Inspired by our Field Recording Gestalt, I searched some articles on the relationship between sound, shape and color. And I came across this article explaining the mechanism of how people perceive color when listening to different tunes.
According to the article, sound is an audible color, and color is a visible sound. Many musicians believe that there is a close relationship between music and color. One example was that when the famous pianist Franz Liszt was rehearsing with the orchestra, he had this request: “it’s going to be a little bluer here, this is what the melody requires.” “Here is dark purple, please let the melody lean on this color, not so pink! ” Another example is Blues Music. Usually we define the color blue as melancholy, and the tone of this music is the same as blue, with a sad and sentimental atmosphere. At first, people created it in order to relieve the depression from life and the feeling of homesickness.
I think this is a very cool idea for designers to think about when designing projects to arouse different and complex emotions, and even to integrate music in your design to convey the intention.
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DSGN 264-401 | Fall 2020 