We turn leading-edge insight into the tools the industry needs, each book contains the Macro seasonal overview, six directional themes and sixty colour swatches viewed as hand dyed textile swatches, printed palettes and Adobe ready digital colours.
In Issue 29 we search for new forms of ‘kinship’, as global communities realise the inextricable links between human actions and the health of our planet.
“The planet needs us to build a kinship of co-creation, an interconnected, kindred global family of makers, inventors, business leaders and dreamers.”
Anna Starmer
As the Earth heats up and our climate changes we embrace new seasonal cycles, fashion calendars become obsolete. Design is a driving force, an alchemical practice which can turn waste into beauty and infuse our manufacturing industry with a rekindled form of hope. We are seeking out colour and materials which reflect the changing needs of our planet and all living things.
A trip to Ibiza in April inspires clear turquoise sea blue-greens and Mediterranean sky blues. Spring heralds the unfolding of bright yellow-green new leaves, dandelion and cow parsley are gathered to use in the dye pot. As Summer heats up we embrace fiery shades of poppy red, glowing lantern, and scorched burnt orange.
There has never been a more important time to design well. We can consider our Kin at each stage of the design process, implement strategies committed to a regenerative approach, preserving the earth's resources and promoting biodiversity. We can choose colours and materials which have a positive impact: ingredients which nourish the soil, protect the oceans and filter pollution from our air.
Gaia Folk
Water Rites
Unfolding
Participate
Hermetic
Scorched
Future Colour
Global Colour Forecasting
Future Stories
World-leading design insight is translated into the Macro Overview and the six directional stories.
100 pages of original photography
Macroview + Future design insight
Digital pdf book + Digital image library
Digital palettes + Adobe swatch colours
Sustainable
Our specialist partners are commitment to working with responsible production methods.
Certified carbon balanced
FSC certified recycled paper
Printed with non-toxic vegetable ink
Digital process to reduce water waste
Colour Library
We have over 1100 colours available to order, created to an exacting standard by our industry specialists.
