Seminars

As a specialist in colour trend consultancy services, Global Colour Research can tailor a seminar or workshop specifically to the needs of your audience.

We have presence in most major international design exhibitions, where our seminars are usually available to the public, but we can also organize private colour trend seminar presentations and talks for you or your clients.  Recent collaborations have taken place with 100% Design, Heimtextil, Interiors Birmingham, Australian Furniture Show, MoOD or Printsource amongst others.

Our speakers are Justine Fox, Mark Woodman, Tanja Burmeister and Hannah Malein. For further information on booking seminars, workshops or educational programmes please contact us at marketing@globalcolor.co.uk.


Seminars & Workshops

  • 24 to 26 September. Inspirational Seminar Programme by Mix magazine at 100% Design

    This seminar programme sets out to explore the idea of how design and technology can influence each other and how these disciplines can impact on our own wellbeing. The objective is to discover new ideas that can improve urban spaces and interiors, while at the same time respecting nature and taking inspiration from it.

    Different sessions of talks and workshops will help professionals to discover new materials, concepts and colours that they can apply to their work. The programme will include speakers from Pocket Habitat, SBID, BIID, Architects of Humanity, NCS and Stylgraph. On Sunday there will be a special appearance from design consultant Naomi Cleaver.

    Mix Magazine, as part of colour consultancy Global Color Research, will introduce the newest colour trend predictions for Autumn/Winter 2011/12, and reveal how these global trends can be applied geographically and adapted to different environments.

     

    The Programme will be taking place in the Botanic Theatre, inspired by the Autumn/Winter 2011/12 Botanic Trend. Botanic is the perfect representation of the spirit of this seminar programme. This trend looks at how we draw inspiration from plants in so many diverse ways. Flowers and floral imagery have been the mainstays of interior design forever; this trend goes beyond the decorative and looks at how we relate to plants not just visually but intellectually, says editor of Mix magazine, Tamsin Kingswell.

     

    Saturday, 25 September preview:

    12.30 Colour Stories: Autumn/Winter 2011/12 from Mix Trends with applications in interior design and architecture by Justine Fox Creative Director of Global Color Research and Material Editor of Mix magazine. The seminar uses inspirational images to explore which colours and materials will be key for Autumn/Winter 2011/12.

    13.30 Colour Tour. As a second part of the colour trend session, Mix magazine will be conducting a colour tour around the show which will help you understand how to spot trends for the coming season. The tour will be taken by Hannah Malein, Colour Consultant for Global Color Research.

    13.45 BIID Talk: Light and Health by Rebecca Weir. Rebecca Weir, Design Director of Light IQ and Industry Partner of the British Institute of Interior Design presents Light and Health, looking at what light is and the roles it plays, biologically, visually and emotionally in our everyday lives.  The importance of natural light, the choice of lamp as well as studying the contrast and glare ratio of light within a space are considered.  With studies and photographic imagery of interiors this will help the audience to understand how both natural and artificially light can be balanced to optimise the effect of lighting on our environment and therefore our wellbeing

    15.00 Pocket Habitat, where would you put yours. A workshop by Rebecca Stewart from Arup and Mike Cottage form Sky Garden, which will help the audience to create their own pocket habitat. Discover how different substrates can promote different habitats and learn how closely you can simulate a local London habitat by planting your very own pocket habitat. This workshop is perfect for architects as it will also discuss architectural/sculptural designs and how they fit into the built environment. 

     

     

     

For more information on our seminar program or about private workshops please contact us.