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Colour psychology dates back to 1910 where in Wolfgang von Goethe’s publication, “Theory of Colours” he imagined that there were “plus-colours” and “minus-colours.” Plus colour (yellow, yellow-red, and red-yellow), were colours that uplifted the spirit, and minus colours (blue, red-blue, and blue-red), did the opposite. However, when you involve brightness, saturation, tone, and hues, I…

I knew that for my images to as engaging as possible I wanted to create images with interesting perspective. I took a lot of photos of things using 0.5x on my iPhone in moments I felt happy (as the project is about utopia). I either chose things that looked really cool or with interesting shapes…

A utopia (/juːˈtoʊpiə/ yoo-TOH-pee-ə) typically describes an imaginary community or society that possesses highly desirable or near-perfect qualities for its members. In 1516 Sir Thomas More coined the name ‘utopia’ for his imaginary island society, he drew upon the Greek derivation of the words  ou-topos (meaning ‘no place’ or ‘nowhere’) and eu-topos (meaning a ‘good place’) A lot of words stem from greek words and when…

Kew gardens had an exhibition on of Orchids, which i thought to be fitting to my project. orchids are delicate and highly sought after by humans for being exceptionally beautiful. there is a large collection it must be a utopia. the exhibition also prkmoted conservation of species and animals in madagascar, which would be inpkrtant…

Women in revolt In order to understand what utopia is and what constitutes the ideal perfect society, I visited the Women in revolt exhibit at the Tate Britain. I wanted to research why the current world we live in isn’t considered a utopia. A utopia is a world where everything progresses perfectly: socially and technologically.…