Color Marketing Group is delighted to confirm that Mike Farrell – designer, artist, and product developer – will be the Guest Speaker at the upcoming Greensboro ChromaZone Color Workshop being held April 26th.
Farrell lives life with “eyes wide open.” Farrell’s distinct, playfully irreverent point of view is marked by his sense spontaneity and humor. Drawing inspiration from his nomadic lifestyle and his infatuation with the often chaotic but vibrant world around him, Farrell is a storyteller. Farrell’s work often draws on layering, creating designs and spaces that spark conversation, a sense of discovery, and occasionally, laughter.
Farrell’s work has appeared in stores, galleries, museums, theatres and entertainment industry party sets. Farrell’s innovative showroom designs and installations are widely recognized as must see events and have been commissioned by industry leaders including AmericasMart, MMPI and Surya Rugs, where he currently produces a line of floor coverings and accessories. Farrell’s expansive design portfolio also includes rooms for the Metropolitan Show Home DIFFA project, the HBO Emmy’s post party, and an award winning window design with ABC Home for African American History month in 2010, a tribute that received widespread national coverage.
Farrell’s early career began in his first New York City showroom, selling high end Jacquard rainwear and umbrellas; designs that appeared in Saks, Neiman Marcus and Macys to name a few. In 1988, while launching a pillow line with Eastern Accents, Farrell met Elizabeth Miller who was Sheridan’s then VP of design. The two married in 1989 and created Miller-Farrell Designs, which formed licensing deals and partnerships with the likes of Croscill, Mastercraft, Doblin, Santee and American Rug Craftsmen (later Mohawk) among others.
In the years following the Miller-Farrell partnership, Farrell made South America a permanent home base; first in San Paulo, Brazil and later in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he continues to reside for the greater part of the year. Farrell’s work with the then rapidly emerging South American market included work with the eco-friendly vintage truck tarp line, S.O.B, which became a staple in high end furniture stores such as Environmental Furniture and Anthropologie.
In 2002, after making Buenos Aires his home base, Farrell created Adesal Jacquards USA with Buenos Aires partner mill Adesal S.A. From 2002-2013 Farrell acted as marketing & sales director building the USA brand from the ground up, from relative obscurity to a well-known and respected entity. As a designer, Farrell created a line with edgy, often humorous designs, which broke every rule in a stale industry, injecting new life and attracting young, fresh audiences along the way. In 2013, Farrell parted with Adesal, seeking fresh direction and inspiration.
FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO REGISTER FOR THE CHROMAZONE CONTACT Sharon Griffis (sgriffis@colormarketin.org).
Michelle Pajak-Reynolds
Couture Jeweler, Michelle Pajak-Reynolds’s artistic talent and entrepreneurial spirit has made her a rising star in the jewelry and fashion industries. Her extraordinary one of a kind jewelry pieces are highly sought after by fashion stylists, celebrities and collectors. Michelle’s jewelry designs have been worn by such stars as Sophia Bush, Jillian Barberie, Nona Gaye, and Dina Manzo and seen on the runway at NY Fashion Week and the covers of Grace Ormonde Wedding Style and LA Brides magazines.
Michelle holds a BFA in Jewelry from Kent State University and an MBA in Entrepreneurship from Baldwin-Wallace University.
Michelle will share the story of her entrepreneurial journey and the inspiration and design process for her couture jewelry collections.
CMG’s ChromaZones are color forecasting events open to anyone interested in knowing what’s coming “next” in the world of color as it applies to manufactured product or service.
Register for the event today or download a full Calendar of CMG Events at www.colormarketing.org.
For more information contact Sharon Griffis sgriffis@colormarketing.org
By Pauline Anderson
Special Advertising Feature
Watch for shades of blue, especially with green overtones, on more walls this season. An exquisite aquamarine tone called Tide Pools was chosen by the colour experts at Pratt & Lambert Paints as its 2013 colour of the year. The tone evokes sparkling oceans and the outdoors and “is reflective of nature and of light and the colour of glass,” says Donna Schroeder, a colour expert at Pratt & Lambert and Board member of Color Marketing Group.
Each year, Schroeder and her team troll for trends in colours, textiles and textures before narrowing down their choice of trendy shade of the year.
“We research and pick up cues from different trade shows, seeing what’s in the news and what’s in fashion, and we take that all together, kind of connecting the dots, to narrow down what we think will influence colour palettes for the next year,” says Schroeder. Not only would the blue-green hue work on walls, but also in accent pieces. For example, it could be picked up from a wallpaper pattern, pillow fabric, or other home decor accessory.
Blue with a touch of green was also chosen by the Color Marketing Group, an international association of color design professionals, as a dominant upcoming colour trend. The folks there predict warm tropical and watery shades will head the colour movement as environmental issues like water conservation and renewable resources take hold.
Join fellow color/design experts in Taipei City, Taiwan April 19th and 20th, to hear CMG Chairholder Monika Fecht’s Trend Presentation: COLOUR JOURNEY 2013/2014.
Registration is now open – contact Sharon Griffis sgriffis@colormarketing.org.
This meeting will be a ONE day ChromaZone Colour Workshop including trend and colour forecast for 2014/15. The workshop will be headed by Jane Stockel CMG, Special envoy to the CMG President, Asia Pacific Region. The venue is the Taiwan Design Centre, Taipei City, Taiwan, R.O.C.
CMG is grateful to the Taiwan Design Centre for their continued support and sponsorship.
