Pantone owns color.

CARLSTADT, N.J., Dec. 8, 2009 –Pantone LLC, an X-Rite company (NASDAQ: XRIT), and the global authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industries, today announced PANTONE® 15-5519 Turquoise, an inviting, luminous hue, as the color of the year for 2010. Combining the serene qualities of blue and the invigorating aspects of green, Turquoise evokes thoughts of soothing, tropical waters and a languorous, effective escape from the everyday troubles of the world, while at the same time restoring our sense of wellbeing.

“In many cultures, Turquoise occupies a very special position in the world of color,” explains Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute®. “It is believed to be a protective talisman, a color of deep compassion and healing, and a color of faith and truth, inspired by water and sky. Through years of color word-association studies, we also find that Turquoise represents an escape to many – taking them to a tropical paradise that is pleasant and inviting, even if only a fantasy.”

Links: Pantone

Stefan Sagmeister (1962- ) is among today’s most important and influential graphic designers. Born in Austria, he has lived and worked in New York since 1993. Renowned for album covers, posters, installations and his recent book of life lessons, Things I have learned in my life so far, Sagmeister brings a fresh perspective to the role and work of a designer. In this podcast interview with Debbie Millman, he discusses his year away from his New York-based design practice, his personal time in Bali, as well as discussing his new, in-progress documentary film, Happiness.

Taken from Design Observer, Design Matters with Debbie Millman.

Design Matters is one of the first design shows on the radio, it’s hosted by Debbie Millman. She is the president of the AIGA, Chair of the Masters program in Branding at SVA and she is also the author of one of my favorite books, How to Think Like a Great Graphic Designer. Her show was started in 2005 and has recently been adopted/hosted on the new Design Observer website.

She recently did an interview with Mr. Stefan Sagmeister, if you have some free time I recommend giving it a listen.

We are an online design publication created by a collective of students that attend California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). FISK is made to be a resource for growing designers, a place to explore and take part in the many facets of design. We will discuss design issues, write about visiting designers, review books and exhibitions, and interview graphic artists; all with the mindset to push our design knowledge to new limits.

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Glance: A set of collected images around a certain theme.
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Things We’ve Stolen: Things we steal in relation to design, mostly event posters around CalArts.
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The Dis-Connect: Pieces of design that are not created with the computer or any art materials.
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The Echo: Quotes that we enjoy and that are related to design in some way.
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