Mt Albert Primary School Exterior Colours – Finalist in the Australasian Dulux Commercial Exterior Awards
Mt Albert Primary School has been through a transformation. The school has had fantastic feedback – the school roll has even gone up this term. The exterior colours look fresh with a modern aesthetic.
Colour Consultant – Fiona Small
The Colour Orange
Orange – the colour between red and yellow – the transition between summer and winter – a mellowed red.
It represents the change between seasons; the hours of day; your state of mind.
It stimulates emotions, ideas, conversation.
It spices up life. It warms the cockles of your heart. It gives you relief when things get too serious!
Tropical with vibrant green; psychedelic with pink; fresh with white.
Orange is the colour of creativity; sensuality; vibrancy. It symbolises hope and survival in The Life of Pi.
“Orange is red brought nearer to humanity by yellow” – Wassily Kadinksy
Before and After Courtyard Garden
This courtyard garden I recently designed has transformed a small space. Giving the plants a good strong colour on the wall behind acts as a backdrop to the espalier, which will burst into flower in summer. This view from inside is now enhanced, as well as acting as a more functional transitional area.
Before
After
May 13
20110
commentsIn Being There, Colour & Inspiration, Colour Development, Colour Inspiration, Nature's Colour Schemes
Those Blue-Green Colours
Those blue-green colours, and what to call them – aqua; turquoise; cyan; cerulean; teal; duck egg blue; blue-green-grey; pastel blue-green; blue-green or green-blue…… Some languages have the same word for blue and green. I love the complexities of the colours available in paint today. As in nature some of these paint colours appear more green than blue on some days, and on other days more blue than green. There is combination of calm and freshness about these colours.
On this day the Rakaia River looked a serene blue green
…. which is why I chose these colours for their calming effect in the Under 2s area of The Acorn Day Care Centre
A dolphin at home in the deep blue green sea
…. perfect inspiration for this fabric from Decortex e famiglia
More green than blue… on an island in Fiji
.. as in this industrial table from The Boiler Room
even in the deep stillness of The Huka Falls before the water gushes through.
Moving into the blues with this rug at Forma, Auckland
and these chairs from Jimmy Possum in Sydney.
Great Ideas
The creative process is unique to each person. We do not simply switch on our minds, and eureka – come up with the solution. Some days we are bursting with ideas, other days a visit to the Art Gallery, cafe, a walk in the park, a drive out of town, will stimulate the creative juices. Sometimes when you are thinking of something totally unrelated the idea will ‘pop’ into you head. Yes – good things take time. To have a foundation of ideas, experience, and motivation are the key. Find what really inspires you.
The following article in the Idealog Magazine is worth reading about the creative process – Dick Frizzell ‘knows where to look…’ – Pip Cheshire ‘inspired in art galleries’…. – Nicky Foreman ‘Europe; Bach; postcards…’ – Neil Roberts ‘a bottle of Bordeaux, a red pen and some paper… doodles… walk away… sleep on it…. ‘
There is no one way – there are many! But there is always an idea/concept/colour… that you instinctivly know is the one – you feel it on the inside.
Click on this: http://idealog.co.nz/magazine/31/have-great-idea-summer
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