COLOR & MATERIALS DESIGN
P O R T F O L I O.
JINKX ZHANG
JINKX.ZHANG@GMAIL.COM
My name is Jinkx Zhang, I’m a first year student of Color&Materials Design in College for Creative Studies, What makes me happy is turning the imagination of my mind into reality. I love my life and I love to explore anything new in my life. Anything I see can be an inspiration to me. I love and passionate about design and art. Making something on my own that really makes me feel I get some connections with the world.
EDUCATION 2 0 1 7 - 2 0 1 9
College for Creative Stuides
COLOR&MATERIALS DESIGN Detroit, MI
2 0 1 2 - 2 0 1 6
Beijing University of Technology
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN - PRODUCT DESIGN Beijing, China
SKILLS ADOBE PHOTOSHOP ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR ADOBE INDESIGN ADOBE AFTER EFFECT ADOBE AUDITION RHINO KEYSHOT VRED MICROSOFT OFFICE SKETCHING
LANGUAGES CHINESE ENGLISH JAPANESE
01. POLAROID PROJECT: MULTI-MASTER
02. SPONSORED PROJECT: HONDA
03. COLOR TREND PROJECT: BREAK
04. 100 DAYS P
06. MATERIAL P VALUE
PORTFOLIO Contents
PROJECT
05. DETROIT COLOR PROJECT
PROJECT:
07. MATERIAL PROJECT: SURFACE
08. PRODUCT DESIGN: SAFETY COMMA
10. ILLUSTRATIONS
09. PRODUCT DESIGN: Constarry Sky
01 POLAROID PROJECT: MULTI-MASTER Polaroid is the most iconic brand known for their instant camera. They almost spent 75 years working on the memory capture industry and try their best to make the process more simple and joyful. MULTI-MASTER is a playful concept for Polaroid. By combining Pop Art and Memphis style design with lively highly saturated colors, MULTI-MASTER gives an extremely delightful atmosphere to consumers during their stay with the camera. MULTI-MASTER also shows a mixture of various but simple kinds materials which cleverly represents the Polaroid’s brand.
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CMF D ES I G N
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One Step, One Shot, Perfect Imperfection. Iconic
Instant Gratification
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Storytelling
CMF D ES I G N
NOSTALGIA
TANGIBLE
COLLECTABLE
CLASSIC MAGIC
Though we live in a world increasingly defined by digital culture, we have endured for their ability to provide something no digital medium can. Just as there’s nothing like putting the needle down on a vinyl record, or reading a handwritten letter, there’s something about taking a photo with an actual camera, hearing that click and whirr, watching the photo come to life, and bringing something into the physical world that is unlike anything else.
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I wonder how many people I've looked at all my life and never seen. -John Steinbeck Millennials (also known as Generation Y) are the generational demographic cohort following Generation X. There are no precise dates for when this cohort starts or ends; demographers and researchers typically use the early 1980s as starting birth years and the mid-1990s to early 2000s as ending birth years. Millennials are sometimes referred to as "echo boomers" due to a major surge in birth rates in the 1980s and 1990s, and because millennials are often the children of the baby boomers.
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CMF D ES I G N
THE PIONEER
JOYFUL
ADVENTUROUS
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KEEN
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MIX & MATC 08
CMF D ES I G N
I want everything - love, adventure, intimacy, work."
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-Virginia Woolf
SIMPLE & PLAYFUL
COLOR CLASH
FUN
BASIC SHAPES 09
VINYL
WOOD
PVC
RESIN
PANTONE
PANTONE
PANTONE
PANTONE
PQ-1925C
PQ-2728C
PQ-108C
PQ-3262C
COLOR & MATE
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CMF D ES I G N
WOVEN FABRIC PAPER
METAL
THREAD
PANTONE
PANTONE
PANTONE
PQ-706C
PANTONE PQ-297C
PQ-5255C
ERIAL PALETTE
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PQ-11-0104TCX
COLOR & PATTERN THEMES
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CMF D ES I G N
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RENDERING
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CMF D ES I G N
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02 Sponsored STUDIO: Honda Honda Studio was a sponsored project where we were asked to apply the CMF with an exterior designer and an interior designer. We chose Acura 2025 as our subject for research and design. Acura is Honda's luxury brand, modeled for users younger. We based our divergent thinking on 2025 as the background, set a new user group Revel, and accordingly carried out a series of material research. Finally, I came up with two sets of color schemes and corresponding pattern schemes.
