I once had the opportunity to interview Tomie dePaola -- author and illustrator of over 200 children's books. Does Strega Nona ring a bell? Maybe it's just my inner elementary school teacher speaking. Anywho, during our Q&A, I asked him the generic question,
"What's your favorite color?"
His answer was simple.
"White -- all of the other colors look great against it."
I went home and transcribed our interview and that answer stood out to me. For someone who's known for his whimsical and colorful folk-like artwork, I just found this so bizarre. Years later, I scroll through images on blogs, flip pages of magazines, and I realize the wisdom in his answer. He was so right.
The white in each image gives room for every other color to pop. What a selfless hue!
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| Prayer Chair a la Eames. |
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| Laurie Thiel's Home, House Beautiful |
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| Laurie Thiel's Home, House Beautiful |
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| *image via Kate Spade |
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| Laurie Thiel's Home, House Beautiful |
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| Laurie Thiel's Home, House Beautiful |
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| Bella Foster |
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| Cow, Alex Katz |
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| *image via Kate Spade |
Do you agree with Tomie?
(dePaola, not Tommy Smythe -- Sarah Richardson's design sidekick -- although I'm sure he also shares our common love of white.) Sorry for the confusion, this final photo is just for fun!
YOU INTERVIEWED TOMIE!? His books are incredible! I love all of them. His website is adorable, too. I'm green with envy!
ReplyDeleteAlso.. I love the "Love Is All You Need Banner".. how cute to put in a bedroom!
Sure did. He was precious!! I wanted to squeeze him and hug him and jump into that amazing mind of his!!
ReplyDeleteThat banner blows my mind. I love it so much!! I've been wanting to make something like that for awhile. It's stinkin' adorable:) It makes me wish I had thought of it!!!
Love this...I think most of my furniture would be white if I didn't have a Berner :)
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