Kashiwa Sato is a Japanese art director that is anything but afraid of color. Of all his creative work, which has been for companies such as UNIQLO, docomo, and the list goes on and on, his site might be the most colorful of all. At its core, the site is minimal, but in a way that might make your head explode after an extended period of surfing. The site, created by Yugo Nakamura, includes an unique color navigation system that uses animated color palettes made up of colors that were used on the projects themselves. This system is not only visually impressive but gives a good sense of his creative aesthetic as well.

Our friends over at the handmade goods community DaWanda were kind of enough to ask me to curate a selection of colorful products for a feature on their site. Here it is reposted below. To check out the original click here.

COLOURlovers is a website dedicated to colours! COLOURlovers is an amazing resource that monitors and influences color trends. In particular, the COLOURlovers blog written by David Sommers showcases the different fascinations with colour - from current trends to website colour themes, postage stamps, art work or colour through the decades and lots more!

You can leave a comment for David here!

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Here’s a roundup of the most colorful art, products, websites and such that I’ve come across in the last week.

Art

Water Splash Photography by Fotoopa

fotoopa; fotoopa.smugmug.com

These incredible photos by flickr user fotoopa are captured with the help of some homemade hardware and lasers, or something.

Colored waterfigures: Tools used are a homemade hardware controller with an Altera FPGA chip (DE1 terasic board) 2 lasers are used for the detection. Multiple flashes are used. The controller calculate the delay timings, power for the waves on the speaker, camera control and flashes.

A hightech laser system, multiple tools, multiple flashes freeze the action. Most pictures are generated from waves to form the figures. Combination of falling objects and formed shapes give nice pictures.

Color inspiration by way of Brazilian album covers from the 60's and 70's during the popular Bossa nova movement.

This selection of album covers is part of a larger collection on the site sabadabada which recently celebrated its four year anniversary. sabadabada is run by Peter who has been collection records from Brazil for over 15 years.

"My reasons for building this site were simple. I set out to build the site that I wished somebody else had built before I started collecting. I wanted to post some information, without opinion or commentary, and to share some of the music that I thought was worth collecting."

Color inspiration from some recent stamp designs. Two series by graphic designer Gavin Potenza entitled 'A Field Guide to: the Stamps of the World' and 'Homage to the Stamp'. Along with a New Zealand heritage collection of the alphabet of cultural icons.

AtoZ of New Zealand

Here’s a roundup of the most colorful art, products, websites and such that I’ve come across in the last week.

Products

Colorful Cable Organizers

zhoinnovation.com; sternform.de

Get your life together. These colorful cable managers will help.

Art

Marker Art by Daniel Eatock

eatock.com

Prismacolor Pen Print: complete set of 156 Prismacolor Markers (arranged following manufacturer’s numbered color chart) held within inverted glasses, one ream of 25” x 38” uncoated, 40 lb. paper, divided into two stacks.

Brown is a rather positive color; it represents earthiness, simplicity and health, among other positive descriptions. Though the color is often thought of as a dull, it's the a color of chocolate! When paired up with other colors it instantly adds a sense of richness and life. So, try adding some brown to your decor.

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Now that most experts have dropped the 'R' word in regards to the U.S. economy, we thought we should take a look at one of the more colorful economic indicators, the Lipstick Index. Which is this: the purchase of cosmetics - mainly lipstick - is inversely correlated to the health of the economy. The idea being that during troubled economic times women are less likely to buy items such as dresses, bags and shoes and will go for a less expensive item for a quick consumption high. The term is credited to Estee Lauder chairman Leonard Lauder who first used the term to explain the rise in cosmetic sales after the September 11th attacks. And according to the New York Times lipstick sales have risen 40% in the last few months. So, here are 18 of the recent most popular colors of lipstick.

What do women want when they aren’t allowed to want too much? Traditional lipsticks in more-sheer neutral shades; the bright reds of days gone by have been replaced by pinky browns and rosy taupes.

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Pur Minerals lipstick in Raspberry Quartz, $15 at Ulta stores.

Mally Beauty lipstick in Zooey Doll, $15 at henribendel.com.

Vincent Longo Lipstain SPF lipstick in Americana, $23 at vincentlongo.com

Michael Marcus lipstick in Jenifer, $24 at michaelmarcus.com.

Here’s a roundup of the most colorful art, products, websites and such that I’ve come across in the last week.

Art

Photo Sculptures by Alejandra Laviadra

alejandralaviada.com

Aejandra's work explores the shifting relationship between photography and sculpture, whereby ordinary objects are stripped of their traditional function and perceived differently. each body of work is an attempt to record pieces of history that are simultaneously being erased and created , and reflect a city struggling to reconcile past and future histories.

Our good color loving friends over at Etsy are all about gray at the moment and sent along this post to share. Along with their grey fashion trends we'll take a look at some website designs, and palette inspiration from the CL library.

Earl Grey. Grey Gardens. Gray's Anatomy. Besides these many varied instances, grey (or gray, depending how you spell it) is quite the trend as of late. From clothing to accessories, grey captivates the imaginations of fashionistas the world over. Maybe it's because it's a midway point between black and white, or maybe just because of its neutral qualities — grey just seems to work with everything (and doesn't have to be thought of as gloomy to get the job done). Here's to our new favorite color!

roselabiche

LolitaVintage

decades

PrettyRaccoon

Hende

HarmonyWear

TresChicVintage

larimeloom