{"id":185,"date":"2013-11-09T21:59:20","date_gmt":"2013-11-10T02:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/50.87.217.193\/blog\/color-trends-from-palm-springs"},"modified":"2015-03-07T00:07:04","modified_gmt":"2015-03-07T00:07:04","slug":"color-trends-from-palm-springs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.equilter.com\/blog\/color-trends-from-palm-springs\/","title":{"rendered":"Color Trends from Palm Springs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This week I am writing to you from Palm Springs
\nin California, considered a mecca for Mid-Century Modern Architecture and
\nStyle. I am attending the Color Marketing Group's International Summit, and
\nenjoying hanging out with fellow Color Passionistas.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately the timing of this conference means I was home for just a few
\ndays after the Houston Quilt
\nFestival<\/a>. We have the first 3 videos up<\/a>,
\nincluding the tribute to Libby Lehman. Several more videos are being produced
\nfrom Houston, and you'll see those popping up in the next couple weeks. We will
\nalso have a couple clips of Sophie and I on new episodes of Quilting Arts TV. <\/p>\n

One of my fellow Color Marketing Group members is Lee Eiseman, who chooses (and
\nannounces to the media) the annual Color of the Year. I saw her after lunch
\ntoday and yes, they have chosen the next Color of the Year, which will be
\nannounced soon! She said that in their office, they use a code word for the new
\nColor of the Year, just in case hackers tried to steal the information before
\nit is announced. You can see Lee talking about Spring
\n2014 colors in a video on this page<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It is so interesting to hear designers and product developers talk about color
\ntrends, from other industries' points of view. In the last couple days I've
\nheard about corporate color choices for cars, cell phones, headphones, $1000
\ncakes, glass, iPad covers, and more. They talk about things like the coarseness
\nof the metallic in a paint, or the viscosity of a gloss. <\/p>\n

It is also interesting to compare the 2013 color palettes with our top selling
\nfabrics at eQuilter. When I buy a broad color palette of fabrics at Market, and
\nthen we put them online and track the top-selling colors, often our customers
\nare choosing very forward colors from our offerings. That tells me that you are
\nall not just on trend, but often are part of the consumers who are creating a
\ntrend. There is a natural organic and predictable movement in color trends. We
\nbuy the colors that we feel will be important 6 months in the future, and then
\nour customers come and confirm our color trend projections. I just love how
\nthat works!<\/p>\n

Modernism has been a big trend for many years, since Mad Men and similar style
\ninfluences have saturated pop culture. Another huge trend driver has been, and
\nwill be, the British period series "Downton Abbey". Julian Fellowes
\nhas signed an agreement to produce DA for many years to come, so we'll be
\nenjoying not only the upstairs\/downstairs soap opera on TV, but we'll also be
\nenjoying future collections of the Andover licensed fabrics from Downton!<\/p>\n

Please
\nhelp us to help Libby Lehman!<\/a><\/p>\nShare Post:<\/strong>
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