2011 Year in Review: Best of Home Furnishings. Much of what we do here at Design Milk is source the newest and coolest products to hit the shelves and design fairs.
This year’s batch of home furnishings are innovative, cool, and highly covetable. From a hauntingly beautiful carafe to an über-practical seating system, we bring you the best accessories we found. Sculptural Bike Storage Quarterre designed three sculptural bike storage solutions –- Hood, Branchline, and Shadow –- to support everyday life on two wheels. The pieces are not only useful and good-looking, they elevate the bike to a work of art. Inlay The Inlay collection, comprised of a dining room cupboard and a chest of drawers, was designed by Front for Porro, The surface is covered with squares, rectangles, and other geometric shapes done in different shades of oak.
Human Heart Carafe Drawing on the design world’s current fascination with anatomy, the Cuore (Heart) carafe, designed by Liviana Osti, is composed of two carafes nestled in the form of a human heart. 589217_scale_of_universe_enhanced.
ColorTheory_Screen_White.jpg (JPEG Image, 1224x792 pixels) Chemistry Love Print Our Molecules will Always by TheWallaroo. 13 Cool Plastic Shopping Bags. Apparently the U.S. is lagging way behind Europe when it comes to witty shopping bag design. These 13 were spotted on an interesting site called BoredPanda.com, which calls itself “a highly visual oddities magazine dedicated to showcasing the world’s most creative artworks, offbeat products and everything that’s really weird or wonderful.” A perfect fit for the _floss, I’d say!
As always, let us know your favorite in the comments below. Color Theory for Designers, Part 1: The Meaning of Color - Smashing Magazine. Color in design is very subjective.
What evokes one reaction in one person may evoke a very different reaction in somone else. Sometimes this is due to personal preference, and other times due to cultural background. Color theory is a science in itself. Studying how colors affect different people, either individually or as a group, is something some people build their careers on.
And there’s a lot to it. This is the first in a three-part series on color theory. Warm Colors Link Warm colors include red, orange, and yellow, and variations of those three colors. Red and yellow are both primary colors, with orange falling in the middle, which means warm colors are all truly warm and aren’t created by combining a warm color with a cool color. Red (Primary Color) Link Red is a very hot color. Red can be associated with anger, but is also associated with importance (think of the red carpet at awards shows and celebrity events). Outside the western world, red has different associations. 50 Beautiful and Effective Package Designs.
When choosing one product over another, the design of the packaging probably influences your decision far more than you realize.
Effective packaging design breaks away from the standard rules and conventions that we are accustomed to, giving the product a unique edge to stand out from the rest. The packaging should appeal to your target market. It’s also vital to ensure that you’re conveying the necessary information about the contents and quality of the product, while triggering the desired emotion in your customer. Here are 50 beautifully designed packages that you can draw inspiration from.