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CMF D ES I G N
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Materials Research
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CMF D ES I G N
CMF Board 19
Color & Pattern Theme 1 20
CMF D ES I G N
Color & Pattern Theme 2 21
03 Color Trend Project - Break This is a color trend project based on MIX Magazine. In this project, I was asked to vreate a Color Trend Report for either AW 19/20 or S/S 20/21. I need to create my own visual assets to establish the trend.
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COLO R TR EN D
Break
Colliding & Revolutionary
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COLO R TR EN D
Color Palette PANTONE
PANTONE
RGB
RGB
LAB
LAB
CMYK
CMYK
PANTONE
PANTONE
RGB
RGB
LAB
LAB
CMYK
CMYK
PANTONE
PANTONE
RGB
RGB
LAB
LAB
CMYK
CMYK
PANTONE
PANTONE
RGB
RGB
LAB
LAB
CMYK
CMYK
19-1761 TPX
12-2904 TPX
173 18 54
238 212 217
38 58 24
97 9 1
39 100 80 4
8 22 10 0
16-1518 TPX
15-1050 TPX
203 134 131
222 158 154
63 26 13
70 17 60
2 56 41 0
18 45 84 0
13-1016 TPX
18-4028 TPX
227 199 166
80 97 117
82 6 20
40 -3 -14
14 25 36 0
77 62 46 4
11-4300 TPX
19-5212 TPX
238 238 230
65 71 71
94 -2 3
29 -7 -3
9 6 11 0
81 67 67 29
Directional 15-1050 TPX
19-5212 TPX
18-4028 TPX
Highlight 19-1761 TPX
Core 16-1518 TPX
12-2904 TPX
11-4300 TPX
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13-1016 TPX
Break Overview Information globalization and information explosion have led to a global change, and the interactive collision and fusion of multiethnic and multicultural cultures have gradually evolved into a revolutionary trend. More and more people choose to break the rules, break the shackles of the original, set up a new rule and consciousness, but also another part of the people chose to stick to the original life-with a firm posture to collide with new things. In a new decade, the nodes that have been opened have chosen to choose how to live their lives and to become a way of thinking. This is somewhat similar to Jumanji Movie, both version Movie. The chosen people, by chance, have to completely break their inherent habits and personalities, start their journey again in a completely unfamiliar world and gradually adapt, of course, end with the final old-school happy ending. Interestingly, we seem to be in a situation where we are waiting to be changed. The color palette reflects this story’s inspiration with a bright, bouncing and Impactful colors; Ruby-Red and Ginger Yellow, along with little nostalgia feeling colors, Dry-Roses, Lake Green and Bice. A dazzling pale snow referenced by the basis pure of every changeable mind. Those Two groups are linked by a soft romantic Baby Pink that acts as a mediator between the contrasting pointing and steady tones. A marginally higher value to the Ginger Yellow shows as the Downy Mellow also brings a subtle contrast that exists in balance. The material is also filled with mixed, multiple combinations and possibilities for interaction, new and old alternating. Despite our repeated pursuit of innovation, but we have to recognize that we also have some inherent basic materials cannot be discarded, but the combination of tradition and innovation, the old-fashioned wood mixed with photosensitive fiber, thin paper and natural fiber blend, not only broke the original status quo also gave the existing space to continue to live.
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COLO R TR EN D
Proportions Excited, striking and with eternal possibilities, this palette features fanciful and bumping colors full of the energy and odds that crushes the instant rules. The highly saturated ruby-red reflects the element of hazardous in the veins of those dareful pioneers who actually bold enough to break the state of affairs and means its should be used accordingly, while core pink contrast and support the popping-up colors are colliding but accidental harmony.
01 Reckless Wisdom
02 Agitation Romance
03 Childlike Innocence
04 Subtle Classic
The high saturation of the ruby-red and crisp ginger yellow collision with a startling contrast, while a little soft bedding and deep embellishment but also a singular balance of color palette in the sense of threat. These colors, as the main color of the brand and the plane, can be a perfect way to remove the main vision.
Similar tones always give a smooth feeling, especially the soft baby Pink and Downy mellow deepened this feeling, but the ruby-red of the jump will be the whole color palette driven more lively, We saw these Colors as a potential choice for soft and comfortable home products.
