Colour scheme for a Dementia Unit – This project involved providing evidence-based colour insight to the team responsible for the design of the Fraser McDonald Geriatric Psychiatric Unit. This dementia unit is located at Auckland City Hospital, Auckland District Health…
Colour contrast strategies – Healthcare design I had the opportunity to meet with members of the New Zealand Health Design Council and deliver a seminar on effective colour contrast strategies in healthcare design aimed at improving environmental visual literacy. The…
This colour supergraphics project by Zena O’Connor won a Landscape Maestro award (see website) and a Master Painters Association Community award (2017). Kesterton Park picnic huts, North Sydney. The project was timed to coincide with Vivid Sydney 2017 and featured high chroma…
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…
Launched in March 2017, @colour.design.palettes on Instagram explores the ways in which colour strategies are applied in design and the colour palettes of prominent design styles and designers. Check out @colour.design.palettes on Instagram. Colour, tonal value and saturation are dimensions…
I provide evidence-based facade colour reports and colour scheme options for private residences, apartment buildings and commercial buildings. These reports include information about local government facade colour regulations and guidelines, Heritage Office recommendations and take into account contextual colour. In…
‘Façade colour and judgements about building size’ – As an individual member of the AIC (International Colour Association), I was happy to present this peer-reviewed paper, which referred to a small part of my PhD research, at AIC2009. Façade…
In 2006, I presented a peer-reviewed paper on aged care design at the 5th National Conference on Ageing in Sydney. Entitled, ‘Happy campers? Investigating the interface between older people and retirement village environments’, this paper won a Research Prize, University…
I provide evidence-based facade colour reports for clients as requested. These reports are include colour scheme options for private residences, apartment buildings and commercial buildings. In addition, I include information about local government facade colour regulations and planning policy plus…
