COLOUR AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

The impact of colour in our inhabited spaces has a profound, subliminal effect on how we process and interact with the world, others and ourselves. As students of design, we understand that the colours we choose for a designed space are emblematic of a mood, a culture or an intended outcome. How does this shade of grey make our patients feel when they’re in a healing environment? Which shade of blue brings luxurious calm to a hospitality environment?

The impact of colour in our inhabited spaces has a profound, subliminal effect on how we process and interact with the world, others and ourselves. As students of design, we understand that the colours we choose for a designed space are emblematic of a mood, a culture or an intended outcome. How does this shade of grey make our patients feel when they’re in a healing environment? Which shade of blue brings luxurious calm to a hospitality environment?

Architects and Interior Designers have less time than they ever have for researching materials, trends and for “looking around the corner.” The constant pressure of the billable project hour, as well as maintaining Continuing Education hours for professional development, leave little room for stepping back and taking a broader view of the world we co-create from project-to-project.

ColourConnect, our latest CPD, is an internally researched design forecast that examines the way we absorb and reflect influences from the world, our communities and ourselves through the lens of colour, as we consider how the spaces we create affect the choices we make. The CPD is divided into four “Chapters,”— Self, Earth, Creativity and Community.

ColourConnect is a resource and a tool, to help inspire the minds that will shape our future places. Take a look at trends in colour, how colour both reflects and shapes human behaviour and fulfil a formal CPD point while you learn. 

To schedule a ColourConnect presentation, contact your Shaw Contract account manager today.