NORTH AMERICA
Las Vegas, NV – January 31st
Irvine, CA – February 25th
Denver, CO – March 8th
Fort Lauderdale, FL – April 3rd
Cleveland, OH – April 19th
Greensboro, NC – April 26th
New York, NY – May 22nd
Chicago, IL – June 12th
Atlanta, GA – July 12th
Dallas, TX – August 1st
Saint Louis, MO – August 13th
Minneapolis, MN – September 16th
Grand Rapids, MI – September 20th
Rancho Mirage, CA – November 7th
CANADA
Toronto, Canada – May 4th
Vancouver , Canada – August (tbc)
INTERNATIONAL EVENTS (Registration will open shortly for these events)
Taipei City, Taiwan - April 19th and 20th - more information
El Salvador, C.A. – July 9th and 10th – more information
Barcelona, Spain – June 19th
ChromaZones are results oriented color forecasting workshops. They are fast paced and energetic with attendees presenting and discussing their colors and stories. As the day progresses, the colors will be narrowed to a final Color Forecast which is distributed in digital format with notations (view a sample forecast) to each participants so that you can work on them immediately.
The information gathered from each ChromaZone will become part of the broader color work that takes place during CMG’s annual International Summit being held at the Westin Mission Hills Resort & Spa, Rancho Mirage, California, November 7 – 10. Here you will see the comparisons of all of the ChromaZone meetings in North America AND hear full presentations from Asia/Pacific, Europe and Latin America. Color tools from these international meetings will be distributed only at the North American International Summit. The KEY colors from each ChromaZone will also be distributed in digital format, as well as the final North American Color Forecast.
You do NOT need to be a member of CMG to participate in a ChromaZone. ChromaZone events are open to current and former CMG members or color professionals involved in color forecasting. We also invite members of related professional organizations, education and media.
For more information, or to register contact Sharon Griffis (sgriffis@colormarketing.org).
Greg Dunlop, IIDA, ASID
Guest Speaker Gregory Dunlop, IIDA, ASID and CMG member, has been working with WGSN-homebuildlife since their inception and was a charter member of the Advisory Board. He has over 15 years of experience in the interior design industry completing projects in the luxury residential, corporate, banking, healthcare, and higher education markets. As a workplace consultant, he worked extensively with bio-tech and healthcare organizations to develop real estate strategies that supported business growth and development. More recently, Greg has managed Architecture and Design sales and marketing strategies for manufacturers in the corporate commercial sectors, working for brands as diverse as Allsteel and GROHE. Truly an expert in his field, Greg has written articles and given presentations on design in the 21st Century workplace, and also presented workplace research and continuing-education courses to North American architecture and design communities.
Color Marketing Group is delighted to confirm that Dunlop will be the Guest Speaker at the upcoming Las Vegas ChromaZone Color Forecasting Workshop being held at SURFACES on January 31st. REGISTER TODAY!
Find out more about CMG’s ChromaZone Color Forecasting Workshop.
MEMBERSHIP IN COLOR MARKETING GROUP IS MORE VALUABLE THAN EVER BEFORE …
On February 1st the color forecasts from CMG’s 2012 ChromaZone Color Forecast Workshops will be released to CMG members. The colors will be released digitally in pdf format (View a Sample Forecast), complete with notations and a Written Report from each Workshop.
This is a unique opportunity to see the subtle nuances that occur regionally!
In 2012 CMG held ChromaZone events in the following locations: Atlanta, Cincinnati, Chicago, Denver, Dallas, Irvine, Miami, Montreal, New York, Philadelphia, Toronto, and Vancouver. Collectively, over 300 color design professionals attended CMG’s ChromaZone and color forecasting events culminating in a multi-industry forecast for North America and Canada.
Participants identified 144 colors that they believe will show the course that colors are likely to take into 2014 and beyond.
Don’t miss the chance to get access to an invaluable tool to help you determine what’s coming NEXT!
For more information, to renew your CMG membership, or to join CMG contact Sharon Griffis sgriffis@colormarketing.org (703.329.8500).
Peta Tomlinson
peta.tomlinson@scmp.com
Cheery and optimistic palettes are set to replace the doom-and-gloom hues of the past as signs of hope are reflected in residential design.
Colour and quirky and natural motifs are key at Tequila Kola (left), Lane Crawford (top right) and Ronald Redding.
‘Tis the season of good cheer – literally. As 2013 chimes in, say goodbye to “austerity interiors”, and welcome a bright new era of colour, texture and style.
Householders, it seems, have had enough of the gloom. A respectable period of mourning has passed, and it is time to embrace joyfulness. Design consultant Jane Stockel, a longtime chair of the Color Marketing Group (CMG), a not-for-profit association of international colour forecasters, has seen it coming.
CMG (www.colormarketing.org) members meet annually in various Asian locations to discuss trends in lifestyle and colour directions and, according to Stockel, who also runs Jane Stockel Designs, a Hong Kong- and Australia-based trend information service, we have grown tired of the chaos.
By Marni Jameson, Special to the Denver Post
In the same way many of us can sense a cold coming on or a storm in the offing, some tuned-in types can spot a hot (or cool) color trend long before it arrives. These color forecasters to around with divining rods implanted in their foreheads.
When they detect a color trend, they call it out.
Unlike psychic readings at the county fair, color forecasters’ predictions really do come true – partly because they ordain them. See, when the Color Marketing Group, an international association of color design experts,gspeak out each year, manufacturers listen, then create product lines – from pillows to pitchers, from blouses to bicycles – in the new trend colors.
Image Courtesy of Pratt & Lambert Paints
Color Marketing Group is delighted to confirm the appointment of the following to the Board of Directors for the term 2013 to 2014.
Karl Johan Bertilsson, Director, NCS Colour Academy
Rachel Skafidas, Color Specialist, Sherwin Williams
Kevin Skelly, Marketing Manager, Cloverdale Paints
Suzanne Strom, Brand Design Manager, 3M Corporation
For more information contact Sharon Griffis, Executive Director, sgriffis@colormarketing.org.
