Workshop 2: Atlas of Colour

The purpose of this workshop was to establish a basic understanding of colour and to stimulate the interest of students to develop their ideas of colour in several different yet complementary area of studies.

Given the theme color of apple green and instructions, I was keen to explore how this colour relates to my given tasks, its relation with other hues, and how it is used to construct my atlas as a balanced whole.

Below are images of my final production:



Selective contents from my produced atlas



Top view of the atlas. Atlas uses accordion-styled binding.



Side view of the atlas



The tunnel section of the atlas

I enjoyed all the sections of this atlas and I believe that they evoke their own uniqueness and establish a link between themselves and the other sections. The most significant thing that was impressed upon me when I took off with this assignment was the notion of symmetry, balance, simplicity, and elegance as featured in Herzog and de Meuron's book Natural History. The precedent book became a vital source of inspiration for my atlas production.

Indeed, colour is a very important element in design and I will take from whatever I have studied for the four weeks and implement those ideas into my designs in the days to come.