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Pantone's 2020 Color of the Year does more than define trends, it aims to evoke a color language of dependability and resonance

2019-12-05T13:03:00-05:00

Color plays an important role in architecture. Whether it's to create a mood or embellish on an interior's detail colors helps architects and designers convey many things, some have made entire careers out of color and its uses. Just ask Verner Panton, Josef Albers, or Paul Klee, color and color theory is a specialization that shouldn't be overlooked.

The Pantone Color Institute, the world leader in global color research and trends, has announced the Pantone Color of the Year for 2020. PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue will is the color many have been praising since Pantone made the announcement.

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Leatrice Esieman, the executive director of the Pantone Color Institute shares in a press statement, "We are living in a time that requires trust and faith. It is this kind of constancy and confidence that is expressed by Pantone 19-4052 Classic Blue, a solid and dependable blue hue we can always rely on. Imbued with a deep resonance, Classic Blue provides and anchoring foundat...

Two words, six digits...Pantone's 2019 Color of the Year is Living Coral

2018-12-06T13:17:00-05:00

"Color is the place where our brain and the universe meet." Famed artist Paul Klee said it best when it comes to describing color and its importance in our lives. With that said, Pantone, a leader in color matching and color systems has announced the 2019 Color of the Year.

Pantone Color of the Year 2019 © Pantone

Pantone Color of the Year 2018 © Pantone

Designers, artists, and architects alike know how much color and its presence and absence influence design. For the past 20 years, Pantone has released its annual color of the year to the public. Influential in various aspects of the industry, the announcement influences product development, purchasing decisions, graphic design, and more in multiple industries. The search for new color influences is what the company's color experts scour the world for.

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The Pantone Color Institute is an entity within Pantone that researches and highlights global color trends and seasonal runway colors while advising companies on color a...

How the infinity pool became a social media status symbol

2018-03-26T19:02:00-04:00

To Skip Phillips, consumer-driven demand has moved the infinity pool away from its original design premise of blending with the landscape. It doesn’t have to be a vertical drop, like that at Marina Bay Sands. “The impetus for this came from the buying public,” and, he adds, “an uneducated pool industry.” To understand how the infinity pool became a status symbol, it’s important to realize that “wellness” is a luxury commodity.

This Outline piece by Daisy Alioto dives into the origins of the vanishing edge infinity pool, which now — thanks to a lot of help from social media — has evolved into a trendy symbol of luxury.

Is it a bookstore? Is it a fashion concept shop? Yes!

2017-12-12T15:19:00-05:00

The future of brick-and-mortar bookstores has been in peril for at least a decade. But whether you’re actually shopping for a book or not, you might actually find yourself wandering into a bookstore by accident. Because fashion brands, from French icon Sonia Rykiel to New York City-based Warby Parker, are curating books not as objects to read but as objects of décor.

More and more trendy retailers that used to be exclusively online (think Warby Parker, Glossier, or Everlane) are beginning to open brick-and-mortar concept shops & flagship stores in major cities, and books appear to be front and center in store design — sometimes as mere decoration but more frequently actually for sale; further blurring the line between traditional bookstores and branded experiences.