Chromapost Plus-Plus Translation

1 April - 13 October 2009
Plus-Plus toy, 10 colors [www.plus-plus.us]
196 Plus-Plus plastic pieces
7" x 7"

Retrospective 2016 Chromapost Calendar

Three-step transitions between days.
 Horizontal transitions are between consecutive dates. Vertical transitions are between the same days of the week.
Visit chromapost.com/2016 for the full view and different versions (month by month, week by week, and with or without highlighted dates in two sizes.)

Chromapost Stalogy Translation

11 Oct 2009 - 10 Jun 2010
Stalogy short sticky notes, 6 colors
Sticky notes, glass, wood, paper
15" x 12"

Chromapost Liquitex Translation With Transitions Between Days

April 2015
Set of 24 Liquitex Basic colors
Acrylic paint on canvas
14" x 11"

Chromapost.net Happy Holidays Card

The data visualization graphic shows all posts from the Chromapost Social Network's public timeline in the past year.
Full view and details: chromapost.net/2016

Chromapost Sketches 2

Translation with Sharpie Magnum markers (set of 3) on paper
(29 Oct - 7 Dec 2014)
24" x 18"

Translation with Prismacolor Markers (Set of 32) on paper
(26 Sep - 3 Nov 2015)
12" x 9"

Translation with Prismacolor Markers (Set of 32) on paper
(21 Apr - 31 Aug 2011)
24" x 19"

Translation with Shiva Paintstik (set of 12) on paper
(4 - 27 February 2013)
18" x 12"

Shiva Paintstik (set of 12) on paper
(2 - 29 October 2012)
18" x 12"

Winsor & Newton Pigment Markers on paper
(1 may - 9 June 2014)
24" x 19" 

Chromapost Sound

Java applet that translates color into sound.
Download at chromapost.com/sound

2600 chromaposts (1 April 2009 - 13 May 2016) are divided into 26 100-day segments. Choose a 100-day segment and click on color bars to play the accompanying sound or chord. Click on a number to get a different range of dates.

The translation is based on converting red, green and blue color values (0 - 255 each) to MIDI values (21 - 108). There are three types of conversion: a single tone (based on the approximated lightness of color), a chord (red, green and blue values are translated into tones that are played at the same time), and a broken chord (same as a chord, except that the tones are played in quick succession).

(Written in Processing with SoundCipher library)
 

Chromapost Liquitex Translation 3

1 Apr 2010 - 5 Jan 2011
Set of 24 Liquitex Basic colors
Acrylic paint (straight from the tube), pencil and black gesso on canvas
11" x 14"

Chromapost Liquitex Translation 2

1 Jan 2014 - 11 Aug 2015
Set of 24 Liquitex Basic colors
Acrylic paint on canvas
30" x 40"

Chromapost feature in "Becoming a Design Entrepreneur"

"Becoming a Design Entrepreneur" by Steven Heller & Lita Talarico
Allworth Press, 2016
p. 133-136

Chromapost Liquitex Translation 1.5

22 Feb - 16 Mar 2016
Set of 48 Liquitex Basic colors
Acrylic paint on canvas
16" x 12"

Chromapost Liquitex Translation 1

August 2016
Set of 24 Liquitex Basic colors
Acrylic paint on canvas
30" x 24"

Chromapost Megaplast Translation

1 June - 16 August 2016
Mosaic pins toy made by Megaplast from Inđija, Serbia
7" x 9"

Chromapost Acrylic Translation on Munny

7 - 22 May 2014
Acrylic paint (set of 48), Munny toy, plastic
5" x 5" x 4.5"

First Three Years of Chromapost

1 April 2009 - 31 March 2012
Memo pad bloc-notes (Staples) translation.
Set of 8 colors.
1096 bloc-notes in three plastic containers
13" x 4" x 2"