Colour Design Seminar – Strategies to improve Environmental Visual Literacy in Aged Care Facilities. This colour design seminar focussed on environmental visual literacy and colour/contrast strategies that can improve the interface between environmental design and users. Environmental visual literacy relates…
‘Power and Identity’ is the title of a book chapter I’ve written for ‘A Cultural History of Color: The Modern Age’. Edited by Sarah Street and Anders Steinvall; Series editors, Carole Biggam and Kirsten Wolf, to be published by Bloomsbury, …
Cinema Palattes One of my side projects @Cinema.Palettes recently featured in Architectural Digest Mexico as one of the Editor’s Top Five Picks, alongside Pantone, Design Seeds, Elo and Charlotte Love. The article featured my Cinema Palettes for the films ‘Amelie’ and…
Colour scheme for a Dementia Unit – This project involved providing evidence-based colour insight to the team responsible for the design of the Fraser McDonald Geriatric Psychiatric Unit. This dementia unit is located at Auckland City Hospital, Auckland District Health…
Colour/Contrast Strategies to Improve Environmental Visual Literacy Universal Design Symposium – 26 October 2016. ANZ Viaducts Events Centre, Auckland. Environmental visual literacy occurs at the interface between design and users. It relates to the way in which users ‘read’ visual…
Colour contrast strategies – Healthcare design I had the opportunity to meet with members of the New Zealand Health Design Council and deliver a seminar on effective colour contrast strategies in healthcare design aimed at improving environmental visual literacy. The…
Signage Evaluation of the signage program designed for Auckland City Hospital and the Auckland District Health Board (ADHB). The new signage strategy and program was designed by the Design for Health & Wellbeing Lab (DHW Lab) in collaboration with the…
I was invited to present a CPD seminar series in New Zealand to architects, designers and colour specifiers. The series, hosted by Resene Paints, were held in Auckland: 25 October 2016 – NZ Health Design Council, Auckland 26 October 2016…
Institutional Colour Design Evidence-based colour strategies for institutional design recommend using hues that are familar and homelike, and to minimise strong contrasts. These colour strategies are more likely to invoke positive response, enhance feelings of wellbeing and convey a sense…
Cinema Palettes on Instagram. Launched in October 2016, @cinema.palettes explores the use of colour and contrast in film, music videos and television. Check out Instagram @cinema.palettes here Colour and contrast can play key roles beyond aesthetics. Film makers use colour, contrast…
