Damien Hirst + Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers - spun bass guitars

London-based Damien Hirst and California-based Flea, of The American Red Hot Chili Peppers have collaborated on the spun guitar series. The collection consists of 125 color spun guitars with cases decorated in the same manner. The 'multi colored deluxe spin', 'black and white', and 'color spin bass guitar' are each signed by Hirst and Flea on the back with an edition number on the base of the neck and the Hirst-Flea logo featured on the headstock. LINK

Palettes of Famous Artists

In an essay at The Telegraph, photography critic and picture editor Lucy Davis muses about the palettes used by well-known artists.

Some artists mix every gradation of colour they will need for a painting before they start, others as they need them. “My freshly arranged palette, brilliant with contrasting colors, is enough to fire my enthusiasm,” noted Delacroix in his Journal in 1850. The French artist was meticulous in his arrangement of colours, and when unwell, would take his palette to bed and spend the entire day just mixing new shades.

The actual palettes of Renoir, Seurat, Degas, Delacroix (above), Moreau, Gauguin, and Van Gogh are illustrated, accompanied by commentary on how the physical layout of colors on the board may influence the figurative “palette” of color choices used by the artist for his work.

Link, Via: Neatorama

Create with colour

Take 3,074 paint chips in 36 colours, a few glue guns and a bit of elbow grease. And what do you get? A cool mural, that’s what. LINK, Via: Youtube

The Mood Chair Knows Exactly How Your Buttocks Feels

The Mood Chair is designed by a company called Aether & Hemera and while it doesn't look too comfortable, it's pretty fun because it changes color based on its environment and users. The only trouble is that there doesn't appear to be a chart explaining which color corresponds to which mood.



[Aether & Hemera, Via: Generate, Via: Technabob, Via: Gizmodo, Via: Youtube]

The 20 Most Brilliantly Colored Birds

“Birds are the only animals with feathers. All have feathers and most birds can fly. It is the possession f feathers, not the ability to fly, that distinguishes birds from other animals. There are about 10,000 species of birds from all over the world. Here are 20 of the world’s most colorful birds.” w/ photos. LINK

The Meaning Of Colors

For most of us, a rainbow of colors envelopes our lives. Over 80% of visual information is related to color. What colors and combinations of colors stimulate people to be interested in different things?

What colors make us feel pleasure or disapproval, hot or cold, to be attracted or repelled, our appetite stimulated or suppressed? LINK