CREJ - Building Dialogue - March 2016
Are you ready to update your look? Considering a new color palette. Consider taking a closer look at ColorMix 2016. Sherwin Williams presented its 2016 Color Forecast put together by their color specialists. The color forecast taps into the zeitgeist and captures the needs of our time with the aim of creating a shared color consciousness. Together the four themes for 2016 represent: “Passionate pursuit. Fresh mindfulness. Vintage workmanship. Social engagement. And technology and materials that seem to come from out of this world. We’re taking the best of everything life has to offer and indulging in the moment.” Pure Vida is the first and the most influential of the four color forecasts. Within it, the elements that remind us to live well, be well and stay well are vital to creating spaces to unplug. Natural minerals: honed and sheer. Ancient alabaster and marble hues. Warmer grays turning to khaki and blushed neutrals. New therapies draw us to the colors of nomadic sand baths and holistic massage rooms. We’re awakening from the recession, hungry for new orderliness, ready to feed the spirit, make memories and savor the moment. The Sherwin Williams color of the year, Alabaster, sets the tone for harmony and balance. At a time of interconnected commotion and overstimulation, Alabaster offers a sense of personal solace. According to Jackie Jordan, Sherwin-Williams director of color marketing, “Alabaster represents a straightforward and necessary shift to mindfulness. It provides an oasis of calmness, spirituality and ‘less is more’ visual relief. Alabaster is neither stark nor overly warm, but rather an understated and alluring white.” In a recent color consultation with Wendi Medved, Ph.D., owner and pharmacist at Coast to Coast Compounding, she was looking to find the right colors for the Wellness Center that is a new on-site space for hosting events around health and healing. The warm gray that borders on khaki of Neutral Ground and the light sage of Wool Skein came together to create an intimate event space that is inviting and nurturing. The other color forecasts include: More Love Por Favor Meaningful change begins locally. Driven by social engagements as much as social media, we’re coming together to rediscover the pleasures of intimate gatherings, garden parties, personalized outdoor weddings – along with playful indulgences like champagne towers and vintage florals. Multifamily living is back, and this palette connects across generations: dashing greens and cheeky pinks with a flower power that’s as crisply modern as it is soulfully vintage. Nuveau Narrative Our new industrial evolution may be small batch and grassroots, but it’s built to last. Authentic 20th century machinery is being dusted off and reconditioned as North American manufacturing re-emerges in the form of the Maker Movement. Looking to the past to inspire our future, dreamers and doers craft new aesthetics collaged from the pages of history books. Think rugged determination, olive and denim, dusky wools, and brass buttons glinting in the sunlight. Trajectory Technology’s pace has us living in a constant state of wonder. The boundaries between art, science and commerce continue to blur as increasingly powerful computer chips and extreme materials combine to expand the possible. Augmented reality, 3-D printers, drones, interiors that adapt to our bodies. Apps and sensors make everyday chores feel frictionless. The future keeps arriving, in icy blues, shimmering pewter, sophisticated plums, and other mesmerizing hues in stunning gloss finishes. The use of color design can create the right look and feeling for your space, helping to revive, refresh and redefine your look.