About the Book
The Designer's Dictionary of Color provides an in-depth look at 30 colors key to art and graphic design. Organized by spectrum, in color-by-color sections for easy navigation, this book documents each hue with charts showing color range and palette variations. Chapters detail each color's creative history and cultural associations, with examples of color use that extend from the artistic to the utilitarian - whether the turquoise on a Reid Miles album cover or the avocado paint job on a 1970s Dodge station wagon. A practical and inspirational resource for designers and students alike, The Designer's Dictionary of Color opens up the world of color for all those who seek to harness its incredible power.
About the Author
Sean Adams is the Chair of Undergraduate and Graduate Graphic Design at ArtCenter,founder of Burning Settlers Cabin studio, and on-screen author for lynda.com/Linked In. Heis the only two-term AIGA national president in AIGA's 100-year history. In 2014, Adams wasawarded the AIGA Medal, the highest honor in the profession.He is an AIGA Fellow, and Aspen Design Fellow. He has been recognized by every majorcompetition and publication including; How, Print, Step, Communication Arts, Graphis, AIGA,The Type Directors Club, The British Art Director's Club, and the Art Director's Club. Adams hasbeen exhibited often, including a solo exhibition at The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.Adams is an author of multiple magazine columns and several best-selling books. He has beencited as one of the forty most important people shaping design internationally, and one of thetop ten influential designers in the United States.Previously, Adams was a founding partner at AdamsMorioka. His clients have included TheAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Disney, Mohawk Fine Papers, The MetropolitanOpera, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Richard Meier & Partners, Sundance,and the University of Southern California.
