Chris Cobb at Adobe Books: Rainbow Installation

I have rainbows on my mind this week.

I spotted this post on Remodelista on arranging books by color and I thought, crazy or inspirational.  At first, I thought, crazy, as I would NEVER be able to find my books, but, in the hands of an artist, this idea can be beautiful and inspirational.

In late 2004, the artist, Chris Cobb, created a temporary installation piece within Adobe Books, a bookstore in San Francisco.

The piece titled "There is Nothing Wrong in This Whole Wide World" required a team of 16 volunteers and the artist, working overnight, to arrange 20,000 books by color.

Watch and hear the artist during the installation process:
Chris Cobb: Adobe Books Installation

A simple concept that transformed the ordinary into the extraordinary.

Via Superhero Journal

Horst Gläsker: Stairs and Rainbow Stripes

I remember taking an email questionnaire being sent between some friends with basic questions. The one question that made me hesitate was to name my favorite color.  How could I possibly just name one favorite.  There were so many favorites in my life: sea foam green when I was five, tangerine when I am tan, fuschia when I am happy, black when I am blue......

When everyone's answers were posted, the most brilliant answer to this question was simple. The answer was RAINBOW.

Here is a beautiful piece that is art, architecture and rainbow:
Scala (2006/2008) by the German artist Horst Gläsker.

Prof. Glaesker painted the 112 steps of the Holsteiner Treppe in Wuppertal, Germany.

The words stenciled on the steps are words of human emotions: love, to seduce, to pine, to fall in love, sympathy, to dance, kissing hands, admirer, exuberant, to get the tingles, passion, attractive, to flourish, to allow......

I would love, someday, to scale this rainbow.

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Stripes-Animals

I am fascinated by stripes.

At its simplest, the pattern is a series of bands on a common background.

I love to wear stripes and yes, they are horizontal stripes.
Even if I am told by the fashion world that they can make one appear wider than reality, I am not fazed.

Stripes make me happy and like these beautiful creatures of nature, I wear my stripes with great pride.


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Black and White and Stripes All Over

I love most all things striped, especially in the the graphic combination of black and white.

I was intrigued by this post on emmas designblogg of the renovated interior of a former sea captain's house and now the home of Swedish industrial designer Kristin Stark, located in the South of Sweden.

White wall and painted gray floors are the background for a mix of black and white furniture, textiles and artwork with vibrant splashes of color thrown into the mix.

It is the quintessential Scandinavian style, fresh, simple and elegant.

 

From the Hus & Hem article Svart och vitt i kaptenshuset