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            "url": "https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/all\/journey-into-color\/",
            "title": "The Journey into Color",
            "content_html": "<p>The <i>Giracolore<\/i> is a spin-art machine pertaining to the new popular tradition of Italian toys:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/pictures\/giracolore-device.png\" width=\"1300\" height=\"779\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Raffaele Cesano, the Giracolore’s creator, asked me to make a book with its history and practical uses.<\/p>\n<p>“The Journey into Color” (<i>Il viaggio nel colore<\/i>) is now the first book I have fully designed, and perhaps even my biggest design work yet. Its copies now come with every device put on sale.<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/pictures\/giracolore-book.jpeg\" width=\"1792\" height=\"1411\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<h2>The client<\/h2>\n<p>Raffaele is a schoolteacher-turned-toymaker. He’s especially good at crafting traditional toys and games, like spinning tops, smol carousels, and wooden acrobats. He is fascinated with color in motion.<\/p>\n<h2>Process<\/h2>\n<p>Raffaele first gave me a bunch of material: pictures, informational texts, and stories. Some things would be repeated across four different texts, but each one would have something useful of its own. I read them all and then wove them into a fluent narrative. Every now and then, I would meet Raffaele to refine the text together. I also took some disc pics myself.<\/p>\n<p>I learned a lot about book design while working on this. For example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The placement of punctuation and line breaks affects legibility. A line break at the wrong syllable can make a word appear to be a different one.<\/li>\n<li>Consistency in punctuation colors and weights is a science of its own!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Outcome<\/h2>\n<p>I chose a 13×18 cm format for the book so it would fit perfectly into the Giracolore’s 13.5×19 cm box. Nothing is arbitrary here: the disc on the cover is the size of a real one. I made sure each spread had at least some color.<\/p>\n<p>The imprint page and its adjacent table of contents are stunning: the gradient title, the rare NB ligature, the Italian cockade (which looks like a Giracolore disc!), the frame…<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/pictures\/giracolore-1.png.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1772\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>The book begins with a short introduction to the Giracolore and proceeds with spin-art’s history. Notice the alignment of the words “bellezza” on the left page:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/pictures\/giracolore-origini.png.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1772\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>The book then delves into color psychology:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/pictures\/giracolore-luscher.png\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1772.3076923077\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>And culminates with stories metaphorically illustrated with the Giracolore. Here’s one of them, <i>The Little Blonde Girl<\/i>, with the parallelism principle at work:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/pictures\/giracolore-bambina.png.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1772\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Some pages encourage to make one’s own disc and glue it in:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/pictures\/giracolore-tua-storia.png\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1772.3076923077\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>The book ends with an invitation to take a look at Raffaele’s other projects and to contact him:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/pictures\/giracolore-40.png.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1772\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>The book is set in three styles of <i>Apfel Grotesk<\/i>: Regular, Fett, and Brukt (for the “stick your disc here” label).<\/p>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>The book is the best introduction to the Giracolore, vividly showing the device’s value for children, teachers, artists, storytellers, and therapists.<\/p>\n<p>Good design is never boring.<\/p>\n<h2>The client’s review<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Robert has visually arranged <i>The Journey into Color<\/i> with great success and has helped me introduce it to the public.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Robert has various qualities: his youthful energy gave me confidence to express what I felt. I had fun letting him do his thing, letting him express and interpret my ideas. Everyone has the right to play the game they enjoy the most.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The result is what I wanted.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I initially hesitated to pay in advance, but during the course of the work, I saw Robert’s reliability firsthand.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"loud\">Enjoy the colors!<\/p>\n",
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            "title": "Cervo in July 2023",
            "content_html": "<p>There’s a music festival in town right now:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/pictures\/IMG_7662.jpeg.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/pictures\/IMG_7762.jpeg.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>I’m in love with Cervo’s number plaque typography:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/pictures\/IMG_7716.jpeg.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/pictures\/IMG_7659.jpeg.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/pictures\/IMG_7657.jpeg.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Here’s another pretty plaque:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/pictures\/IMG_7710.jpeg.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>A smol building with an elegant wooden door:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/pictures\/IMG_7661.jpeg.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Interesting stickers:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/pictures\/IMG_7682.jpeg.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/pictures\/IMG_7720.jpeg.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/pictures\/IMG_7724.jpeg.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>A table:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/pictures\/IMG_7691.jpeg.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Esthetically-illustrated packaging:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/pictures\/IMG_7699.jpeg.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Fun candles:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/pictures\/IMG_7702.jpeg.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Window ornaments:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/pictures\/IMG_7715.jpeg.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/pictures\/IMG_7721.jpeg.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Some symbol:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/pictures\/IMG_7759.jpeg.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ah, the textures of Italy:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/pictures\/IMG_7731.jpeg.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>A cat:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/pictures\/IMG_7741.jpeg.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>A flower:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/pictures\/IMG_7748.jpeg.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>Some passage:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/pictures\/IMG_7778.jpeg.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>A road:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/pictures\/IMG_7785.jpeg.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>A view:<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/pictures\/IMG_7744.jpeg.jpg\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n",
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            "content_html": "<p><a href=\"https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/all\/telegram-2020-w24\">Week 24<\/a> ←→ <a href=\"https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/all\/telegram-2020-w26\">Week 26<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Thursday, June 18<\/h2>\n<p>What happened to your heads, people?<\/p>\n<div class=\"e2-text-picture\">\n<img src=\"https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/pictures\/heads.png\" width=\"512\" height=\"472\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Friday, June 19<\/h2>\n<p>Netflix’s interface is excellent: when starting watching a new season, it gives me a recap of the previous one.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and best of all, Netflix lets me skip the useless intros of movies and series.<\/p>\n<h2>Saturday, June 20<\/h2>\n<p>One of my favorite things about the UK is the unique scent of bread coming from bakeries. It goes along fantastically with <a href=\"https:\/\/robertblinov.net\/blog\/all\/the-industrial-smell-of-london\/\">the industrial smell of London<\/a>.<\/p>\n",
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