Made of Colour · Authorial + Editorial Design
How can design help overcome the common fear of using colour boldly?
Made of Colour is a self-initiated design project exploring the emotional and communicative power of colour through concept, composition, and visual hierarchy.
Objective
To understand how colour can shape meaning and structure visual experiences across graphic applications, from editorial design to expressive layouts.
To understand how colour can shape meaning and structure visual experiences across graphic applications, from editorial design to expressive layouts.
Concept
This project investigates how colour, contrast and rhythm influence visual perception and storytelling. Colour is treated not just as decoration, but as a core structural element that drives meaning and tone.
This project investigates how colour, contrast and rhythm influence visual perception and storytelling. Colour is treated not just as decoration, but as a core structural element that drives meaning and tone.
Audience
Designers, creatives and visual thinkers interested in colour theory, emotional design and expressive visual systems.
Designers, creatives and visual thinkers interested in colour theory, emotional design and expressive visual systems.
Outcome
The work includes a series of compositions that experiment with colour relationships, typographic balance and spatial tension. Each piece visualises a distinct emotional atmosphere, demonstrating how colour decisions guide narrative and impact.
The work includes a series of compositions that experiment with colour relationships, typographic balance and spatial tension. Each piece visualises a distinct emotional atmosphere, demonstrating how colour decisions guide narrative and impact.
This project reflects my curiosity, intuitive approach to visual communication, and ongoing interest in how colour informs design. It highlights the ways that colour can evoke mood, structure information and create visual rhythm.