Evidence-based information Depending on context, specific colour strategies have the capacity to influence affective, evaluative and behavioural response. In workplace design, colour and contrast can be used to achieve a number of aims: • Attract and/or divert attention to specific…
Effective colour design is imperative in aged care and healthcare for reasons beyond aesthetics. In these settings, well-considered colour design can help achieve these outcomes: Improve environmental visual literacy Encourage and improve engagement; Support orientation and wayfinding; Assist with the…
Some of the new Colour Apps + Tools available online make colour design and creativity a breeze. This workshop provides hands-on introduction to some of the best new colour apps and tools available online and via the Apple store. In…
Along with my Colour Collective Sydney co-founders, we celebrated International Colour Day on 21 March. Our International Colour Day event focused on colour in architecture and design. Our keynote speaker was Nuha Saad, a Sydney-based installation artist and sculptor. Nuha’s…
In these workshops, participants explore Evidence-based Colour Psychology. Specifically, the origins of Colour Psychology and evidence-based research findings and information about human responses to colour. Practical exercises are blended with information that is relevant, reliable and scientifically-robust. As a result,…
This TV interview focused on responses to colour was broadcast on the Daily Edition, Channel 7 on Wednesday 20 February. In this interview with Sally Obermeder and Ryan Phelan, I talked about a range of evidence-based responses to colour. The…
I discussed responses to colour in this ABC interview with Richard Glover. Drive program with Richard Glover on 12 February 2019. This interview arose due to recently published research. The findings that suggested we may feel less pain if we…
In conjunction with the Colour Collective, I continue to deliver Colour Fundamentals Workshops. This is essentially Colour 101 and represents a great starting point for people who would like to know more about basic colour theory and application. For a…
This article discussed the impact of colour on behaviour in the built environment. It was based on a Design Speaks talk that I gave in Melbourne in August 2018. The article was published in Artichoke Magazine, the national magazine of…
This project involved developing an array of packaging colours for an Australian-based travel skincare startup, In-Flight Magic due to launch in March 2019. An interesting project, the client required packaging colours that represented both product ingredient attributes and also appealed…
