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NORDIC LIGHT & COLOUR
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ABSTRACT
Design is the art of using knowledge – implicit or explicit –
about how humans perceive, experience, and relate to the
world around. In design all senses are involved, but when
dealing with colour and light we can confine ourselves to vision;
designers must understand the conditions of visual perception.
Human experience of colour and light has many sources; the
given cultural context (conventional meanings of colour and
light), the direct experience of the world around (colour and
light expressions) and the basic perceptual functions (formal
aspects of colour and light). There is need for distinct concepts
and concise approaches to understand coherence of aesthetic
and functional expressions. Design education calls for coher-
ent and well defined structures that can be used to describe
connections and distinctions between experiences of different
kinds.
Levels of experiencing
colour and light
Ulf Klarén, Harald Arnkil, Karin Fridell Anter