Get your next weather report from a Rothko painting

Sometimes a quick glance at the weather app is not enough to decipher what truly awaits outside the comfort of indoors. But now, a project is using an unexpected tool to tell users what the weather feels like outside your window—Mark Rothko paintings. A leading figure in Abstract Expressionism, Rothko produced immersive color field paintings across various hues and tones, each setting a different mood. The Finnish product designer and creative director Joonas Virtanen noticed how the painting...