Disruptive Colour is the title of an article I’m currently writing. A key twenty-first century colour strategy, Disruptive Colour is now evident across many areas of applied design and architecture. Disruptive Colour involves combining unusual, atypical colour combinations; using colour…
This 3 hour Colour Psychology seminar blends evidence-based colour psychology theories, practical examples and interactive exercises. The diverse origins of colour psychology theories are examined including the many exponents of colour psychology, some of whom were jailed for fraud. Takeaways…
INTERIOR magazine published my interior colour scheme review of the unique CIGA project in Christchurch, New Zealand.
I did an interview with the editor of INTERIOR magazine while in New Zealand in February 2016. Federico Monsalve has the enviable job of editing INTERIOR, which showcases the best of NZ’s commercial interiors. We discussed colour in interior…
In a media interview with Laura Trieste, I discussed a simple interior colour scheme formula. This formula equates to 60% Dominant hue/tonal value; 30% Auxiliary hue/tonal value and 10% Accent hue/tonal value. This approach to interior colour provides a cohesive…
I was invited by Resene New Zealand in association with ArchitectureNOW to present this seminar series on colour in the built environment to architects and designers across five days. 26 February 2016 – Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand (Video on…
Colour + Children + Imagination = PLAY[ground], a collaborative effort involving HASSELL architects, Archikidz and Sydney Living Museums. A temporary three-day installation, insights from this project will be used to inform future strategies for public engagement. ‘Playability’ is seen as…
I was delighted to be asked to be a contributor to a new colour encyclopedia. The prestigious ‘Encyclopedia of Color Science and Technology’, edited by Ronnier Luo, is being published by Springer, New York in 2017. The chapters I…
Light encourages engagement and improves perceptions of safety. Impulse is a public art installation in the Place Des Festivals, Montreal, that illustrates the positive impact of light. Thirty illuminated see-saws along with a series of video projections on nearby buildings have…
I’m very chuffed that the Most Accessed list for the journal Color Research and Application includes two of my papers. These two papers top the list for June 2015 and the year 07/2015 to 06/2016. I’m hoping that its only a…
