Hello from Portland Oregon.
I am here over the weekend for the International Summit of the Color Marketing Group, sharing my passion for color with other trend forecasters and designers from around the world.
This is a working conference, so we spend time talking about world events and changes in societal attitudes, so we can forecast design and color trends. It is fascinating to see how chaos can be translated into color trends, but it is also heartening to hear how people around the world are waking up to the challenges of climate change and pollution. The trend forecasts include urban trends and technological developments to respond to a changing world, and it gives me hope. This morning we learned that Adidas is making shoes from plastic that is re-constituted from gill nets and plastic trash that is scooped up in the ocean, for instance.
One of our speakers today was Lee Eiseman, who chooses and announces the Pantone Color of the Year. She has a new book out – ‘Color Harmony’ – and a group of us had lunch with her after her massive (!) book signing. She flies all over the world giving color trend presentations for Pantone, at the biggest fashion and design trade shows…you just might have one of her many books on your shelves! (by Leatrice Eiseman)
Portland is its usual Gray and Drizzly self, but the downtown area is hopping with coffeehouses and restaurants. I am going to head on over to Powell’s Books in my spare time, where my stepbrother has been a buyer for many years. My other stepbro’ and his family had to evacuate their kids and animals during the recent fires, so I will hear yet another tale of disaster evacuation while I am here.
We have a very small group coming to sew next Saturday the 18th, so if you are planning to come please RSVP right away. If we don’t have enough people coming, we will need to reschedule. I know it is pre-Thanksgiving…but we will open up if we have a group to sew comfort quilts for hurricane victims.
sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana and Paul
