Love this post on Apartment Therapy in the US, about repurposing old ladders in your home:
In Germany, Decor8’s Holly Becker posted a list of 10 must-have decorating books this week, including two by Aussies Jason Grant and Sibella Court:
We’re all still talking about Pantone colour of the year Radiant Orchid (which I’m not a fan of!) but over in the UK, this week blogger Bright.Bazaar’s reporting on Dulux’s colour of the year, a much more acceptable teal!
Exciting news for all architects, designers and students… The 2014 Dulux Colour Awards are open! This means it’s time again to explore the way colour complements structural form in the most inventive ways.
As they have done for 28 years, the Awards celebrate the design excellence of Australian and New Zealand professionals, and showcase the crucial role colour has in creating a space. While every year the Dulux team urge entries to push the boundaries on “how colour is not only used, but how it’s perceived,” as put by Dulux colour & communications manager Andrea Lucenca-Orr, this year they’re still anticipating a high level of creativity. “We’re looking forward to seeing architects, designers and specifiers taking it that one step further with their innovative and inspiring application of colour,” she adds.
Would you like to be one of the first to see the Dulux Colour Forecast 2014 presented by Andrea Lucena-Orr and hear her interpretations of the latest colour trends as seen at the Salone Internazionale del Mobile in Milan? I have 10 double passes to give away to lucky readers.
Hear Kim Chadwick from Colourways present the key trends for commercial and residential interiors, the newest exterior building products and the most directional colours, materials and finishes.
This Design Institute of Australia (DIA) NSW branch event takes place tomorrow (Tuesday 10 September 2013) night from 6-8pm at The Whitehouse Institute of Design, level 5, 2 Short Street, Surry Hills.
The first 10 people to email me will receive a double pass for themselves and a guest. Refreshments will be served.
Good luck!
PLEASE NOTE ALL THE TICKETS HAVE NOW BEEN CLAIMED.
Melbourne’s Atherton Gardens HUB Development has been awarded the Grand Prix title in the 2013 Dulux Colour Awards at a gala function held at Luminare last night.
Co-designed by McCabe Architects and Bird de la Coeur Architects, Atherton Gardens HUB also won the Multi Residential Exterior category. The judging panel said it displayed exceptional bold use of colour on the external façade of the balconies which in turn created a vibrant impact and strong contrast against the white external walls.
Awards season is officially upon us. And I don’t mean the Oscars; rather I speak of a far more exciting array of colour samples and trophy-yearning hopefuls: The 2013 Dulux Colour Awards. It’s the time when the crème de la crème of Australian design showcase their creativity through the application of colour.
The excitement around the Dulux Colour Awards continued this year, with a record-breaking 229 submissions.
More than 60 finalists have been chosen. Seven will be named category winners but only one will walk away with the ultimate Grand Prix trophy and a cash prize of $1,500 alongside airfare and accommodation to an international design fair. I’m Dulux green with envy.
With the 2013 Dulux Colour Awards entries closing on 8 February, there are just weeks remaining for architects, interior designers, colour consultants and students of interior design or architecture to showcase their creative use of colour and be recognised and awarded as industry leaders.
The categories are: Commercial Interior; Commercial Exterior; Single Residential Interior; Single Residential Exterior; Multi Residential Interior; Multi Residential Exterior and Students.
Winners from each category will not only claim industry prestige, an abundance of well-deserved accolades and up to $1,000 prize money ($500 for students), they will also be automatically entered into the Grand Prix award. The Grand Prix award winner will receive an additional $1,500 and a return economy airfare and accommodation to attend a renowned design event.
Vintage design, fossicking and gathering, the meeting of old and new, and the rise of new technology are among the key influences that will dominate Australian design over the next 12 months – and with it our choice of colour.
That’s the message from Dulux, whose colour experts have studied global trends to develop six palettes for 2013.
The Dulux Colour Forecast this year draws on the themes of movement, social change, people power and the march of the digital age. It explores how colour is shifting and changing in modern times.
Architects, designers, specifiers and students are invited to show their imaginative use of colour with entries for the 2013 Dulux Colour Awards now open.
Now in its 27th year, the Awards is all about how architects and interior designs apply colour to transform the three dimensional spaces they create. Dulux Colour & Communications Consultant, Bree Leech, said: “Colour is an integral element in the overall design process. It has effects that are not only symbolic but also emotional, and in 2013, we’re looking forward to receiving entries that push the boundaries and use innovation, imagination and flair to showcase colour in architecture and interior design.”