Radio interview ABC Radio – Dr Zena O’Connor, 1 December 2022 Over the last decades, many articles have focussed on the idea of using colour as a visual deterrent for cigarette smoking. Aside from printing slogans such as ‘Smoking Kills’…
For the past couple of years and in conjunction with the Colour Collective Sydney, I’ve sponsored five colour awards at the annual Design Centre Enmore Graduate event. As a designer by training, it gives me great pleasure to be able…
AddOn is a satellite exhibition of HeadOn, a large-scale, multi-venue photography exhibition in Sydney Australia. Curated by Charles McKean and Moshe Rosenveig (founder, creative director and lead curator of Head On Photo Festival), this satellite exhibition features the tagline ‘No…
Published in the September issue of Mindfood, thanks are due to the author of the article, ‘Psychology of colour’, Rebecca Douglas, for veering away from the usual colour psychology claims found on the internet. Many of these claims are not…
This was a delightful project to work on mainly due to the client who had a clear brief for the colour scheme of the large house on Sydney’s North Shore. The goals of this project revolved around minimizing the visual…
Prior to developing facade colour recommendations that will be visually cohesive, it is important to conduct a site analysis of the property to determine fixed facade colours and variable facade colours. This step involves identifying all the colours of all…
Commissioned by Resene, this webinar focused on the ways in which colour strategies in the built environment can encourage engagement, and support orientation and wayfinding initiatives in healthcare, aged care and dementia care. In these environments, effective environmental visual literacy…
In July 2021, I was asked to participate in an ABC Radio National discussion with Professor Stephen Westland (Chair of Colour Science and Technology, University of Leeds) and the topic focussed on a potential link between colour and the notions…
This project was a collaboration between Hamidreza Sheibani (researcher and adjunct lecturer at department of Architecture and Urban Planning Technical, University of Tehran) and Zena O’Connor. The full paper was presented at the AIC conference, Toronto, Canada, June 2022, and…
Color notation systems that emerged during the twentieth century helped with the tasks of identifying, communicating, and managing across different applications. To read this fully illustrated and evidence-based online resource about early color notation systems, go to Color Design…
