THE COLORS OF DETROIT on Behance
The "Colors of Detroit" is the result of my graphic teaching design this year and many conversations with students about color and its power to express a mood or set a tone. Detroit is a great city where what was broken and old is once again seen as new and beautiful.
The concept started with a poem;
What makes a great city?
Is it the character of the weather, the buildings, the people?
I know my city has seen the worst and the best, the highs and the lows.
The gothic roots of its architecture have endured boom and bust.
New structures rise near a fast flowing river.
Hope rises with them.
I still like this city best on a frozen winter morning,
when the sun rises through sky filled with floating crystals of ice.
Only then, early in the new day does the city warm under the winter light
and become the elegant palace of dreams,
standing like a fortress frozen in time.
Garth Glazier, 2018
