That was the question du jour on the morning after President Obama’s State of the Union address so I wasn’t surprised when Georgea Kovanis of the Detroit Free Press called me to get a bit of expert insight.Did the color send a message at the State of the Union address?
“Color sends a message,’” says Kate [...]
Have you been following Ten Design Days over on Living In Color With Sonu and HomeWorkshop.com? If you haven’t been, get caught up now–it’s fantastic!!
Kate was thrilled when Sonu and Kathy asked her to join in their line up of amazingly talented peeps all talking “resolutions for the new year”.
Since Kate loves nothing more than [...]
While completing his thesis dissertation in design and marketing at the University of Minho, Miguel Neiva realized that little is done in the textile/clothing industry to alleviate the constraints of colorblind individuals.
The little graphic image identifies the color of each pencil. See the code system below.
He took it upon himself to further explore the concept [...]
New Year’s Eve is more than just a time for celebrating. It is a time for reflecting on the past, and looking forward to the coming year. A time to to take stock of where we are and maybe more importantly where we’d like to be in the future.
Of course being somewhere other than where [...]
We’ve been hearing quite a bit about the Color of the Year in the last couple of weeks and while there is not one official organization that bestows this honor on a single hue several well recognized companies that are involved with color each name and create a lot of buzz around a ‘Color of [...]
In 2007 I had an opportunity to appear on CBS Sunday Morning in a segment called In the Pink. The show aired just before Valentine’s Day so was focused on the color pink but of all the things I shared the point they seemed to find most interesting was the fact that the commonly accepted [...]
Pantone just announced the color of the year for 2010: PMS 15-5519 Turquoise, an inviting, luminous hue.
Here is what Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute® has to say about this year’s color of the year
I was reminded of Colorstrology when a piece by Michele Bernhardt was included in the fabulous House Beautiful September Color Issue but it has been awhile since I looked at what Colorstrology says about each person based on their birthdate. When someone asked me about it this morning I decided to click over to the [...]
Catch up with I Prayed For Gray: Part 1 -Here
So it’s Wednesday night and I have just discovered the most beauti-mus kitchen within the Grange Showroom (NYDC 200 Lex. Suite 201). Traditional Home magazine is hosting the event, a bevy of talented designers have created vignettes throughout the showroom depicting ‘Chic Chateau Family Style’ and [...]
Isn’t it funny how sometimes you actually pray for a rainy, gray day? I know, I know, its usually the other way around…but after an almost month long string of amazingly clear and sunny days here in New York that have made “doing” very possible–I honestly don’t think I’ve stopped to take a breather in [...]
