Mondays can be difficult days, that's why we're starting this week with three inspirations revolving around one shade – blue – that will hopefully engage different senses.

The first inspiration is this Stenberg Brothers' poster for "The Song of the Tundra" (1922-1924). This well-arranged composition is particularly interesting for the contrasts between the man clad in a blue suit and the woman, with her scarf and shirt in a printed pattern of blue squares on white background. The composition results quite striking for the way in which the two figures occupy the space.

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The second inspiration is Enrico Castellani's Superficie Blue (Blue Surface, 1965; we will hofepully rediscover him in a future post). His works will be on display this week from 15th to 18th May at Hong Kong's Art Frieze where he will be represented by the Turin-based Mazzoleni Art Gallery.

This second inspiration is meant to engage readers on a visual and tactile level (well, unfortunately you won't be able to physically touch the screen and grasp the three-dimensional effects on the canvas surface, but maybe you can try and imagine them). 

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The third and last inspiration is audio and visual and it's the video for New Order's "Blue Monday" (1983). Guess Mondays aren't that bad after all…

 

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