Introduction to CMF Design: Color, Material, and Finish
Tools and Software
A course by Laura Perryman , CMF Design Consultant
About the video: Tools and Software
Overview
“I will talk to you about what you need for the course in terms of colours and materials, where to go to find them, and what you need to get started. ”
In this video lesson Laura Perryman addresses the topic: Tools and Software, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to CMF Design: Color, Material, and Finish. Learn to create successful product design projects by combining all your senses and bringing them to life in InDesign and Illustrator.
Partial transcription of the video
“Tools and Software In this lesson, we'll cover all the materials in colours and materials you'll need for this course. I'll take you through where to get them, where you can find them, and how to bring them in. As part of this course, we'll need to source a lot of really interesting colours and materials. I totally think you can do this in many different ways, and I want you to go to different places to do that. Go-to shops can be charity shops, second-hand shops, decorator shops, or your favourite home store. Pick up things that you like the look and feel of. Look for things that have real...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to CMF Design: Color, Material, and Finish
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Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign -
Areas
Industrial Design, Product Design
Laura Perryman
A course by Laura Perryman
Laura Perryman is the founder and creative director of Colour of Saying, a design studio dedicated to color and materials in experiential design. She studied textile design at the Royal College of Art in London in 2007, and has worked in the CMF industry since. In 2008, she was a senior designer in the color and material concept department for Nokia for two years. A few years later, she was the CMF lead designer at Arrival, an electric vehicle technology company.
Since then, she has gone on to curate CMF palettes for the tech, home, footwear, and interior design industries for clients like Nolii, Vivo footwear, Graphenstone, Panasonic, and Sky. She is also the author of The Colour Bible. She is currently on the board of trustees for The Colour in Design Awards, a non-profit organization for design graduates.
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Recommended software & tools for this course
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe InDesignCategory
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