Photos that I made in Parc Güell, Barcelona. I deliberately oversaturated these images, which might make them seem a bit kitschy, but I guess they convey the overall atmosphere of the place.
I'm no photographer. But now that I got my own still shot camera, I just thought it was time I started experimenting with it.
Beautiful! Dots are so simple and so perfect. I'm kind of in love with dots. I might say I like dots even more than stripes. ;-)
I don't know much about Vladimir Sutnar, pioneer of what we now call information design, but I certainly like these pieces from his oeuvre. Diagonals make these works move. Also, I like the idea of combining photography with simple shapes. And I like that he uses color sparingly (regardless of whether this is due to contemporary printing technology or not).
Earlier I posted already three pages from this so-called calendar. We didn't have to construct a real wall calendar out of the images, but rather a posterlike sheet so that we can display them at year-end exhibition.
Whether in fashion, interior design, graphic design or fine arts, Black-and-white is almost always a very powerful combination. Maybe because our world is very colorful already. Also, this combination gives the highest possible contrast. Black-and-white looks elegant. Depending on their proportion to each other, black-and-white can look fresh and pleasant, or it can look frightful, as illustrated by the above pictures.
Sources: http://www.firstview.com/ , http://www.net-a-porter.com/ , http://www.aiga.org/ , http://www.primalinea.com/ .
PS: I love dots.
Even in graphic design, many times I find the inspiration I need in fashion, especially for color. Whenever I make a moodboard, I would browse the Web or flip through magazines to find the mood that later on I want to convey in my design, and quite often, I find it in outfits or fashion photography.
