The Pantone-inspired bags that appeared in Mango windows in March are but one example of Pantone’s fruitful collaborations with high-street giants. Indeed, for the same season the world-renown colour authority had already teamed up with Japanese clothing retailer Uniqlo to produce a series of Pantone-themed t-shirts. The occasion to renew the collaboration for the winter season came yesterday, with the opening of the new Uniqlo flagship store on London’s Oxford Street.The whole store layout is based on colours - the ‘windows’ are right inside, and look more like installations, with garments draped around mannequins in unconventional ways, conveying an idea of colour and texture, rather than of bare and simple wearability. The mannequins are ‘encased’ in glass cylinders, one of which features a big Pantone chromo-wall (much like the one we found in Mango’s).The star product this time is the cashmere line, with crewnecks and cardigans that come in 20 official Pantone hues. “UNIQLO’s innovative retail concepts along with Continue reading ‘Pantone ventures #2′
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Today I went for a walk to see the melting signs of winter. Ice has almost disappeared from the sea and when I took this photograph of Mälaren, a lake in Stockholm, I decided to write a post about this interesting shade of Blue.I’d wear Ice Blue when I crave some isolation or to calm the stressed hearth and mind. This would bee good colour to wear in connection with work that involves reflection and precision. Blue is also a colour of the mind and seams to be a preferred colour of the male population (mostly Sky Blue).
Surprisingly I’ve also found that for some people this colour symbolises LOVE. This is quite interesting connection.
Any idea why would it symbolise LOVE?? Anyone? Continue reading ‘Cool yourself with ice’
I am back after a while of silence and will be more present now as I am to write more about my theory of colour.
As Tita and Valentina are posting great stuff about all other art forms in this coloured universe, under this category, I will be explaining (in an entirely subjective manner) how to use the colours. As well as the meaning and the effects that the colour has on us but more to the point:
how can we use it FOR OUR OWN PORPOISE.
How use the colour and not to be used by it. Continue reading ‘How not to be used by colour’
Image courtesy Terra Galleria
For people who love RED life can become a flying tappets experience!
And if you are a person who loves it: (alizarin, carmine, indian red, vermilon etc.) you definitely belong in the mist of life at least if you believe a colour psychologist.
Saints and devils alike appreciated Red colour and this alone shows duality of it and of people that passionately likes it. Some meditation practices advise not to use combination of red and black for meditation, as they are believed to attract lower energies and …ghosts. Continue reading ‘Theory of Red’
Interested in the impact of colour on human body and mind, in colour psychology or in the science of colour? The Royal College of Art in London offers excellent resources for research on this subject. The Colour Reference Library, according to Neil Parkinson, the collection manager, is one of the two libraries in the world specialised on colour. Continue reading ‘The Colour Library at RCA’
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