The colours and shapes of the iconic image of the vampire are analysed. Find out how colour combinations, specific hues, and shapes can enhance the semantic power of an image.
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Colour design is a game
Turn colour advice into fun For colour lovers, gamers and designers, CITY OF 8 developed “64”, a domino colour game … More
Isolation and loneliness in colour
During the Christmas season special attention is being paid to people who live in isolation suffering from loneliness. Reference is made to the Covid-19 period when strict measures such as home confinement were imposed on the population. For many people this implied an increase in their sense of loneliness. This article examines the use of colours in visual communications such as in illustration, film and book covers, that represent this mental state. Applying the Semantic Colour Space as an analytical tool, some distinct colour combinations and specific hues emerge that represent different aspects of seclusion and loneliness.
Colours for ‘curiosity’
A colour analysis from graphic design depicting curiosity, reveals a clear picture of the different meaning aspects of the concept of curiosity, and the appropriate colours to arouse them,
Design Semantics Database – Analysing the UEFA Champions League visual communication
ICA-Belgium Sunday morning Colour Talk with Inez Michiels
ICA-Belgium Sunday morning Colour Talk with Inez Michiels
ICA-Belgium Sunday morning Colour Talk with Inez Michiels
Design Semantics Database revealed at the AIC 14th Congress Milano 2021
Design Semantics Database revealed at the AIC 14th Congress Milano 2021
Semantic Color Space
The design semantic space is a handy tool to keep an overview of the psychological and emotional effects of colors and their synaesthetic relations with other visual languages and sensory stimuli.
Art matching test
The new collection pavilion, opened november 2019 in the Antwerp Middelheim museum, offers the space to focus extensively on one … More
Color Test on AIC Lisboa interim meeting 2018
Inez Michiels of CITY OF 8 was present at the AIC Lisboa Interim Meeting, September 2018, with a poster presentation … More
Design semantic pathways on COLOUR DAY 2018
Inez Michiels presents the semantic colour space as a design method to connect psychology, emotion and meaning to elements of visual language during the COLOUR DAY 2018 symposium, hosted by ENSAV La Cambre in Brussels, on 21th of March.
DESIGN ACCOUNTABILITY SHEET
CLIENT Royal Doctors Association of Antwerp – Belgium (www.karva.be) MISSION Design a visual for the conference on infectious diseases during … More
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CITY OF 8 is a non profit research association in the field of design semantics. We look into the meaning … More
Design semantics becomes important
This prediction can be read in the Trend Report 2016 of Wijs. “The question is whether the meaning of symbols … More
Sound and color of femininity
Woman names contain strikingly often the aia-vowel combination like in Fatima or in Maria. One finds also woman names with … More
ID-sculpture on Day of Science
Day of Science 2014 On the Belgian Day of Science November 2014, the general public was given the opportunity to … More
Is language genetically coded?
Electronic scanners confirm the hypothesis: language is based on a hereditary capability, is genetically coded. In 1981 the subject was … More
Healthcare visual communication
According to statistical research, there is in the appreciation of colours, a colour encoding operative that coincides with the functioning … More
Colours of power and speed
Running the marathon is not my speciality, but I admire those who sacrifice for such a heroic challenge. One of … More
Gold winner Kleenex Feeling-campaign: excellent use of universal visual language.
Introduction The Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival has announced the winners for the Outdoor category. Gold goes to the ‘Feelings’ … More
Universality in cross-cultural marketing communication
Advertisers, publicity agencies, brand and product identity designers, are increasingly faced with the challenges of a globalizing market. Marketing communication … More
Schiphol new logo: the shape
In previous blog ‘Schiphol new logo: the colours’ I submitted the new logo of Schiphol Amsterdam (work of dBOD/Schiphol airport) … More
Schiphol new logo: the colours
The International Airport Schiphol in the Netherlands is one of the better airports in the world, which is my experience … More
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