I did an interview with the editor of INTERIOR magazine while in New Zealand in February 2016. Federico Monsalve has the enviable job of editing INTERIOR, which showcases the best of NZ’s commercial interiors. We discussed colour in interior…
In a media interview with Laura Trieste, I discussed a simple interior colour scheme formula. This formula equates to 60% Dominant hue/tonal value; 30% Auxiliary hue/tonal value and 10% Accent hue/tonal value. This approach to interior colour provides a cohesive…
Supergraphics for Cyclist • Pedestrian Shared Zones In most local government areas, cyclists must dismount and walk, not ride, across pedestrian crossings or slow down to 10km per hour in pedestrian plazas and keep 1m distance from pedestriands. These regulations are intended…
Resene New Zealand in association with ArchitectureNOW invited me to present this seminar series on colour in the built environment to architects and designers across five days. 26 February 2016 – Auckland Art Gallery, New Zealand (Video on YouTube) 25…
I dabble in photography and like to focus on the ways in which colour, colour contrast and light-dark contrast attract attention, create focus and contribute to mood and ambience. I use an iPhone and Sony NEX-6 camera. I was commissioned…
Colour conveys confidence. This is exactly what many of the competitors in the Australian Open 2016 know when it comes to on-court fashion. Suzanne Carbone wrote about this phenomenon recently in an article: ‘Australian Open 2016: Players serve up bold…
Colour + Children + Imagination = PLAY[ground], a collaborative effort involving HASSELL architects, Archikidz and Sydney Living Museums. A temporary three-day installation, insights from this project will be used to inform future strategies for public engagement. ‘Playability’ is seen as…
Colour schemes for older apartments and heritage buildings depend on a number of key issues including: Architectural style and fixed heritage design details Directional aspect and amount of natural light Client preferences, artwork and furniture For an interior that has…
I was delighted to be asked to be a contributor to a new colour encyclopedia. The prestigious ‘Encyclopedia of Color Science and Technology’, edited by Ronnier Luo, is being published by Springer, New York in 2017. The chapters I…
Light encourages engagement and improves perceptions of safety. Impulse is a public art installation in the Place Des Festivals, Montreal, that illustrates the positive impact of light. Thirty illuminated see-saws along with a series of video projections on nearby buildings have…
