I provided evidence-based colour psychology insight to support the launch of a new software product, Norton by Symantec. My input included an insights report and on-site attendance at the launch event in November 2012. The launch event, arranged by Porter Novelli,…
Colour in Politics and blue ties in particular became a hot topic in Australian politics from 2010 to 2015. During this period, I was often asked to provide comment by journalists writing about this riveting issue, especially Jenna Clarke who…
I was honoured to be asked to deliver a colour insight public talk about the works of David Aspden. There are a number of works by David Aspden in the collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, and…
I provide evidence-based facade colour reports and colour scheme options for private residences, apartment buildings and commercial buildings. These reports include information about local government facade colour regulations and guidelines, Heritage Office recommendations and take into account contextual colour. In…
My peer-reviewed paper, Colour Psychology and Colour Therapy: Caveat Emptor was published in June 2011 in the leading journal on colour: Color Research and Application. When I published the paper, I had no idea that within a few months it…
I was asked to participate in a Colour Forum held at the Art Gallery of NSW on 14 August 2010, held in conjunction with the exhibition ‘Paths to Abstraction: 1867-1917’. The panel for this Colour Forum included myself as well…
MCA Sydney asked me to deliver a colour insight talk on 6 February 2010. I was chuffed to be able to talk about colour in relation to the works of Olafur Eliasson and the ‘Take Your Time’ exhibition at…
This invited lecture explored design and colour strategies of the 1950s and the ways in which the ‘Birth of the Cool’ stood as a unique colour/design aesthetic that continues to resonate today. The lecture was delivered to undergraduate and postgraduate…
This lecture was a joy to research and deliver. It explored the origins and ideologies of the Bauhaus, dating from the Wiener Werkstätte through to the various iterations of the Bauhaus before it was closed by the Nazis in…
I contributed a chapter on environmental colour mapping to the book ‘Colour for Architecture Today’ in 2009. Edited by Tom Porter and Byron Mikellides of Oxford Brookes, ‘Colour for Architecture Today’ explored colour and its role in the built environment. Delving…
