2011 Trends from Vancouver’s Design Show + Winner of my Giveaway

Green and ‘Upcycling’ is a hot trend (source)

This year I was at the convention center for both days of the design show this week. Wednesday for Vicente Wolf’s talk on “Lifting the Curtain on Design’ and Thursday for Janice Lindsay’s talk on Colour Trends with Pittsburgh Paints. She had many fabulous images from her travels,(including this fun lamp from the Conrad Shop, below) to show where colour and design is moving now.

Conran Shop 

Fantasy is a Necessary ingredient to Living. Dr. Seuss

You had to be there for her talk as her images truly told the story. However she talked a lot about the new neutral (besides gray) called Cardboard or Brown Paper Bag:

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What do you think? Are you seeing this colour as new?

Cindy, comment number 18 is the winner of my Novica giveaway!  Email me with your info and I’ll send over the gift certificate! Congratulations!

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