Interaction of Colour

On this episode of Design Matters, Debbie Millman talks to Brenda Danilowitz, Chief Curator at the <a href="http://www.albersfoundation.org/" target="_blank">Josef and Anni Albers Foundation</a>, and Philip Tiongson, a principal at <a href="http://www.potiondesign.com/" target="_blank">Potion</a>, a design and technology firm specialzing in interactive expereinces, about Josef Alber's book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Interaction-Color-50th-Anniversary-Edition/dp/0300179359" target="_blank">Interaction of Color</a>. To mark the 50th anniversary of this groundbreaking book, Yale University is realeasing an <a href="http://yupnet.org/interactionofcolor/" target="_blank">iPad app</a> of the book. The Interaction of Color mobile app for iPad helps the user understand the book&rsquo;s ideas, view the plates, experiment, and create and share designs. This interactive edition of one of the most influential books on color ever written offers users an entirely new way to experience Josef Albers&rsquo;s original masterwork.

Design Matters With Debbie Millman: Brenda Danilowitz & Philip Tiongson

"Easy to know that diamonds are precious. Good to learn that rubies have depth. But more to see that pebbles are miraculous." Excerpt from https://soundcloud.com/designmatters/interactionofcolor

Background, context, and discussion <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/08/16/interaction-of-color-josef-albers-50th-anniversary/">here</a>.

Josef Albers as an educator

Excerpt from https://soundcloud.com/designmatters/interactionofcolor

Background, context, and discussion <a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/08/16/interaction-of-color-josef-albers-50th-anniversary/">here</a>.

Josef Albers and the art of seeing

Josef Albers on education as discovery

Josef Albers and unlocking the magic of color

A conversation with cognitive scientist Alexandra Horowitz, author of On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes (http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2013/08/12/on-looking-eleven-walks-with-expert-eyes/). 

Transcript and details here: http://brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/06/27/on-looking-alexandra-horowitz-interview/

Recorded for The Dish Book Club: http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/category/book-club/

Produced by Chas Danner / The Dish

Interaction of Colour

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