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From failed chemistry experiment to the giddy heights of Victorian fashion, flirtations with royalty and camp, and now a role in colouring the Metaverse, mauve is a colour with a rich and often surprising history.

Design Directions 2024/25 Part One: GRAIN & MINE | Colour Now: 2023/24 1969 & SOON | Focus on Office & Contract.

An in-depth exploration of regional colour preferences with analysis and palettes for eight global regions. 2024 Design Directions MEMORY, HELTER-SKELTER, PROVENANCE & SUBMERGE.

Colour planning tool for 2024 with complete palettes, colour flows, seasonal continuity colours, colour evolution and colour references.

Some motifs rise and sink in our collective consciousness, the inevitable consequence of a complex web of social and cultural factors. Part of the forecaster’s remit is to spot the ebb and flow of this popularity; here we look at the feathery appeal of birds.

Emerging from a two-year hiatus, this year’s EuroCucina marked the return in force of the kitchen sector, building on the collective experience of the pandemic to rethink aspects of one of the most important spaces in the home.

Design Directions 2024 Part Two: PROVENANCE & SUBMERGE | Colour Now: 2023 CLINIC & KINGDOMS | Focus on New Talent.

Interview with Ukrainian fashion designer Irina Dzhus

Some motifs rise and sink in our collective consciousness, the inevitable consequence of a complex web of social and cultural factors. Part of the forecaster’s remit is to spot the ebb and flow of this popularity; here we look at the sinuous appeal of seaweed.