Pale Snow and Bice are very easy to bring a pure and refreshing feeling, while ginger and dry rose to add a more interesting part of this naĂŻve, a little ignorant and a bit clumsy, composed of these bright colors of color palette unexpectedly suitable for home furnishings.
Ruby-red and Lake Green, plus a little bit as a downy mellow, combined into a very retro color palette, we can easily associate some old Fashion Brand, but careful thinking but not the same, In harmony with a change, in one respect for fashion creation.
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04 100 Days Project The project was a long-term project based on Michael Beirut’s 100 Days Project idea. I chose music and color for the creation of the project. For this project, I choose to match one song with a color in their title and the color I feel while listening to the song for 100 days.
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01. behind blue eyes - The Who
02. yellow - Coldplay
03. yellow submarin
09. fools gold - Fitz and the Tantrums
10. jet pack blues - Fall out Boy
11. golden - Fall out
17. white Christmas - Bing Crosby
18. brown - Ian Kelly
19. violet - Hole
25. white room - Cream
26. black hole sun - Soundgarden
27. Yoshimi Battles t Flaming Lips
33. Roses Are Red - Bobby Vinton
34. Welcome To The Black Parade - My Chemical Romance
35. Red Red Wine -
COLOR D E S IGN P R O JEC T
ne - Beatles
t Boy
the Pink Robots - The
UB40
04. red - Laura Welsh
05. pink lemonade - The Wombats
06. greenback boogie - Ima Robot
07. blue blood - Laurel
08. black sheep - Gin Wigmore
12. golden - Klaxons
13. to blossom blue - Lake of Tears
14. back in black - AC/DC
15. purple rain - Prince
16. purple haze - Jimi Hendrix
20. bullet the blue sky - U2
21. It’s all over now baby blue - Bob Dylan
22. white wedding - Billy Idol
23. blue suede shoes - Elvis Presley
24. black and white town - doves
28. pink moon - Nick Drake
29. goodbye yellow brick road - Elton John
30. blueberry hill - Fats Domino
31. Greenfields - The Brothers Four
32. white flag - Dido
36. Black And Yellow - Wiz Khalifa
37. Green Light - John Legend Featuring Andre 3000
38. All lips go blue - HIM
39. Brown Sugar - Rolling Stones
40. Charlie Brown - The Coasters
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05 Detroit Color Project In this project, I explored CCS and the area near Detroit, took almost 800+ photos to those things connect with my chosen color. Through the whole process, I walked around the Heidelberg Project, Dalb’ s Gallery, the Belt in Downtown and CCS, focus on the non-obvious. I find this the sgt things or the detail of a place’s color have very fervent show tension and color connotations. That’s really amazing to see.
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COLOR D E S IGN P R O JEC T
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COLOR D E S IGN P R O JEC T
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06 MATERIAL PROJECT: VALUE In this project, I was asked to combine a material of my own creation with the term "value". I chose "sustainable" and "fun" as my "value" representative, and then I chose to use paper as a material to express. I collected rubbish in the process of life in CCS, processed them, and eventually used these materials to create the paper.
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MATE RIAL D E S IGN P R O JEC T
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07 MATERIAL PROJECT: SURFACE In this project, I tried to explore the possibilities and techniques of Wood's combination with different kinds of materials in a variety of ways. I plotted the pattern for inspiration at the bottom vision of the mushroom, then used three different kinds colors and thicknesses of wood for laser cutting, then piled them up on a wooden plank with a khakicolored yarn.
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MATE RIAL D E S IGN P R O JEC T
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08 Safety Comma The real meaning of product design is to solve real life problems in our society. This project originates from my own travel experience to Egypt. In my eight-day-travel to Egypt, I fully understand the risk and danger hidden underneath. As a designer, I think deeply for solving the problem with my own effort.
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PROD UCT D ES I GN
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Journey Map
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PROD UCT D ES I GN
Sketches
Modeling & 3D Print
Function Description
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09 Constarry Sky I was enthusiastic about the darkness of nights when I was a girl, for its serenity and the starlight in the memory of my childhood. Later on, I fancy constellation and divination, all of which has my curiosity and attract me in design a serious of a lamp to show my love of it.
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PROD UCT D ES I GN
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Mind Map
Prototyping
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PROD UCT D ES I GN
Wireframe
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10 ILLUSTRATIONS
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ILLUSTR ATI O N
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Illustration - Lines
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ILLUSTR ATI O N
Illustration - Colors
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THANK YOU !
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