Color for Designers: Exploration, Theory, & Application – Richard Mehl

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• 20 Video lessons in HD
• 8h 14m of class content
• Exclusive bonus content

LESSONS

DAY 1
1. Why Study Color?
2. Natural Awareness Of Color & Playing
3. Colors And Their Relationships
4. Color Contrast Of The Color Wheel
5. Hands On Color Grids
6. Color Illusion In Practice
7. Interaction Of Color Practice – Part 1
8. Interaction Of Color Practice – Part 2
9. Illusion Of Transparency
10. Hands On Free Study Experiment
11. Color In Action: Designer Pablo Delcan

DAY 2
12. Color In Design: Tangrams
13. Hands On: Tangrams
14. Hands On: Leaf Composition
15. Expression Of Color & Opposites – Part 1
16. Expression Of Color & Opposites – Part 2
17. Learning From The Masters
18. Hands On: Cut Paper Illusion
19. Everyday Found Color 2
20. Colors In Nature With Rachel Gregg

CLASS DESCRIPTION

An Accessible Approach To The Serious Study Of Color

AFTER THIS CLASS YOU’LL BE ABLE TO:

• Effectively select and apply color to enhance your design projects
• Utilize color theory language to justify your design decisions
• Expand beyond preconceptions and your comfort zone in working with color

ABOUT RICHARD’S CLASS:
Our response to color comes from the place in our brain where trust, loyalty, behavior, and decision occur – every successful project relies on a designer making smart choices about color.

In Color for Designers: Exploration, Theory, & Application, Richard Mehl will give you a foundational understanding of color theory principles and demonstrate how to apply them. Richard has studied alongside design legends Paul Rand, Bradbury Thompson and Herbert Matter; in this class he’ll share insights gleaned from 12 years of teaching and writing about color in design.

Richard takes an accessible approach to the serious study of color theory for designers. You’ll be exposed to a relevant series of ideas and skills by exploring a range of analog and digital projects.

• Color terminology and meaning
• How to view color in context
• Contrast grids and color illusion
• Tips for creating a harmonious color palette

In Color for Designers: Exploration, Theory, & Application you’ll develop a new awareness and sensitivity to color that will bolster your confidence in your personal and professional design work.

WHO THIS CLASS IS FOR:
This class is for designers and color aficionados of all levels working across various media, ranging from floral design to user experience design. It is also an appropriate refresher in color theory for experienced designers.

ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR:
Richard Mehl has taught two-dimensional design, color theory and typography at the School of Visual Arts for over 12 years. His students have gone on to become successful, award-winning designers and art directors for prestigious design studios, including Bloomberg, New York Magazine, Pentagram, The Guardian, The New York Times and Sagmeister & Walsh. Mehl received an MFA in graphic design from Yale School of Art, where he studied with graphic design legends Paul Rand, Bradbury Thompson and Herbert Matter, design educators Alvin Eisenman and Inge Druckrey, type designer Matthew Carter, and information design expert Edward Tufte. He is the author of Playing with Color: 50 Graphic Experiments for Exploring Color Design Principles (©2013 Rockport Publishers). Mehl lives with his family – wife Alicia and Sheldon the Pug – and carries on a graphic design practice in Chelsea, New York.

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