ICD2023-1: "Controlling Colour: Historical Background" with Dr David Briggs (NAS/UTS) [re-upload]

Controlling Colour: Historical Background (re-upload 4/4/23 with improved audio)
This introductory presentation by David Briggs gives an overview of the Munsell system and its development in the context of the long history of colour order systems influencing art and design practice in the mid-20th century.
Dr David Briggs has been teaching classes on colour for more than 20 years, and currently teaches at the National Art School and the University of Technology, Sydney. His publications include a chapter in the Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Colour and a two-part paper on the elements of colour currently in press with the Journal of the International Colour Association, and he also has two outreach websites, The Dimensions of Colour and Colour Online. David is Past President, Vice President, and NSW Divisional Chair of the Colour Society of Australia, Co-Chair of the AIC Study Group on Arts and Design and is a committee member of the AIC/ ISCC Colour Literacy Project. His courses open to the public include an 8-week online course "Understanding and Applying Colour" and various on-campus courses, all offered by the National Art School, Sydney.
This is the first of two presentations for our International Colour Day 2023 online event, presented by the NSW Division of the CSA in association with the AIC Study Group on Arts and Design (www.aic-color..... The event continues a series of webinars organized and presented free of charge by the CSA NSW Division over the last few years. The Colour Society of Australia is a 100% volunteer-run, not-for-profit organisation and welcomes all to its events and membership. We were very honoured to have Professor Maria Joao Durao from the University of Lisbon introducing the speakers for this event. Maria Joao is the Secretary/Treasurer of the International Colour Association and Chair of the AIC Study Group on Arts and Design, and in addition she was the driving force behind the establishment of AIC International Colour Day in 2009.
The second presentation can be viewed at • ICD2023-2 "Frank J. Re...