I was honored to be asked to contribute information to an article published recently by Architectural Digest online. My contribution focused on research findings relevant to interior design. Specifically, while hue is often thought to contribute to mood and ambience…
Excited that a project I worked on back in 2021 has finally been completed! The brief for the interior foyer of this large apartment building in Sydney’s Manly was to make the mitigate the cold, institutional impression of the foyer…
Well, that was a fun chat! It was great being on ABC ‘Nightlife’ with Suzanne Hill talking about color in the built environment. We stayed pretty much on track talking about evidence-based color strategies but veered off on some amusing…
Today is the 6th anniversary of our award-winning community project, which was timed to coincide with Vivid Sydney 2017. The project featured saturated colors in a simple pattern that mimicked the brightly-colored yacht sails on Sydney Harbour. Research indicates that…
I’m excited to work on a couple of projects with Greene King, the UK’s leading pub retailer and brewer, with over 2,700 pubs, restaurants and hotels across England, Wales and Scotland. The company has a rich heritage of over 200 years…
I was very chuffed to be advised by the peer-reviewed journal Color Research and Application that my article ‘Traditional colour theory: A review’ was the ‘Top Downloaded Article’ for the year 1 January to 31 December 2021! The article was…
This webinar for architects, designers, and colour specifiers was hosted by the Aged Care Industry Association featured evidence-based information. Effective colour design in healthcare, aged care and dementia care has moved beyond aesthetics. In these contexts, evidence-based colour design strategies…
This project for Mirvac at Broadway in Sydney involved developing new façade colour scheme options for an iconic building. Consideration was given to the following key aims and issues of the project, including: All colour scheme options used historicism as…
Building Design Queensland and Resene are hosting this one hour online CPD session presented by Zena O’Connor that focuses on the issue of specified vs perceived colour in the built environment – 9 February 2023. In the built environment, colour…
I was honoured to be appointed to the scientific committee for AIC 2023, the annual conference of the International Colour Association to be held in Chiang Rai, Thailand, 28th November to 2nd December 2023. I have presented at six AIC…
