Colour

Studio Dlux includes colourful playground in Brazilian school conversion

May 19, 2021 Jane Englefield 0

Architecture office Studio Dlux has converted a former events space in Curitiba into a school featuring a multicoloured playground and a ceiling that looks like a starry sky. Red House International School is a nursery and primary school in the city of Curitiba, Brazil. São Paulo office Studio Dlux transformed the site’s original building, a large

The post Studio Dlux includes colourful playground in Brazilian school conversion appeared first on Dezeen.

Ten bright and bold interiors that make use of colour theory

May 15, 2021 Jane Englefield 0

For our latest lookbook we’ve selected ten examples of interiors enlivened by contrasting or analogous hues and colour-blocked walls. The chosen projects all make use of colour theory, some by using analogous colours – colours that are close or next to each other on the colour wheel – while others use complementary colours, which are

The post Ten bright and bold interiors that make use of colour theory appeared first on Dezeen.

Aesthetic Lab adds pops of colour to all-white classroom in Taiwan

April 29, 2021 Jane Englefield 0

Architecture studio CloudForm Laboratory has transformed a classroom in a secondary school in Taiwan into a “blank canvas” for creative education. Called Aesthetic Lab, the multipurpose classroom was redesigned for New Taipei Municipal Xintai Junior High School in the capital city Taipei. Local studio CloudForm Laboratory turned a traditional schoolroom with wooden workbenches and a

The post Aesthetic Lab adds pops of colour to all-white classroom in Taiwan appeared first on Dezeen.

Ten interiors with pastel colours that freshen up the home for spring

April 10, 2021 Cajsa Carlson 0

Pale yellow dining room with wooden floors

For this lookbook, we’ve rounded up ten home interiors decorated in pastel tints that show how ice-cream colours can give spaces a fresh, calming look. The selection from our archive, which includes bathrooms to bedrooms and kitchens, shows how pastels – made by adding white to pure colours to make them more luminous and less

The post Ten interiors with pastel colours that freshen up the home for spring appeared first on Dezeen.

Studio Anton Hendrik Denys designs Belgian office informed by 1960s colour schemes

March 4, 2021 James Parkes 0

Studio Anton Hendrik Denys and Steen Architecten have transformed an industrial office building in Belgium by cladding it in corrugated metal and adding colourful graphic interiors. Studio Anton Hendrik Denys, in collaboration with Steen Architecten, stripped the existing office building in Heverlee back to its core and used the company’s corporate identity to create a design

The post Studio Anton Hendrik Denys designs Belgian office informed by 1960s colour schemes appeared first on Dezeen.

Beyond Space designs colourful office around reconfigurable grid system

March 1, 2021 James Parkes 0

Beyond Space has created a flexible office interior for a security company in Amsterdam using a colourful grid system that allows the user to change the layout when needed. Informed by an endless repeating grid system, the studio used a structure made from beams and columns to knit together two office floors. The rigid grid

The post Beyond Space designs colourful office around reconfigurable grid system appeared first on Dezeen.

Brave Ground named Colour of the Year for 2021

September 8, 2020 Natasha Levy 0

Brave Ground is Dulux's colour of the year 2021

Paint brand Dulux has unveiled a “reassuring” earthy beige hue called Brave Ground as its colour of the year for 2021. Brave Ground was selected as an “elemental” hue that reflects “the strength we can draw from nature, our growing desire to align more with the planet and looking towards the future” – particularly in

The post Brave Ground named Colour of the Year for 2021 appeared first on Dezeen.

Pantone unveils over 300 new trend-based colours

March 5, 2020 Natasha Levy 0

A hot pink called Viva Magenta and an icy blue named Frozen Fjord are among the 315 new hues that American colour company Pantone has added to its roster of shades. The 315 colours have been chosen by Pantone to reflect present-day and forecasted trends, and have been taken from all bands of the spectrum.

The post Pantone unveils over 300 new trend-based colours appeared first on Dezeen.

Adam Nathaniel Furman brightens up London maternity centre with “flowerburst” mosaic

January 13, 2020 Alyn Griffiths 0

Adam Nathaniel Furman Chelsea & Westminster hospital

London designer Adam Nathaniel Furman has applied his signature colourful aesthetic to a tiled entrance and reception area for the maternity centre at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital. The London hospital received a donation from the Reuben Foundation to create an artwork for its new maternity centre and approached Furman to enhance its reception and

The post Adam Nathaniel Furman brightens up London maternity centre with “flowerburst” mosaic appeared first on Dezeen.

Colourful public spaces are part of Pazdigrad Primary School in Croatia

November 22, 2019 Jon Astbury 0

Pazdigrad Primary School in Split, Croatia has been designed by architects X3M to include public squares, one of which is painted bright yellow The school is located on a sloping site, so X3M built it as a series of stacked concrete platforms. Pazdigrad Primary School is on periphery of the city and surrounded by housing

The post Colourful public spaces are part of Pazdigrad Primary School in Croatia appeared first on Dezeen.