Колористика

Dealing with color is a complex subject: influenced by standards, fashions, and trends, we derive our ideas and concepts from color theories, intuition, and personal preferences. The color swatches and systems for describing color common today are based on purely quantitative principles and include well over 1,500 colors. So how do we choose a particular color?

More than ten years ago, the color chemist Katrin Trautwein established a pigment factory, starting out from Le Corbusier’s color palette. She now has more than 900 recipes for paint from which she has proposed – based on her work with architects, designers, and historical preservationists – a selection of 128 colors that produce pleasant results on their own and also combine well. Each color is presented with a sample; their potential uses and significance are also discussed.

Katrin Trautwein has lectured throughout the world on how to approach colors, given seminars, given expert opinions, advised architects, taught painters, and worked as a restorer.

Materials inspire and arouse emotions, they surround us everywhere, we possess them and feel them. As with people, our first impression of them is provided by the visual perception they create. The Architecture Compact series presents materials that on the one hand convey a unique impression through their inherent physical characteristics, and on the other hand, achieve surprising results when used in combination with each other.

Materialien, Konzepte, Techniken - in der Reihe ARCHITECTURE COMPACT widmen sich die einzelnen Bände aktuellen Themen der Architektur des 21. Jahrhunderts. Jedes Buch fokussiert einen pragmatischen Aspekt des Bauens u. setzt ihn in Beziehung zum Design. Durch eine facettenreiche Betrachtungsweise wird für den Leser die Vielschichtigkeit moderner Baukunst lebendig. Das spezifische Thema erschließt sich iihm in seiner ganzen Tiefe.

Classic, timeless, versatile, easily adapted to changing fashions and brilliant for maximizing light – white can work in every room in every home.

In At Home With White, Atlanta Bartlett and Karena Callen start by showing us How to Use White to create a multitude of different environments – from warm, relaxed and cosy through to cool and tranquil – utilising different textures and shades. Next, Creating a Mood with White describes five themes: Classic, Romantic, Beach, Country and Modern, and demonstrates how to design a successful and practical white interior.

Finally, Living with White illustrates, room by room, how to make white work for you. From bedrooms to kitchens, white is the most effortless and versatile shade for contemporary living.

A stunning journey through the world's most dramatic and inspiring black architecture - now in a cool, compact new format

In this sleek, stylish and easy-to-use new size, Black: Architecture in Monochrome highlights the exquisite elegance of black in the built world through more than 150 structures. From ancient churches to contemporary skyscrapers, Black demonstrates how hues from ebony to onyx have been beloved by architects for centuries. Insightful texts paired with striking photography bring to life these captivating buildings including works by Mies van der Rohe, Philip Johnson, David Adjaye, Jean Nouvel, Peter Marino, and Steven Holl.

About the Author:

Stella Paul was educator-in-charge (exhibitions and communications) and senior manager of the Interpretative Audio Program (Digital Media) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. She established the Smithsonian Institution's Southern California Center for the Archives of American Art, and has worked as a curator at LACMA.

In his most personal book to date, William Yeoward reveals his passion for color, his inspirations and the 'stories' behind his unique use of color as he takes you on a journey through a dazzling array of beautiful homes.

Known for his chic and stylish color combinations, William Yeoward reveals his color secrets, starting with the classic combination of blue and white — there are cobalt silk sofas, sapphire armchairs, aquamarine patterned ceramics, and indigo plush pillows, all combined to evoke a sense of luxury, in William's trademark style. The unique color stories in the book include red, white, and blue in a villa in France, a comfortable coastal retreat with hints of pink, taking you through to lavender and amethyst in the country and the city, soft grey studies in living rooms and table settings, a blazing ochre red contemporary cottage, an orange rustic barn dinner, and a red and steel outdoor kitchen. This is William’s fourth book and is the first one to focus on his passion for color and the sumptuous interiors that can be created by focusing on details and by layering opulent textures, prints, and proportions.

