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Color Spacing
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Igor Asselbergs
Igor Asselbergs started out as illustrator. He co-founded Tricolore, a color design consultancy in Amsterdam. Currently he is CEO of Colorjinn, a software company specialized in applications for color visualization. Igor is guest lecturer at a design college, a consultant for the paint industry, and has his own color blog, Livelygrey. http://livelygrey.com
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Thanks to Igor Asselbergs, here is a great graphic design or typography technique. It is a great way to communicate with the public while grabbing their attention to the content. I like the black and white example and how the type is slightly over lapped. Wow! the color one is really tricky. It makes my eyes hurt to look at it. It is a successful example of attraction and repulsion in graphic design. You can’t take your eyes off it and at the same time you can’t look at it. If you want to hold someone’s gaze, use it!
angelm
4 months ago
30 comments
I have used this myself when I was starting out as a designer designing magazine ads and such. If I learned one thing in the last few years is that spacing makes typography work. I wouldnt recommend using this contrast typography technique if you only have a few seconds to send your message, like a billboard.
klockarsdesign
5 months ago
3148 comments
To the extent that it does work, it resolves a situation which, except for "display", one should probably try to avoid in the first place - hyper-density typography. It does allow "line" differentiation - at a cost of reading and resting comfort.
moirakatz
5 months ago
34 comments
This reminds me of the vinyl cover Children of the Future by Steve Miller Band, you've got to read in between the blobs..haha
kgreason
6 months ago
12 comments
It's interesting but a little more information would be nice. =D Still, neat.
Kwesu
7 months ago
4 comments
cool ... I guess you could see this work for some not all ... but love it; I'll be using it soon
wscott42
about 1 year ago
140 comments
Great example of how contrast in color can be used to enhance type.
judy_lue
about 1 year ago
2 comments
contemporary, artsy, fun and playful!
BrownSparrow
about 1 year ago
64 comments
I love this! Great idea!
creativeclaudia
about 1 year ago
1778 comments
This does really work, it caught my eye right away. I can't wait to try it!
Alenamation
about 1 year ago
330 comments
That is really cool! I didn't think of type that way! :)