With each New Year brings the new color of the year, for 2014, enter “Radiant Orchid”. If one is familiar with orchids you know there are many varieties, so what specific color of orchid you ask? A. The purple variety. "An invitation to innovation, Radiant Orchid encourages expanded creativity and originality, which is increasingly valued in today’s society," said Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of Carlstadt-based Pantone Color Institute. "An enchanting harmony of fuchsia, purple and pink undertones, Radiant Orchid inspires confidence and emanates great joy, love and health. It is a captivating purple, one that draws you in with its beguiling charm."
http://www.northjersey.com/news/238404831_Radiant_Orchid_named_color_of_the_year.html
So with that, you have the choice to indulge and embrace or be an onlooker. In either instance, be prepared to see many varied interpretations and uses. From the runway to an accent paint in a public lobby. Orchid is in and so are the up and coming innovative ways to express the color even Pantone is working with Keurig to develop a Radiant Orchid coffee brewer that will be available in Spring 2014. Surely there will be an Orchid color Smartphone to follow.
http://www.northjersey.com/news/238404831_Radiant_Orchid_named_color_of_the_year.html
So with that, you have the choice to indulge and embrace or be an onlooker. In either instance, be prepared to see many varied interpretations and uses. From the runway to an accent paint in a public lobby. Orchid is in and so are the up and coming innovative ways to express the color even Pantone is working with Keurig to develop a Radiant Orchid coffee brewer that will be available in Spring 2014. Surely there will be an Orchid color Smartphone to follow.
While it may seem obvious to designers what the specific variety of color has been "deemed" to be the 'it' color, there is a lot at stake when it comes to a commitment to design the color into a line of clothing or into a line of paints. Color can evoke many emotions and when buying power is at hand no color forecast is without measures to ensure to the best of a company's ability that their venture will have sound financial payback.
http://www.northjersey.com/news/238404831_Radiant_Orchid_named_color_of_the_year.html
http://www.northjersey.com/news/238404831_Radiant_Orchid_named_color_of_the_year.html
From taffeta to fine embroidered textiles, looms start weaving ASAP to meet the surge of oncoming consumer demand.
Images below: http://lauriewisbrun.com/
Images below: http://lauriewisbrun.com/
From handbags to menswear suede hand dyed shoes, the goal is to highlight the color and not over saturate the effort. In this method, the items appear exclusive and create demand.
http://www.in5pire.me/2013/12/07/radiant-orchid-pantone-color-year-2014/
http://www.in5pire.me/2013/12/07/radiant-orchid-pantone-color-year-2014/
Menswear can embrace "Orchid" as well. Tones of purple suit most skin tones and is a unique color if designed in a way that will entice the upscale male buyer.
http://www.menswearhouse.com/mens-clothes/dress-shirts/classic-fit-regular-shirts/joseph-abboud-french-cuff-dress-shirt-5048504930
http://community.stylecaster.com/post/81236
http://www.menswearhouse.com/mens-clothes/dress-shirts/classic-fit-regular-shirts/joseph-abboud-french-cuff-dress-shirt-5048504930
http://community.stylecaster.com/post/81236
Moving into furnishings, the home and office segment embraces purples and has always viewed purple as creative with a regal elegance assigned to it. Deepened shades naturally lean more to the conservative side, however full on solid covering of one color is still a bold approach that instantly modernizes the appearance of a piece eluding 'chicness' as well.
http://www.furnillion.com/modern-purple-fabric-swivel-lounge-chair-inspired-by-the-swan-design.html
http://www.furnillion.com/modern-purple-fabric-swivel-lounge-chair-inspired-by-the-swan-design.html
When applied to a space, purple/orchid can "POP" a piece and define it within a room. The color also 'grounds' the environment which in the instance below is necessary given the amount of transparency in the chairs and windows that surround.
http://www.houzz.com/pro/nikipapadopoulos/niki-papadopoulos
http://www.houzz.com/pro/nikipapadopoulos/niki-papadopoulos
An art installation (below) entitled "Corridors" by Nigel Tomm is so heavily saturated in color that it mesmerizes the art goer in a seductive trance-like state.
http://nigeltomm.wordpress.com/tag/famous-artists-list/
http://nigeltomm.wordpress.com/tag/famous-artists-list/
Even though the contemporary custom "Purple Hill House" below is fully functional, the element of the purple color added to the roof and vertical structure instantly elevates the house to an artful expression. While it is playful, it is quite serious and stunningly beautiful in its creative explorative endeavor. The mass use of poured concrete surfaces within the home grounds the over-all design with practicality given the theatrical exterior color.
http://www.homedsgn.com/2012/04/13/purple-hill-house-by-iroje-khm-architects/
http://www.homedsgn.com/2012/04/13/purple-hill-house-by-iroje-khm-architects/
So wherever your corner of the world is, embrace this year's color and enjoy a little "Radiant Orchid" next to your work window or on a newly painted wall in your home or office as an accent color/backdrop.
You'll certainly be in 'vogue'.
http://www.minimal-ism.com/2011/07/orchids-beauty-with-lasting-blooms/
You'll certainly be in 'vogue'.
http://www.minimal-ism.com/2011/07/orchids-beauty-with-lasting-blooms/