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Color made intentional

Color research, strategy, and design across environments, products, and brands.

NeoCon Color Award recipient.

Professor at FIT with 20+ invited international lectures

 

Forthcoming book: Hue, Chroma, and Poison Dart Frogs

Clients include Bulgari, Nike, Estée Lauder, The Menil Collection, The Noguchi Museum, and the Government of Japan.

Featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Time, and NPR.

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Color made intentional

Color research, strategy, and design across products, and brands.

NeoCon Color Award recipient.

Professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology with 20+ invited international lectures.

 

Forthcoming book. Hue, Chroma, and Poison Dart Frogs: How Color Changes Everything.

Clients include Bulgari, Nike, Estée Lauder, The Menil Collection, The Noguchi Museum, and the Government of Japan.

Featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Time, and NPR.

Book and Speaking Engagements 

Research-driven talks and workshops examine color as material and cultural system across design, architecture, and emerging visual culture.

Pantone Magentaverse exhibition photograph by designorange

Seminar, Magenta: Diva or Destroyer?  for Estée Lauder  > 

Book and Speaking Engagements 

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Environments

Color strategy for architectural
environments.

Color consulting
For environments

For products

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Products

New color additions and color capsule collections based on typology and target market.

NeoCon Color Award–winning color collection with Baresque  >

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Nike running shoe color specification  > 

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Brands

Identity built
through hue.

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Bulgari color research and design  > 

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Brands

Identity built
through hue.

For brands

Identity built through hue.

Custom Mural, Tile, and Product Design

Materiality-driven jewelry, home goods, and textiles defined by tactile exploration.

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Government of Japan work, on-the ground design fair reporting, research trips to chic cities, writing publications.  >

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Color Analysis and Trend Reporting

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Research and writing for The Government of Japan  >

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Rockefeller Center Color Analysis  >

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Runway Colorblocking and the work of Josef and Anni Albers  >

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Color Analysis and Trend Reporting

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Government of Japan work, on-the ground design fair reporting, research trips to chic cities, writing publications.  >

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Research and writing for The Government of Japan  >

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