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White-on-Gray-on-White by Kelly Deck

11/21/2009
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One of my colour theory students, Natalie Ochmanek, recently toured a local Millionaire Lottery House designed by Kelly Deck Design. She generously shared her photographs with the class so I thought I’d post them so you could have the tour as well! This is a close-up of the drapery fabric in the living room, I…

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What Everyone should know about Gray

11/16/2009
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Since gray is the new brown, I have been hearing all kinds of reactions about how cold it is, with people (including designers) declaring: ‘I would NEVER decorate with gray’. I even had a reader who sent me an email asking about a statement a designer had made, ‘You can’t mix two neutrals together; therefore, brown and gray can’t…

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Pantone’s Colour of 2009: Mimosa

12/05/2008
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It was just announced Wednesday that Pantone’s colour of the year for 2009 is yellow! This is big news in the colour world so I thought I would keep my readers in the know and post it as well! Pantone, which provides color standards to design industries, specifically cites “mimosa,” a vibrant shade of yellow…

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The Lipstick Index

12/03/2008
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The Lipstick Index is a term credited to Estee Lauder chairman Leonard Lauder who first used the term to explain the rise in cosmetic sales after the September 11th attacks. The idea being that during troubled economic tines, women are less likely to buy items such as dresses, bags and shoes and will go for…

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Food Textures & Colours

11/11/2008
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I found this site, Smitten, where you can order prints starting at a 4 x 6 size for as little as .63 cents. US of course. Most good things in the design world always seem to be in a US site. Darn. This purple potato is my favourite – isn’t it fabulous? All the colour…

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