Grid

Feb 15, 2022 | design

The grid is the fundamental organizing structure of good design. Usually composed of a series of perpendicular lines, it provides a means for both the designer and the consumer to more easily approach and recognize the information presented in the composition. It can...

Colour Wheel

Sep 27, 2021 | colour, design

The colour wheel is a representation of all the visible colours. There are actually several colour wheels, and one can be made for every colour space. One of the first colour wheels was created in 1708 by Claude Boudet, a contemporary to Issac Newton.Traditionally,...
Mauve

Mauve

Sep 15, 2021 | colour

I felt it appropriate to make my first colour post about mauve, the first artificial dye. Created in 1856, mauve was accidentally discovered while Sir Williams Perkin was trying to create a synthetic version of quinine. Prior to this, purple was rare due to its...