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Author: Josef Albers | Foreword: Nicholas Fox Weber
Publisher: Yale University Press | Publication Date: June 28, 2013 | 208 pages
At Hesed University, we teach that to see rightly is the beginning of both art and faith. In Interaction of Color, Bauhaus master Josef Albers invites readers to see the world anew — not through theory alone, but through attentive perception and disciplined practice.
First published in 1963, this landmark work remains one of the most profound explorations of how color behaves, transforms, and reveals truth through interaction. The 50th Anniversary Edition expands Albers’s original teaching with nearly sixty visual studies demonstrating the principles of color relativity, contrast, transparency, and balance — lessons that still shape modern design and architectural education today.
For artists, designers, and students, Albers’s exercises cultivate patience, precision, and insight — virtues that mirror the spiritual act of seeing. His approach teaches us not merely to mix colors, but to discern relationships — how one hue changes another, how perception depends on context, and how beauty arises from disciplined observation.
Essential reading for: students of architecture and design, educators, and anyone seeking to understand visual harmony as both a creative and contemplative pursuit.
