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Black in Style: Sleek, Contemporary & Bold
Black, in the traditional language of color, is understood as the absence of light. It has no hue, making it singular and consistent. But rather than defining it as “missing” pigment or complexion, in today’s interior design world it ...
A Serene Path to Oneness, When We Have to Be Alone
Due to the precautions countries across the world are taking to curb exposure to the coronavirus, famous parks in Vienna have all been closed for the duration. Because of this sudden lack of outdoor space within which to roam and feel at ea...
How Will We Work?
We have all had to adjust, and swiftly, to a shifting social environment — one in which we have been forced to adopt brand new ways to navigate, literally, around the safety and protection of ourselves and other members of our communities...
The Overlooked Beauty of the Unwanted
You’ve almost certainly heard the expression, “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure.” In the case of Berlin-based visual artist Henry Baumann, what one person discards can become an art installation that appeals to more than ...
Green Instinct
For most of us, there is an innate longing to be surrounded by other living things. Some believe biophilia is coded into our very genes. While a deep and sustained communion with nature and wildlife isn’t possible for everyone, perhaps th...
Feeling Blue–It’s all about Blue, Now and Then
Although the new Pantone color of 2020 is Blue, many years back Yves Klein the artist declared a most vibrant blue. The French artist Yves Klein was renowned for his dedication to color in his work, and blue was his signature shade. Acco...
New Year, New Blue
Identifying a “color of the year,” a tradition Pantone started 20 years ago, has become a revered practice that many industries rely upon. The year 2000 was designated the year of Cerulean Blue, and two decades later Pantone has once mo...
Colors from Paris
Some glorious design trends were presented during Paris Design Week in January of this year, and one of the most thrilling was the focus on color. The freshest tones borrow from nature, as human beings have done for centuries, and the names...