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Color
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10 Kitchen and Bath Collections Embracing Color
From richly glazed hardware to expressive surfaces, these richly-hued designs signal a shift beyond the all-white aesthetic.
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Laura Guido-Clark Wants Designers to Stop Being Afraid of Color
METROPOLIS sits down with designer and color expert Laura Guido-Clark to learn more about her nonprofit Project Color Corps and color methodology Love Good Color.
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4 Color Trends That Are Good for the Brain
New research into neuroscience suggests that color affects our psyche, emotions, and bodies. Here are four color-ways to shape moods and memories.
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Google’s Ivy Ross Makes Sense of Color
METROPOLIS sits down with Ivy Ross, Google's vice president of hardware design, to discuss Making Sense of Color, now on view during Salone del Mobile 2024.
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From the British Melting Pot, “New London Fabulous” Emerges
The slew of recent projects emphasize color’s capacity to bring joy to the public sphere. Just don’t call it a movement.
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Products
Colors that Resonate in a Badly Damaged World
We asked two forecasting experts to weigh in on the colors, tones, and textures that feel right for 2021.
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Viewpoints
Designer Insights on Making the Most of Your Home During COVID-19
Five experts on interiors weigh in on reconfiguring our homes to squeeze in living, working, playing, and exercising.
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Projects
From Jan van Eyck to nendo, Design Museum Gent Catalogs How Research Informs Color
Marking the recent restoration of van Eyck's canonical Ghent Altarpiece, the exhibition lays out Experience Rooms, a Pigment Walk, furniture pieces, and histories of color.
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True Colors Highlights Natural Pigments and Expert Dyers Around the World
As with other forms of making that were impoverished by the Industrial Revolution, the task ahead is to conserve where necessary while continuing to innovate.
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New Color Technologies Are Challenging CMYK’s Hegemony
Color Library: Research into Color Reproduction and Printing shows how new color printing advances are blurring the lines between color reality, representation, and reproduction.
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Projects
Facing a Tight Budget, a California School Transformed Its Architecture With Color
The 800-student Caliber ChangeMakers Academy, built for $144 per square foot, saw architects, a nonprofit, and students collaborate on a vibrant color palette.
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Products
Here’s 2019’s Trendiest Color, According to Benjamin Moore
The paint company forecasts that its subdued gray shade "Metropolitan AF-690" will be a prominent interior trend to watch next year.
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Viewpoints
New Cooper Hewitt Exhibit Takes a Fresh Look at the History of Color
Saturated: The Allure and Science of Color delves into product design, subway wayfinding, industrial standardization, consumer culture, and more.
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Projects
Singapore’s Hotel Mono Is A Minimalist’s Paradise
Singapore-based studio Spacedge Designs took a masterfully monochromatic approach to the interiors of this trendy 46-room hotel.
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Viewpoints
New Exhibit Takes You Inside Hella Jongerius’ Beautiful, Colorful Mind
For Breathing Colour, Jongerius, the art director of color and materials at Vitra, contrasts lightness and brightness, revels in reflection and refraction, and investigates black tones and shadow.
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Projects
A Tearoom in South Africa Takes on 2016’s Trendiest Color
Dusty pink and copper tones create an air of calm at Yswara's outlet in Johannesburg.
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Profiles
The Dutch Designer Behind Vitra’s Color Revolution
As art director of Vitra’s colors and materials, Hella Jongerius has spent a decade mastering shade and tone.
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Why Architects Shouldn’t Ignore the Power of Paint
Three case studies show how a coat of paint can carry great political resonance.
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Products
Finding Verner Panton’s Colorful Touch Everywhere
An ongoing Vitra exhibition of Verner Panton's work has us seeing the designer's influence everywhere in contemporary furniture design.
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Office Supply Start-Up Poppin Brings Fun to the Workplace
With a design vision based on individuality, Poppin brings fun to the workplace.