Inspiration in Blue

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Inspiration in Blue

Inpsiration comes in all sorts of forms and from any number of varying sources. It can move us to masterpieces, or simply stir us to smile. But can the source of inspiration, depending on it’s color, control how it inspires? Meaning, if the source of inspiration was primarily of a certain color, then would it inspire towards concepts or elements that are generally associated with that color? Can this kind of associative inspiration even be possible? Colors are chosen very carefully in design, due to the attachment of emotion and tone that they carry. So wouldn’t it follow that the same would be true of that colors presence in inspirational sources? That they would transfer these same emotive associations when acting to inspire?

In our Inspiration in Color series we present a bit of an inspirational experiment. This is the continuation of a series of posts focused on images that are primarily of a singular selected color. Inspiration in Blue, features a wide range of wonderful works from the design world aimed at doing two things. Inspiring you overall, but also seeing if that inspiration tends to steer towards aspects associated with the color blue. peace, harmony, trust, confidence, loyalty, dependability, depression, coldness, idealism, obscenity, tackiness, air, wisdom, and nobility, are all common associations with the color blue. So where will this inspiration lead? Only you can tell…

Photos

Blue Fishing Boat and Grey Sky - Seaford Beach by Graham Smith

Blue Stairs by Marta Leth Kaack

Blue Muse by Venus Blue Imaging

Baby Blue by Nina Larsen

Blue by eyedesign

Blue Bridge by Marion Hassold

The Blue by Pauline Shypula

Blue Water by Keith Debattista

Websites

Medicon Media

Podcast Tuneup

Brian Murchison

Rebel Facilities

Logos

Product Design and Packaging

The iRing by Victor Soto

Fuel Energy Drink by Chris Ortenburger

Von Watch by Lars Amhoff

Ghetto Blaster by Samuel Green

Sprout Seed Kits by designslave

Elevation Absinthe Bottle by Natalie Shau

Blue Shoes by S2shoes

Asterisco Hub by Joel Escalona

Graphic Design

Nokia by SHCH graphics group

Hemera and Nyx - Day and Night by Miss Kika

Starcatcher by Eredel

Russian Literature by Archan Nair

MagnoliA by gidragirl

No Exit by starfantazy

Winter by Horácio Neiva

Frozen Teardrops by Oliver Wetter

Blue Shift by Matjaz Cas

Now it’s your turn

The challenge has now fallen to those inspired by the post. We have an Inspiration in Color flickr group that was created to host the images inspired from this series. When the series wraps up, we will be featuring a showcase of images that were submitted to the group, but only those that have been inspired by the posts. This will allow us to see if the artistic muses tend to move towards the themes of the different colors. It’s up to you, so let’s get inspired!

Inspiration in Color Series
Inspiration in Red
Inspiration in Orange
Inspiration in Yellow
Inspiration in Green
Inspiration in Blue
Inspiration in Purple
Inspiration in Neutral
Inspiration in Spectrum
User Submitted Showcase

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Marco said:

Love your “Inspiration in *** ” series, really shows some “power-of-colours” . Especially liked the logo’s in this one, keep up the good work !

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# 14 November 2008 at 10:37 am

Matt said:

Hey guys, love the staircase shot. Nice work!

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# 14 November 2008 at 1:31 pm

Angie Bowen (author) said:

@Marko - Thank you, I’m loving the series too, it’s a real pleasure to put together every week.

@Matt - I love that shot also!

# 14 November 2008 at 2:51 pm

Janko said:

Blue stairs, baby blue, blue bridge… I just love blue! Great post, as usual!

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# 14 November 2008 at 2:57 pm

Andy Sowards said:

Blue is definitely my favorite color, Great job on these

# 14 November 2008 at 4:07 pm

Andrew said:

I love this series! I feel a little guilty saying it, but I haven’t had time to keep up with any of my feeds recently, but anytime I see, on twitter usually , that you’ve compiled another ‘Inspiration in *color*’ I always check it out asap.