Day 364 - Photography: Happy New Year, the day after

Happy New Year!

Today I went out for a walk and took my camera with me to take some photo's of the remains of the firework. Just to show you that even trash can sometimes be beautiful.

Below three of my photo's.

Fireworks - copyright 2VORM

Fireworks - copyright 2VORM

Fireworks - copyright 2VORM

Day 362 - Product design: colorful plates

Molly Hatch is a talented artist, illustrator and ceramist.

She designs beautiful plates and decorates them with historical and contemporary patterns.
Below you can see some examples of her work.

Want to see more? Visit her website.

Day 361 - Amsterdam Light Festival - illuminated arch at the Rijksmuseum

The Amsterdam Light Festival started on December 6, and can be seen until January 19.

For 50 days, the historical center of Amsterdam will present a unique decor. This year's theme is "Building with Light".  It consists of 30 light sculptures and projections from international artists.

Unfortunately, I have not been able to visit the festival yet, but I will do so next week.

Right now I would like to share one project with you: light battle by venivdimultiplex. This artwork illuminates the passage under the Rijksmuseum. Passengers are invited to take place on an a bicycle and to generate energy and light by pedaling.

Below you see a photo of this interactive artwork.

Source: www.designboom.com

Day 355 - All I want for Christmas are macarons... candles!

It is almost Christmas. Everybody around me is busy buying food and presents.

For those who are still looking for the perfect Christmas gift:
how about these macarons? Sweet, cute and warming.
Warning: do not eat them ;-)

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Day 349 - Evening photography: color splash (zooming in and out)

Yesterday evening I went to the city center. The center is decorated with Christmas lights, so I decided to take my camera with me.

I took photo's of the Christmas lights, trees and shopping windows. And I experimented with the camera: zooming in (or out) results sometimes in amazing shots. Below you see the photo I took of a rather boring shopping window. The zooming transformed it into a color splash.

Tomorrow I'll post another photo. See you then!

Shopping window in the evening - photo by 2VORM, all rights reserved

Day 346 - Photography: architecture, The Hague, Netherlands (2)

The Hague is the seat of the government in the Netherlands.

When I was in The Hague last weekend, I visited the ministry of Finance. The ministry is located in a building that has been renewed in 2011 by Dutch architects Meyer en Van Schooten. They won the PSP award for this project.

I love the colored wall and the court yard. Here are two of my photo's.

The Hague, ministry of Finance - photo" 2VORM, all rights reserved

The Hague, ministry of Finance - photo" 2VORM, all rights reserved

Day 315 - Photography: my visit to the mine complex in Waterschei Belgium (2)

Yesterday, I told you about Waterschei. A former mine complex and a wonderful location for photo shoots.

I went there with my photo class and took a lot of photo's. One of the photo's I like very much is the one you see below. I took it inside the former office of the mine company.

Waterschei - photo: © 2VORM

Day 296 - Photography challenge: Autmn (4)

I am still working on the photo challenge. The theme is autumn.

Today was a sunny autumn day. As the wind was blowing, leafs were falling down everywhere. So I
took my bike and went outside for a ride and took a lot of photo's. This is one of them:

Autumn, leafs- photo by 2VORM, all rights reserved

Autumn, bike - photo by 2VORM, all rights reserved

Day 287 - Typography and kerning: the roof of the new bus station in Amsterdam

The Central Station in Amsterdam is under construction.

One of the largest projects is building of a new roof on the bus station that is situated the train station. The roof is made of glass and it is decorated with the word 'AMSTERDAM'. The letters are mad of colored glass (orange and red).

Yesterday I read an article about this roof on Typographica. The article describes a few worrisome facts, such as the fact that the spacing between the first A and M is 5 windows, whereas the space between the final A and M is only 4 windows...

Want tk know more about it? Read the article here or take the train or bus to Amsterdam to see it with your own eyes.

Anyway, I like this roof and do not mind abut the kerning...

Day 275 - Tasty design: flags made from food

Flags made from food? Yes, the ones below were designed by advertising agency WHYBINTWBA on the occasion of the international food festival in Sydney.

