Wintery mix got you feeling uninspired? I can relate. Days of limited sunlight, grayed over skies here on Long Island can start to take their toll. With the vibrant hues of summer months away, I’m longing to counteract the stultifying affects of winter. Finding these brightly-hued designs at ABC Carpet and Home helps remind me [...] Read more »
Color Me Delighted!
For my presentation at last week’s Color Marketing Group’s International Forecasting Summit I explained the drivers and influence of the trends I am seeing. One of my favorites was the use of design to surprise and delight. Using color to delight and surprise isn’t a new idea (Is anything really new?) but what is different [...] Read more »
15th Century Color Trend: The Blue of Distance
You may think color trends are a rather recent phenomenon but seeking out the hottest hues may be almost as old as the colors on the walls at Lascaux. Throughout history new colors, techniques and applications were first seen in art rather than the fashion runway or the auto show but they were no less [...] Read more »
Market and Trend Report: Hot Holiday Hues and Decor Themes
While most people are thinking Spring those that are involved in making products or buying for retail are thinking Holiday 2011 and beyond. They are doing their best to figure out what customers are going to be looking for this year when the holidays roll around so I thought it would be the perfect time [...] Read more »
Pantone COTY: A Fashion Retrospective
Color experts Pantone recently revealed their color of the year choice for 2011. Though 2010 was technically the first year of the decade, the even numbers feels like a tidier end to the first decade of the new millennium. Here we take a look at how Pantone’s year picks reflect (or were reflected by) colors [...] Read more »
