Gerrit Rietveld Academie

Entrance Exam Assignment #1 by Johannes Holt-Iversen
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
March - April 2016

Assignment #1

Prepare a one-minute presentation on the subject of colour. In the presentation you make use of self-made 2D and/or 3D (explanatory) examples.

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Inspired by Herbariums

Inspired by the traditional herbariums from botanical scientific studies, leaves and plants were pasted direcly into the sampling paper where the colors were studied and applied. The difference between natural plant pigmentation and human made mineral pigmentation would stand out.

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Color Samples

In this assignment I've chosen to study color produced in nature, making color samplings of these naturally appearing colors. As the flowers began to fade the difference and nuances within the plant would happen and the artificial pigment-color sample would stand out. Inspired by the traditional herbariums from botanical scientific studies, leaves and plants were pasted direcly into the sampling paper where the colors were studied and applied.

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