New Work: ‘Today I’m Feeling Turquoise’
“Today I’m Feeling Turquoise” is an attempt to do something that should have been done a long time ago: pairing up colours with their respective moods.
Because everyone knows that red means anger, green envy, and blue misery. But who knew that olive was the colour of deja-vu, brown the colour of indifference, or pink of laughing on the outside, crying on the inside?
The booklet is made up of double-page spreads of coloured paper sealed with a perforated edge. The reader selects a colour and tears open the perforations to reveal the mood it represents.
“Today I’m Feeling Turquoise” was produced by Pentagram as our 2011/12 holiday card—but it’s much more than that. It’s the first step on a journey to finally matching all the colours in the world with their corresponding moods.
“Today I’m Feeling Turquoise” Featured on New York Magazine’s Approval Matrix
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New Work: Glenmorangie
Domenic Lippa and his team have designed a unique luxury Christmas gift for Glenmorangie, the single malt scotch whisky.
The gift celebrates the tradition of “First-Footing” practiced by households across Scotland and the north of England on New Year’s Eve. The “First-Foot” refers to the first person to cross the threshold of the home after the stroke of midnight on New Year’s Eve, or Hogmanay as it is know in Scotland. Traditionally the “First-Footer” brings gifts of coal and whisky; the coal symbolises the desire for the receiver’s home to be warm and safe for the coming year and the whisky is for toasting the future.
“Lang may yer lum reek” is the accompanying toast, meaning “long may your chimney smoke” to wish prosperity for the coming months.
New Work: Circular 17
The latest issue of Circular, the magazine of the Typographic Circle, is out now. The ninth consecutive issue designed by Domenic Lippa and his team, it is the first to dispense completely with editorial typography.
New Work: 1882
Domenic Lippa and his team have created an identity and packaging for the work of ceramicist and designer Emily Johnson, who is launching her exhibition at a private view tonight. The work is on show until 25 September as part of the London Design Festival.
New Work: London Design Medal 2011
At a star-studded dinner last night in the Crypt of St Paul’s Cathedral, the London Design Medal was awarded to Ron Arad. The medal, which was designed five years ago by Domenic Lippa and his team, was presented by Ben Evans, Festival director. Previous recipients of the award have been Thomas Heatherwick, Zaha Hadid, Paul Smith and Marc Newson. At the presentation dinner, Arad said, “I can’t imagine doing whatever it is I do anywhere else in the world.”
Earlier in the evening, Thomas Heatherwick presented a Pentagram-designed special Lifetime Achievement Award to Vidal Sassoon.
New Work: London Design Festival 2011
The 2011 London Design Festival launched last night with an evening reception at the V&A previewing Textile Field by Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec. The Festival is billed to be the largest and most significant yet and runs from 17 to 25 September.
For the fifth year running Domenic Lippa and his team have designed the Festival’s identity which this year takes as its inspiration the phrase ‘Design from all angles’. The range of items designed will ensure that this year’s Festival is more visible than ever.
New Work: London Design Festival 2011
For the fifth year running Domenic Lippa and his team have worked to create the visual identity for the London Design Festival which runs from 17 to 25 September and is billed to be the largest and most significant yet.
New Work: The Playing Place
A shipping container has been placed in the middle of Truro, Cornwall and named The Playing Place. It opened on 26 March and will remain in place until 25 April. Inside the container visitors are able to interact with written and spoken language, stories and theatre. Domenic Lippa was invited to design a poster for the interior of the container influenced by the words of the BBC and Channel 4 script writer, James Henry.
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