Eclectic Colour Roundup

Transportation

Contrail - Biking Community Tool

Studio Gelardi

Developed by Brooklyn-based Studio Gelardi, Contrail was a finalist in last year's Design21 "Power to the Pedal" Design Competition.

Contrail is a tool for developing bicycle communities. As you ride, contrail leaves a faint chalk line behind your bike. The goal is to encourage a new cycle of biking participation by allowing the biking community to leave a unique mark on the road and to reclaim this crucial shared space.

Art

'What is the Color of The Internet' by Antrepo Design

Antrepo4.com

What is the color of the Internet? This question is like "what is the weight of the oceans?". It is unanswered. First of all, Maybe we have to find the right answer for "How many websites exist? The question is difficult to answer precisely. Because the Internet is growing fast. 224,749,695 websites were indexed by Netcraft as of March 2009, in the August 2008 result was 176,748,506.

Before we started, we were aware of the difficulty to find the definition but we tried to find suitable answer about the color palette of the internet.

Four "Clickable Colors" posters shows, the rainbow of the Internet. The color information comes from the top sites on the world wide web. Top list information for the categories of design, game and global are from the Alexa Web Information Service. Blog top list information is from Technorati.

Afterimgae by Betsy Stirratt

betsystirratt.com

The works in Afterimage distill a basic accessible form of abstraction to its essence. The colors that appear in the paintings, the result of a variety of experiences that occur in a particular time, place or location, symbolize the idea of a moment in time as an experience to be captured and recorded. Not wholly symbolic, the color systems are meaningful for their connotations. The hues interact, vibrating and creating a distinct “optical” result.

The works contain a familiarity in composition, referring to fabric and surface design in mass produced, readily available pop culture goods. Color systems are drawn from sources as varied as natural settings, preset palettes, observation, color forecasting and predictions, events, and momentary experiences. These experiences can be banal and ordinary, exciting and stimulating, but the interaction of the colors allow for the possibilities of anxiety, happiness, calm, stress and foreboding.

The formal process utilized in making this work speaks to the give and take necessary in maintaining and relinquishing control in day-to day living. Process and experimentation determines the role that the color systems play in the work. The works are physical to make, requiring repetitive interaction with the picture and culminating in painting actions that negotiate the natural and cultural worlds. Both planning and intuition have an important role in the final outcome, creating an interactivity of the intellect and the gut. Beyond the use of graphic systems and drawing, the symbology of the work reduces it to the essence of meaning.

Food

Colorful Cake by Hope Guyer

Color is much a part of how I see the world. When trying to decide what "theme" to do for my son's 2nd birthday party, the task was diffiuclt. He is really into every disnery character ever made and the usuals including Elmo, Mickey Mouse, etc.So I decided to make his party about colors instead and I focused on the colors of many of these characters. This led me to do a "non Mickey, Mickey colored cake". I used the colors from the character and other elements and made a polk-a-dot cake. It was a huge hit!