Tag: color
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What Color Was That?
Ever had trouble describing a color to someone? There are tools designed to help you convey that information to another designer; or dyer, or graphic artist, or painter, or weaver, and on and on and on. They’re a lot like paint chips that you can bring home to try out in your living room. In…
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Transition lights
This great layout from Vogue magazine from February 15, 1934 allows me to highlight some super things about our collections here at the FIT Library. The Gladys Marcus Library specializes in feeding the designer’s mind. We focus most on clothing and textiles, but we also have universal design, toy design, interior design, and fine arts…
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From Winter Blues into Rainbows of Ornament
I am one of those people who hates the drear of winter time. It’s a time of year when everything seems muted, gray, dingy, and brown. I feel muffled and dulled by so many coats and scarves and such heavy boots. The best cure for this I have ever found is to play…