The document proposes replacing trash receptacles on Cesar Chavez Street in St. Paul with new receptacles featuring a color palette extracted from analyzing the environmental urban colors in the neighborhood using Shigenobu Kobayashi's color theory. By applying Kobayashi's theory and techniques to thoroughly examine the neighborhood's atmosphere and integrate those colors, the new receptacles are intended to further accentuate feelings of being pure, genuine, vivid, natural, friendly, chic, urbane and cultivated. The analysis and application of Kobayashi's color theory provided a valuable tool for understanding and designing for different environments.

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10. A growing number of chemists are now
developing biodegradable plastics in replace of
those that are made by oil. Right now, bio plastics
are being made from corn and other plants, more
recently than others, additions of cotton.
Besides reducing greenhouse gas emissions during
production, biodegradable plastics leave no waste,
and can “maximize economic development by using
local crops”, according to Susan Moran of The New
York Times.
In the past few years, plastic forks and other
disposable utensils have been made out of bio plastic,
but companies are beginning to use bio plastic in non
disposable products like cell phones, including the
Japanese companies NEC Corporation, Unitika and
NTT DoCoMo.
As of right now, the largest producer of bio plastic is
NatureWorks, based in Nebraska. It uses corn sugar
to make “polylactide”. Polylactide comes in the a
The
white pellet form, which NatureWorks sends to other
companies, who then mold the bio plastic into
Advancement
products or packaging.
Metabolix, based in Massachusetts, is another
of company that produces a bio plastic. Metabolix
specializes in films, specifically used in creating
Bio Plastics
garbage and shopping bags. According to Metabolix,
their bio plastic composts in fewer than 90 days, in a
wide variety of temperatures and places, including a
nicholas kriegler consumer’s back yard, or “even the ocean itself”. By
creating a bio plastic that is compostable under a
larger variety of circumstances, littered bio plastic,
specifically the type that Metabolix produces, has a
higher chance of composting even when un-intended
by a consumer.
Metabolix, like NatureWorks, produces bio plastic,
and then sells it in a standard form which is then
molded by the purchasing company. According to the
Metabolix website, their product is “Biobased,
Sustainable, and Biodegradable”, meaning the “mirel”,
a specific form of bio plastic is formed from all
natural materials, leaves no carbon footprint, and
decomposes within a relatively short amount of time.
While bio plastics are still relatively new, chemists
are coming up with more efficient forms. One of the
main problems with bio plastics is that when used to
package food products, the food product’s shelf life
becomes much shorter. Chemists are trying to find a
balance between bio plastics that decompose under a
large variety of situations (intended or unintended)
and last long enough to keep food fresh when
packaged, one of the leading uses of regular plastics.
Though not perfect, new forms of bio plastic are
emerging from a large amount of chemists, hopefully
meaning that we will soon have a more perfected
form of bio plastic, eliminating waste and carbon
emissions.

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26. this is visual
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34. natural movement was started in the center where most of the focus was but
then followed the principle of glance curve with we had learned about early in the
semester.
I now closed my eyes for a few
seconds to give my eyes a rest and a fresh
view of the image. When opening them
they zeroed in on the face and it drew all
my attention in and even if I wanted to
moved to look at over parts of the
photograph my eyes didn’t want me to. All
I wanted to see was the dragon like face.
Once I had noticed that it seemed to have
features of a dragon the entire piece came
together.
I closed my eyes for a final time and when I opened them all I could see
was the eye of the dragon-esque image. I feel that by using the method I have
learned to view images and artworks in a different manor. When I completed this
task I felt like I had a stronger connection with the image then if I would have just
walked by and peered at the photography any other time. In this process I
seemed to start with the very simplicity objects and moved to the most detailed. I
think that I’ll be able to use this method when doing drawings, it helped my
understand of the composition increase and the many levels the build up to
detail. This is a very valuable experience that I’ll be able to use in the future when
I am studying images and making my own work.

37. Multiple Intelligence Theory VThink09 Week 2
criteria

44. Visual inking
Trash receptacle installment proposal for
Cesar Chavez Street, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Based o a visual analysis of environmental
urban color.
Mike Borell

45. Word Image Scale
-Light & Pale
-Pure & Genuine
-Neat
-Bracing
-Enjoyable
-Vivid
-Natural
-Friendly
-Chic
-Fashionable
-Urbane
-Cultivated
Key Words

46. New Receptacles
Color palette extracted from environment

47. Application 2

48. Conclusion
By thoroughly examining the Cesar Chavez niehgborhood surrounding El Burrito Mer-
cado and applying Shigenobu Kobayashi’s color theory I was able to take on a whole
new understanding of the areas atmosphere. e multiple businesses all tend to draw on
certain color schemes that create similar feelings. Pure, genuine, vivid, natural, friendly,
chic, urbane, cultivated. A er extracting and organizing the colors found within the
neighborhood I was able to come up with these words by applying Kobayashi’s word
image theory. In order to further accentuate these feelings I wanted to further integrate
the colors that create these feelings within the environment. By replacing the existing
trash receptacles (that contained only one color) with new receptacles, designed with a
color palette that encompasses all of these feelings, I feel I have accomplished my goal.
rough the application of Kobayashi’s theory and using his techniques I was able to
further examine and understand the atmosphere created by the colors in the Cesar
Chavez neighborhood. I now nd myself applying Kobayashi’s theory and technique to
many di erent neighborhoods, especially my own. is is a valuable tool that I will be
able to use for all kinds of environments in the future.
ank you.