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Optics and Chromatics Күргәзмә Плакаты by Timea Andoka

Optics and Chromatics Күргәзмә Плакаты by Timea Andoka is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2018 A' Design Award Көмеш бүләге in Графика, Иллюстрация һәм Визуаль Коммуникация Дизайны Competition Category.


КөмешГрафика· 2018

Optics and Chromatics Күргәзмә Плакаты

by Timea Andoka

Client: Timea Andorka

A' Design Award Көмеш бүләге Winner in Графика Category

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The Design

About Optics and Chromatics Күргәзмә Плакаты

Оптика һәм хроматик исем Гете белән Ньютон арасында төсләрнең табигате турында бәхәсне аңлата. Бу бәхәс ике хәреф формасындагы композициянең бәрелеше белән күрсәтелә: берсе исәпләнә, геометрик, үткен контурлы, икенчесе төсле күләгәләрнең импрессионистик уенына таяна. 2014 елда бу дизайн Pantone Plus Series Artist Covers өчен капка булып хезмәт итте.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Көмеш бүләге

Optics and Chromatics Күргәзмә Плакаты – A' Design Award Көмеш бүләге җиңүчесе, бу гадәттән тыш абруйлы танып белү, ул югары класслы, чибәр һәм тәэсирле дизайннарга бирелә. Көмеш җиңүчеләре – үз дизайнерларының искиткеч белемен, талантын һәм үткенлеген күрсәтүче бик ялтыравыклы һәм иҗади эшләр. Optics and Chromatics Күргәзмә Плакаты искиткеч, үрнәк булырлык, игътибарга лаеклы профессиональ һәм тирән яңалыклы әсәр булыр дип көтелә. A' Design Award Көмеш бүләге җиңүче бу дизайн – сәнгать, фән, дизайн һәм технология чикләрен алга җигүче файдалы, югары бәяләнгән уйлап табу. Optics and Chromatics Күргәзмә Плакаты – күпләрнең көнләшкән, теләкләрне уятучы, уңай хисләр китерүче һәм хәйранлык һәм гаҗәпләнү тудыручы иҗат җимеше.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties
The title Optics and Chromatics refers to the debate between Goethe and Newton on the nature of colours. This debate is represented by the clash of the two letterform compositions, one is calculated, geometric, with sharp contours, the other relies on the impressionistic play of colourful shadows. In 2014 this design served as the cover for Pantone Plus Series Artist Covers. The Pantone Formula Guide and Pantone Solid Chips feature covers showcasing works of art from my project, Optics and Chromatics. (creative manager and designer at Pantone by Timothy Heyer, director of creative marketing at Pantone by Karen Lantelme)
Dimensions & Packaging
original poster size: 70×100 cm
Tags
chromatics, optics, Goethe, light, colour, shadow, experimental typography, crafts
Production Technology
paper, coloured plastic sheet, light, shadow
Design Challenge
Two new font-designs had to be invented to express the nature of the polemy on colour theory. The two types of letter consist of different materials and form: one is made of paper and shadow, the other is of coloured foil and light. The symmetrical, geometric shapes of the white paper and the sharp shadows in the hard light make the word ’optics’ legible. The word ’cromatics’ is built from coloured foil sheets that create colourful, intertangled beams in different angles of light.
Research
It is essential to know in detail the polemy on colour theory between Newton and Goethe when analyzing the relationship between light, shadow and colour. I consider Goethe’s Theory of Colours as one of the basic pieces of work when studying colour experience: it highlights the fact that the colour vision is a greatly changeful, resilient and impressionistic factor, thus not possible to give a description by some exact mathematical formulas – at least not in an adequate manner. The poster enters this several-century-long scientific debate with the resources of contemporary experimental typography. The project’s afterlife shows the timeliness of this inspection: Pantone published its first Limited-edition Artist Covers with this piece of work in 2014.
Inspiration
Goethe's Theory of Colours appeared in 1810. On the occasion of the bicentennial anniversary of the book the Society of Hungarian Graphic Designers and Typographers announces an international design competition entitled Goetheorie. The title of poster Optics and Chromatics refers to a place where Goethe points out that unlike Newton he is not so much interested in the science of sight (Optics) but rather in the theory of colours (Chromatics). He wants to demonstrate the way we actually experience colours, and not the way we are supposed to experience them according to the laws of mathematics.
Project Duration
The poster was made at Budapest, Hungary, 2010.
It was exhibited at Design Terminal, Budapest, Hungary, 05 November 2010 – 09 January 2011, Donau Buro, Ulm, Germany, 04 July – 13 July 2014 and The World Paper Products, Jeonju, South Korea, 20 – 28 February 2017
Operation Flow
Numerous photos have been taken of the two letterform compositions for the project. Changing the perspective and the light conditions meant plenty of possibilities for the visualization. The two pictures that were finally chosen for the poster are the ones which – complementing each other – accentuate the most the difference between the two colour theories.
Patents
all images © Tímea Andorka, 2017
Team Members
Art director, graphic design, type design and paper craft: Tímea Andorka
Image Credits
all images © Tímea Andorka, 2017

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