Archinect - News 2024-05-02T02:52:56-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150406624/peach-fuzz-is-the-2024-pantone-color-of-the-year Peach Fuzz is the 2024 Pantone Color of the Year Josh Niland 2023-12-07T14:37:00-05:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/c8/c86073a574bd8c96a0bb8b0650a970bc.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Pantone has selected "Peach Fuzz" as its official <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1468108/color-of-the-year" target="_blank">Color of the Year</a> for 2024. Twelve months after announcing "<a href="https://archinect.com/news/article/150334944/viva-magenta-is-pantone-s-color-of-the-year-for-2023" target="_blank">Viva Magenta</a>" as its selection for 2023, the New Jersey-based company continued with the springtime palette with a light and bright color they claim will have an impact on an increasingly turbulent and divisive world.</p> <p>"In seeking a hue that echoes our innate yearning for closeness and connection, we chose a color radiant with warmth and modern elegance," the Pantone Color Institute&rsquo;s Executive Director Leatrice Eiseman describes. "A shade that resonates with compassion, offers a tactile embrace, and effortlessly bridges the youthful with the timeless."</p> <p>A staple of many modern-day cosmetics boutiques, coffee shops, startup offices, and other retail spaces has also become a runway favorite of late, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/style/pantone-color-of-the-year-2024-peach-fuzz/index.html" target="_blank">according</a> to CNN. The company has faced a fair amount of criticism over the 25 years of its program&rsquo;s development, though as the institute&rsquo;s Vice President Laurie Pressman explained...</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/7541961/neil-denari-goes-full-circle-returns-to-his-roots-as-airline-designer Neil Denari goes full circle, returns to his roots as airline designer Paul Petrunia 2011-05-25T02:25:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ii/iiyzjjniraurfsi7.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p> As the recently passed-away Larry Totah remarked to Eric Chavkin in <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/99222/the-great-great-great-great-grandchildren-of-jules-verne" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">his review of the Ace Gallery show</a> in LA last year, "Neil Denari is from Texas. He started out working in aeronautics; drafting, designing for airlines. That&rsquo;s where the imagery comes from&rdquo;.</p> <p> Considering this, and Denari's love for all things Japanese, it's no surprise he was drawn to the competition to design a hip, new Japanese airline earlier this year. He won. And today the designs for Peach Airlines are unveiled. There's not too much to see yet, but so far so good.</p> <p> <em>Press release follows...</em></p> <p> OSAKA &amp; TOKYO May 24, 2011 - A&amp;F Aviation Co., Ltd. (A&amp;F Aviation), Japan&rsquo;s first<br> dedicated low cost carrier (LCC) announced today that their airline will operate under<br> the brand name &ldquo;Peach.&rdquo;&nbsp;<br><br> The name &ldquo;Peach&rdquo; was chosen for its symbolism as a well-known and much loved fruit<br> that symbolizes longevity, energy and happiness across Asian countries. &ldquo;Peach&rdquo;<br> strives to be the airline that represents these traits.&nbsp;<br><br> To...</p>