Can color change the world? Uplift a neighborhood, bring a community together? Unite us as humans, regardless of language, culture and location? Dulux paints has embarked on a worldwide colorful mission to prove that -YES, IT TRULY CAN!
Starting earlier this month in Rio, today in Paris (I know this because I am following their live [...]
I love the word juxtaposition, don’t you? Any word with both a letter J and a letter X in it –is okay in my book. But beyond just how cool the word sounds and looks- mostly, I love what it means.
jux·ta·po·si·tion
(noun)–an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, [...]
Is this guy responsible for changing the face of color as we know it?
If you lived back in 1856 the answer would be “why yes my good chap, for sure! You see the man pictured above– proudly displaying his freshly ‘maulvine’ dyed wool– is non other than Henry William Perkins. Perkins is known throughout the [...]
When I switched on the Oscars Sunday night, the red carpet was already in full swing. I swear these 3 dresses above were the first I saw. All I could think was: OMG Hollywood has lost its mind! I was very excited to say the least.
Jennifer and Charlize, I will get to in just a [...]
Okay, you have to give it up for Canada. They won the Gold Medal in Men’s Hockey fair and square. The Olympic host team playing a national past time…winning in an “edge of your seat sudden death” overtime…well, it has all of the making of a feel good movie.
Exciting, inspiring, warm and fuzzy and- oh… [...]
Well if you are perusing the streets of NYC- the answer might be just be “I see a blue chair looking at me!”–thanks to the color-loving, design savvy crew at House Beautiful magazine.
In celebration of America’s love affair with the color Blue, the mag and some of our favorite furniture companies have teamed up to [...]
Inspiration gets a bit more animated when it comes from these Oscar contenders….
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Up was by far one of my favorite movies of the year. The film’s 2 minute sequence showing the couples entire married life together is so beautifully done-pure genius. The message of the movie- its never too late for a new adventure, priceless.
For [...]
I love the escapism of a good film. I especially love when I leave the theater full of ideas and feeling inspired by the flick’s sets, costumes and mood.
Since the Oscars always seem to fall right on the cusp of the changing fashion season…I thought it would be fun to look at a few of [...]
How much are you loving the Winter Olympics? Being stuck here in snowy NY while almost everyone I know is off galavanting the world on winter break- watching it every day has helped save my sanity. Plus from a color perspective there is just so much to talk about!
First off: the official logo of Vancouver [...]
Source & Source
There is something so kinetic about 2 holidays falling on the same day, don’t you think?
The ruckus of the Chinese New Year’s celebration coupled with the most famous day of amour- lends itself to a real East meets West kind of day.
I had been in fact very excited at the prospect of 2010 [...]