About the Author:

William Yeoward has a worldwide reputation for his trademark table settings and stunning ranges of tableware and collections for the home. He has shops in London and New York and lectures on design throughout the United States, and his work is featured regularly in magazines such as Town and Country and Elle Décor (for whom he is a contributing editor). His previous books include William Yeoward on Entertaining, The Perfect Host and William Yeoward At Home. The author is based between London and Gloucestershire.

It all begins and ends with white.
White is everywhere, from sculptures and art installations to interior and furniture designs to fields of snow and mythical animals. In its countless tones - eggshell, ballerina, off-white, edelweiss, and so many more - white elicits a range of emotions, depending on the viewer, the design, the culture, the use.

Brilliant: White in Design examines the spectrum of colors and talents inherent in white, exploring how it is used, and viewed, in art, design, architecture, and nature. Noted design writer Linda O’Keeffe parses the language of white and considers its strengths and, at times, its weaknesses. She shows that living with white has soothing rewards and dust-collecting drawbacks; that beige is not a four-letter word but a glamorous alternative to its more pristine counterpart; that designing with white reduces everything to pure form; and much more.

In more than 250 photographs, O’Keeffe showcases work, both recent and historic, from around the world - France, Japan, Spain, England, Mexico, Canada, South Africa - and across the United States. Designers and artists include Jonathan Adler, Orlando Diaz-Azcuy, Andy Goldsworthy, Kelly Hoppen, Hugh Newell Jacobsen, Richard Meier, Benjamin Noriega-Ortiz, Andrée Putman, Robert Ryman, Philippe Starck, Kelly Wearstler, and Vicente Wolf.

White always makes a statement. It is distinct, versatile, and unparalleled; it is brilliant.

Carlos Cruz-Diez (Caracas, 1923) promotes experimentation with color and is one of the most relevant examples of the Kinetic Art Movement. The catalogue covers Cruz-Diez´s career including his beginnings as a graphic designer. The 1950s and 1960s are presented through a carefully selected group of unedited documents including magazines and catalogues that he illustrated and designed during that time period. This chapter in Cruz Diez´s career directly correlates with his unique artistic language, which he continues to apply in his works today. The catalogue illustrates almost thirty works by Carlos Cruz-Diez. Their presentation takes into account the original series in which they were first exhibited. These series allow insight into the artist´s personal concept and organization of his body of work. At the same time, the series reflect his incredible ambition and eagerness to experiment. His invented jargon stands out in all of the series with titles so typically Cruz-Diez such as Chromatic induction , Physichromie Chromosaturation .

'Carlos Cruz-Diez: Colour Happens' is the title of the first individual Spanish exhibition, an official institution, dedicated to the work of Carlos Cruz-Diez (Caracas, 1923). His work has been present in the greatest European exhibitions dedicated to Kinetic Art since the 60's, as well as in the most important collective exhibitions devoted to Latin American art. Carlos Cruz-Diez has worked in many of the most dignified museums worldwide, including, Musee National d'Art Modern Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, of which loaned works of Cruz-Diez for this exhibition, as with the private Foundation Allegro, the Altelier Cruz-Diez and MUGAB (Diputation of Alicante).

The book focuses on how the usage of different colours can affect people's perception of a space. Colour not only affects the way space appears itself, but also affects the relationships between a room and the objects within it. Reaching beyond simple colour changes through paint choices, this volume explains how the colour of furnishings, accessories and other details can redefine a space. Including all the colours and also special sections on blacks, greys and mixing colours, this volume features hundreds of photographs that will inspire you to re-imagine the house.

This book is a collection of the fi nest examples of the synergy generated by graphics and the use of color in architecture. The selection of projects demonstrates how graphics and color can reinforce the strength of volumes and spaces. The spatial application of color is clearly explained by the creators of the projects themselves through texts and photographs. This is an essential book for delving deeper into the specifi c uses of color in architecture and its application to different typologies. Work from some of today’s fi nest contemporary architects make this an excellent source of inspiration for lovers of color-focused architecture.

The use of color, in any artistic disciplnine, is one of the most cmplex paskss, as it not only serves a decorativepurpose; it is also used to convey an intention and certai aesthetic effects. In addition, there are psychological factor, considering that a color, and even shades of a color, can trigger certain feelings and this can have a decisive impact on how a person perceives a space or object.