Basil, pasta an tomatos form the Italian flag

Rice and tuna are the ingredients of the Japanese flag

Scones, cream and jam: this must be the United Kingdom

Via Froot.nl

Day 267 - Photography challenge: clouds

Last week I started with a photography course. Each week we get a challenge.

The challenge for this week is 'clouds'. Clouds as in clouds in the sky, smoke, candy clouds or whatever you can imagine.

As it was full moon, and the sky was cloudy and had mysterious and dramatic colors, I decided to make photo's of it. So I took my tripod, went outside and took a lot of photo's.

Here's one of them.

Clouds - photo by 2ORM, all rights reserved

Day 254 - Color burst: Rainbows

Yesterday I told you about the rainbow stairs. All these colors make me so happy.
So I browsed the internet and decided to show you more of these colorful projects.

Day 253 - Burst of color: Rainbow stairs appear all over Turkey

The first rainbow stairs were painted by Huseyin Cetinel. His aim was 'to make people smile'.

Unfortunately, the authorities did not like Cetinel's project and they repainted the stairs with grey paint.
This was the starting point for activists all over the country to paint stairs in rainbow colors. From the East to the West, form the North to the South, there are rainbow stairs all over the country as a sign of anti-government protests.

Source: @demishevich

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Day 250 - Design: Color your life with these rainbow pencils

Colors are fun, they make me happy.

When I saw these rainbow pencils it was love at first sight. The pencils, designed by Duncan Shotton, are made from recycled paper. Each time you sharpen them, you create the most amazing rainbows...

The aim of Shotton's project is to bring happiness to people in their everyday lifes.

Day 244 - Photography at the Piet Hein Eek Studio in Eindhoven: Reflection

During my visit at the Piet Hein Eek Studio, that is located in an industrial building, I saw beautiful vases on a table. These vases had marvelous colors, like a soft pink and amber. Moreover, these vases reflected parts of the building. I took my camera and started making lots of photo's of these reflections.

Here is one of them. Hope you like it as much as I do...

Reflection in a vase - photo by 2VORM, all rights reserved

Day 225 - Wonder Wall, inspiration at Piet Hein Eek Studio (2)

As I told a while ago, I have been at the Piet Hein Eek Studio in Eindhoven.

The studio is housed in an industrial building at Strijp S. In this studio, Piet Hein Eek shows his furniture designs. Varying from tables, chairs, beds to lamps and cupboards.

In his studio, there is also room for other designers. I already showed you an overview of the painted Wonder Wall by Jan van der Ploeg. Today I will show you some photo's of details of this wall.

Wonder Wall - photo by 2VORM, all rights reserved

Wonder Wall - photo by 2VORM, all rights reserved

Wonder Wall - photo by 2VORM, all rights reserved

Day 204 - Wonder Wall, inspiration at Piet Hein Eek Studio

Last Friday, I went to Eindhoven (Netherlands) and visited the studio of Piet Hein Eek, a Dutch interior designer. 

The studio is housed in an industrial building at Strijp S: the creative hotspot of Eindhoven.

One of the things I liked very much was the so-called Wonder Wall, designed by Jan van der Ploeg. The wall has a graphic painting on it, is 10 meters long and 3 meters high.

Nice, isn't it?

Day 199 - Graphic design: minimal summer illustration, playing checkers

Although I am not a checkers fan, I made an illustration of this game.

Not the traditional one, in black and white, but a refreshing one, in summer colors.
Ready to play?

Checkers - design by 2VORM

Day 190 - Another summer day: How about some watermelon inspiration?

And again it's a warm summer day.

I still have a lot of work to do.
When I take a break, I love to eat fresh water melon.

Day 162 - Free wallpaper iPhone5: Triangles

It 's time to change my iPhone wallpaper.
How about yours?

I decided to make a colorful one,
and I hope you like it too.

If so, you can download it for free on my website:
www.2vorm-oss.nl

iPhone wallpaper - design by 2VORM