I am very chuffed to report that the journal Color Research and Application has published my article ‘Environmental color interventions on a macro scale: Tactical urbanism and issues of global concern‘. This is the 7th article that I’ve published in…
Well, that was a fun chat! It was great being on ABC ‘Nightlife’ with Suzanne Hill talking about color in the built environment. We stayed pretty much on track talking about evidence-based color strategies but veered off on some amusing…
This project for Mirvac at Broadway in Sydney involved developing new façade colour scheme options for an iconic building. Consideration was given to the following key aims and issues of the project, including: All colour scheme options used historicism as…
Building Design Queensland and Resene are hosting this one hour online CPD session presented by Zena O’Connor that focuses on the issue of specified vs perceived colour in the built environment – 9 February 2023. In the built environment, colour…
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…
I was chuffed to be asked to speak at this conference in Oslo, Norway! Fargedagen translates to Colour Day and the conference focuses on colour in the built environment. Hosted by Heidi Pettersvold Nygaard and the Oslo Planning and Building…
This meeting report focused on papers presented at the AIC Study Group on Environmental Colour Design at the International Colour Association conference in 2021. My paper focused on variations between specified colour and perceived colour: ‘Specified colour vs. perceived colour:…
I was invited to present this paper at the Environmental Colour Design Group session at the AIC2021 – Milan conference, 30 August to 3 September. In addition, I presented ‘Data visualization: The power and persuasive capacity of colour’ plus I…
Specified vs. Perceived Colour is always an interesting topic for those whose work involves colour for the built environment. Enmore Design Centre & TAFE NSW featured the webinar I developed in March 2021 for Resene Paints: ‘Specified vs. Perceived Colour:…
This goals of this façade colour project revolved around minimizing the visual impact of proposed alterations and additions to the property, which included extending the width of the balcony and the installation of a new lift to provide access from…
