases many. I haven't really been fond of mint, but as previous orange did, mint is finding a way to my world. My very first mint thing has been a miniature clicky pencil to be used with my new 2012 Moleskine Calendar. I am so proud I already have my calendar, it is only January! Usually I am a bit slow and it is very common that only in February I am searching for a new time organizer. This year the Moleskine came with funny stickers, funny, bec I don't really see a use for them. Maybe when I start to fill in the important dates I find how useful these different stickers might be...to be seen.

Moleskine with its stickers

Another mint thing I have been glazing at has been pants from Borne by Elise Berger. Would be so cheering to wear them!

Something different to be seen on the streets.

2011 was for Orange

The year 2011 was a year for color orange or tangerine, how you prefer to call it. In Finland I never ever used orange, not even considered that. Here in Spain it has kind of sneaked into my life, first only as a thought, but then slightly with small items ending to a complete color for a wall.
This has to do with the northern cold versus southern warm light. Finland has the air of blue and Spain has a hint to yellow&orange.
For me the Orange has been the discovery of the past year, hereby some of my favorite stuff I have purchased. In orange the brighter it is the better.

bimba&lola purse, Diamantini&Domenico wall clock, Marc Jacobs keychain