Here’s my interview from the current winter addition of Spruce magazine: Take advantage of the connection between emotions and colour to create a highly personalized and purposeful space. By...
We’ve all been caught in a public waiting room, corridor, holding area, or classroom that make us really restless, agitated, edgy, and impatient! Not the one in the picture...
Let’s review some main functions of colour. No new rocket science here, just a quick good refresher for those who are colour enthusiasts. These functions are for the application...
I have to speak my mind about something that happens every fall, something that I have changed my view on in the last few years. I was so pissed...
Frank Mahnke, was a colour revolutionary. A colour guru and expert. I did not get the chance to meet him in person, but may of my colour colleagues could...
It is the responsibility of the interior designer, colour specifier, or architect choosing colour to have the knowledge of a colour’s psychological meaning and effect when selecting colour. Colour...
It is a sensory awareness, having symbolic, associative, synesthetic, and emotional effects on humans. Symbolic Effects. Colour conveys symbolic messages. Certain colours or groups of colours can symbolize different...
I’ve spent many years studying the correct way interior designers should be choosing colours for their designs of public spaces. It may not win me the popular vote, but...
Architectural colour is more than decoration, it is to be used with a sense and purpose. Knowing the psychological and physiological effects on humans in public environments is paramount. Colour...
I was so happy to see the final exterior renovation of Frank Hobbs Elementary completed! The renovation was completed earlier this fall, which included adding Hardie board panels and siding, new...