Karen Haller
Today, Friday 30th September, is International Podcast Day. A celebration of the power of podcasts. So to celebrate, I thought I’d share with you some of my favourite podcasts that I’ve been interviewed on. Colourful podcasts ranging from wellbeing in the home, business branding, the many challenges of starting my business, and even a podcast…
Within the interior design community here in the UK, mention the name Susie Rumbold and chances are you’ll have heard of her. Susie set up her own interior design practice nearly 30 years ago and over that time has had a broad portfolio working on both commercial and residential projects specialising in listed buildings and…
Have you ever associated colour with joy? Have you ever noticed that certain shapes, patterns, design styles make you feel happier than others? This is the subject of a really fantastic Ted2018 talk by Ingrid Fetell Lee’s Where joy hides and how to find it (if you haven’t seen the video there’s a link to…
New Designers is the premier exhibition where graduating UK design students have the opportunity to showcase their creativity, ingenuity and their vision for the future of design. It’s where major companies, brands and designers come to seek out emerging talent and it’s also home of the Colour in Design Awards (CIDA). The Colour in Design…
If you’ve read my book, The Little Book of Colour, you’ll have read the colour naming experiment I took part in run by Assistant Professor in Computer Science, Dimitris Mylonas, from University College London.
As an industry colour specialist, I’m often asked to share my thoughts on business branding, product colours and the multi-sensory experience. Recently, I was approached by fragrance company, Escentric Molecules, to comment on their recently updated brand packaging and to explore the idea – can we smell colour? If you’re not familiar with Escentric Molecules,…
Chances are you’re seeing an iconic brand everyday whether that’s when you’re out shopping on the Internet browsing through a magazine. And it’s likely that you recognise that brand instantly through their brand colours. Imagine what would happen if the colours were to switch? Would our perception of the brand and our relationship to the…
I’m guessing you’ve already seen Pantone’s colour of the year, and you’ve probably already asked yourself the question ‘is it blue or is it purple?.’ I know I have. I ran a quick poll over on my Instagram Stories and a resounding 96% said it purple. So I looked up Pantone 17-3938 in my Pantone…
When I started working on my new consultancy website back in 2020, I didn’t realise the journey it would take me on, both personally and in my business. I knew my business had evolved a lot since my last website went live a few years ago, but it wasn’t until the first Covid lockdown that…
The past 18 months has shown that the workplace will never been the same again. How do we navigate this new way of working? What role will the workplace play? And not to mention what’s at the forefront of every designer’s and architect’s mind – the importance of sustainability, mental health and wellbeing. If you…