080 DESIGN SEMINAR


Below right Theresa Dowling, editorial director of FX


Below left lapiz lazuli rock. Used as paint pigments for royalty and divinity in early renaissance


Right Abby Connor, managing director of Hop Interiors


THE


EVOLUTION OF COLOUR


With the use of colour initially emerging through the ability to harness natural and vegetable dyes, the later invention of chemicals for the process enabled more vibrant colours and put them within financial reach of all social classes rather than being the sole preserve of royalty or the wealthy.


Now, the signs are for a return to a more natural process due to a greater understanding of the damage that pollutants can cause to our natural reserves and waterways.


Gurvinder Khurana, director at M Moser believes that the human response to colour goes even deeper however: ‘As designers, we have a responsibility when we create, design and use colour. We are essentially impacting someone’s mental state and psychological response to a space. We have to design for benefit, happiness, and positivity, and to encourage the behaviours that clients and businesses and the working population need.’ She says that we are all connected to certain responses to colour and that these sit deep in our DNA. Darwin suggested three main uses of colour in the natural world: attraction (survival of the species); protection (camouflage), and protection (warning). ‘Over time, cultural shifts have altered some of the response,’ adds Khurana. ‘There are variations that have developed around the world now and over time, but there are key elements that will always tie us all together. How we interact with our spaces and respond to the design of our environments is a mix of all of these elements.’


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