Magueyes...

The first idea has to do with color, I decided to extract color samples from different pictures of magueyes, aguave, and earth. Once again, the idea is to make a color catalogue that we can apply differently. Here I is an example.
Here are as well a couple of pictures as visualization of the space, The idea is to make a geometrical composition using the colors extracted from magueyes pictures. The geometrical shapes are inspired in the root of the aguave, and I would like them to have volume (like 3D shapes). Like a trapezoid of some sort (or a flat pyramid). I've never done nothing like that before, but I think it could be nice to do something inspired in mexican stuff like magueyes, tequila, etc. Using an abstract and geometrical arrangement. Let me know if I'm not being clear with all the trapezoid stuff. I'll try to make a sketch. For now here are some images of the bar and the mural on the back using the color palette.






And these are the colors extracted from the magueyes and earth pictures:




I would like to inspire myself in geometrical shapes like this one, like a sort of pyramids.

Food Stains

Here are some applications of the food stain idea.

COLOR IDEAS

Here are some possible applications of the "custom color palette"

DRAWING FOR MURAL

CHAPARRITAS

Recuerdan las Chaparritas? Mandarina, Naranja y Uva

TILES I

I've been thinking in ceramic tiles. I have no clue on how can a tile mural could look like inside a restaurant (or this restaurant). But I think that using our "Mexican custom-made color palette" we could make a pretty nice mural that relates to México in an elegant way. Well, tell me what you think. In the meanwhile I'll go and take some pictures of tile walls and I'll upload them later.
Here is an example:



Edificio en la Colonia Roma

IDEAS II

This piece of thick transparent acrylic was painted on one side with Coca-cola red (color matched at the paint supply store). I made it for another project, but I think it could be another good idea to use painted acrylics, because they have nice reflexions (like mirrors) and they can be painted using colors based on our custom palette.

IDEAS I

I think there is a lot we can be inspired from the Mexican "tianguis", especially the nomadic nature of it and the way how its "built"or improvised in a sort of tent-like arrangement. But I'm specially interested on the colors of the plastic they use as roofs and the structure that could resemble to an abstract painting.

There's something really interesting also about the structure of "mercado": It seems chaotic but ordered at the same time. Here is a picture of an aerial view of a tianguis. I think this kind of color and structure arrangements can be applied somewhere in the project.










Aqui hay una idea, tal vez muy burda, de como podriamos usar estas estructuras y colores.








I made this small panels using the same material they use for the "tianguis" and I think it can be presented in a very abstract and modern way. And at the same time they remind us of Mexico.
Maybe these panels could be wall size panels (maybe covered with an acrylic) using all the plastic colors available.

COLOR PALETTE

I thought that it would be really helpful to have a color palette to start thinking of ideas for the collaboration for Roberto's restaurant in NY.
I tried to think about the colors that make me think about Mexico, and immediately many came to my mind: colors of foods, drinks, popular brands, signs, nature and many more.
Here are some of things I could think off.

Me gustaria que todos colaboraran en este espacio con sugerencias de colores que les parezcan respresentativos de México. Creo que con una paleta de colores sufucientemente extensa se pueden hacer varias cosas.

Here are some things I found:

El barrendero (o barrendera):


La escuela


El Ruta 100


La Izquierda Mexicana


Televisa:


Caja de Coca-Colas


Manguera


Pemex


ESCOBAS DEL MERCADO


NO ESTACIONARSE


El metro


Las sabritas


Tang de Naranja


La corona


"El pelón"


Aguacate


Señalización


MAGNA SIN y mujer policia