color | pantone fashion colors

color authority pantone, which provides professional color standards for the design industries, published their fashion color report for fall 2011.  

the color report coincides with new york fashion week, which runs from 10-17 february 2011.

 pantone women's fashion colors for fall 2011

photo by pantone

pantone men's fashion colors for fall 2011

photo by pantone 

of course, honeysuckle pink, the pantone color of the year for 2011, is one of the women's fall fashion colors. 

notice how the other fall fashion colors mirror the color trends from design san francisco 2011?

kravet showroom | design san francisco 2011

photo by innerspace 

'designers take a painterly approach to fall 2011 by artfully combining bright colors with staple neutrals...'
leatrice eiseman, executive director of the pantone color institute 

hmmm, i think 'i've heard that song before'...

click here to read more about how interior designers use bright colors to accent neutral color schemes...

trends | bright colors | design san francisco

you may have already heard that honeysuckle pink is the panetone color of the year for 2011.

pantone | honeysuckle pink | 18-2120 TCX

photo by pantone

pink cover of interior design magazine | january 2011

dining room | new york, NY | steven harris architects and rees roberts + partners

click here to read the article

photo by innerspace

but, i have to agree with new york interior designer heather clawson, habitually chic blogger extraordinaire, who still thinks that 'green is good'!

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green cover of veranda magazine | november/december 2010

entry | houston, TX | miles redd

photo by girl learning along the way blog

any way that you look at it, you could say that things are 'all bright now'!

'all bright now' cover of the financial times newspaper's how to spend it magazine | 5 february 2011

photo by innerspace

and, design san francisco 2011 was no exception.

bright new colorways of oh so practical solution dyed acrylic outdoor fabrics by perennials will debut at the shears & window showroom in march 2011.  look for plushy solution dyed acrylic velvet in eleven new colorways, and rough & rowdy solution dyed acrylic linen in thirteen new colorways.

perennials | plushy solution dyed acrylic velvet

left to right:   sunshine mandarin plum blossom firecracker deep end slate lime punch aqua cool pool noir sand

perennials | rough & rowdy solution dyed acrylic linen

left to right: noir anthracite slate hello sailor bahama mama lime punch green parrot patina sand parchment melon mandarin topaz

 photos by innerspace

at the mcguire furniture showroom, peking glass vessels by robert kuo, in bright, tropical colors, accent 'natural magic', a mixed media work on canvas by artist joan elan davis.

peking glass vessels by robert kuo  | mcguire furniture

photo by innerspace

and, at the kravet showroom, shelves and shelves of brightly colored transparent glass vessels accent rooms furnished in magenta or teal.

 

transparent glass vessels | kravet

photo by innerspace

according to her 5-6 february 2011 wall street journal column, 'living well', new york decorator and journalist rita konig is also 'in the mood for...pops of bright color'.

holly hunt seems to be in the mood for pops of bright color, too.  for her trend setting studio h collection, represented by the kneedler|fauchere showroom, hunt introduced a collection of tinted lens tables with mirrored acrylic resin tops by london furniture designers bryan mccollin.

emerald green, amethyst purple, lemon yellow, mandarin orange, rose red...

 

tinted lens tables with mirrored acrylic resin tops by bryan mccollin | studio h

top to bottom:  emerald amethyst lemon mandarin rose 

photos by innerspace

 

are you hunting for bright colors, too?

books | suzanne rheinstein + barry dixon

want to meet some icons of the interior design industry?

then, just attend the book signings hosted by the fabric showrooms at design san francisco 2011!

suzanne rheinstein

'make your life attractive every single day'

suzanne rheinstein

photo by wsj.com

at the lee jofa fabric showroom, suzanne rheinstein, a los angeles interior designer and the proprietor of hollyhock, a home furnishings store, signed copies of her book, 'at home: a style for today with things from the past'.  the cover of the book features suzanne's gorgeous grisaille apartment in new york, which was also featured on the cover of ELLE DECOR magazine in november 2010.

  













photo by amazon.com
 

ELLE DECOR magazine | november 2010 

click here to read the article

photo by ELLE DECOR

at the book signing, suzanne was surrounded by the hollyhock fabric collection that she designed for lee jofa.

delicate paisley patterns...

lee jofa | hollyhock collection

french paisley fabric | linen colorway | 2007147-116

46% wool | 21% linen | 18% viscose | 15% polyester

56" wide | vertical repeat 27" | horizontal repeat 27.5"

photo by lee jofa

lee jofa | hollyhock collection

italian paisley fabric | gray colorway | 2007158-11

88% linen | 12% nylon

54" wide | vertical repeat 16.25" | horizontal repeat 18"

photo by lee jofa

to mix and match with sophisticated all over designs...

lee jofa | hollyhock collection

wander embroidered fabric | stone colorway | 2007153-16

face: 100% cotton | embroidered back: 60% linen/40% cotton

54" wide | vertical repeat 6.5" | horizontal repeat 6"

photo by lee jofa

lee jofa | hollyhock collection

elsie velvet fabric | taupe colorway | 2007199-114

100% cotton

53" wide | vertical repeat 12" | horizontal repeat 14"

photo by lee jofa

and, stylish textures.

lee jofa | hollyhock collection

hammond velvet fabric | stone colorway | 2007196-11

83% viscose | 17% cotton

54" wide | vertical repeat 3" | horizontal repeat 1.5"

photo by lee jofa

lee jofa | hollyhock collection

linen cord fabric | umber colorway | 2007145-68

52% cotton | 48% linen

51" wide | vertical repeat .25"

photo by lee jofa

unfortunately, suzanne didn't make a presentation during design san francisco 2011.  but, she was interviewed by the skirted roundtable blog on 17 january 2011. click here to listen to the interview.

barry dixon
'live a modern life with traditional things'

barry dixon

photo by barry dixon

following a presentation at the new fabricut fabric showroom, virginia interior designer barry dixon signed copies of his first book, 'barry dixon interiors'.

photo by barry dixon

barry's second book, 'barry dixon inspirations', will be released on 1 june 2011.  for barry, 'inspiration through the window' is an important part of the design process.  so, he often selects colors and materials for his interior design projects that bring the outside inside.

photo by amazon.com

barry also 'loves odd color palettes', which is reflected his designs for the new barry dixon fabric and trimming collection by vervain.

photo by vervain

traditional prints in non-traditional colors...

vervain | barry dixon collection

caoco vine print fabric | mustard colorway | 5004503

100% linen

56" wide | vertical repeat 38.1" | horizontal repeat 27.5"

photo by vervain

stylized geometric prints in modernized color combinations...

vervain | barry dixon collection

ishtar print fabric | cinnabar colorway | 5007504

48% linen | 40% cotton | 12% rayon

54" wide | vertical repeat 17" | horizontal repeat 9"

photo by vervain

and, unusual textures...

vervain | barry dixon collection

panda candy chenille fabric | amethyst colorway | 5008907

58% bamboo [rayon] | 22% cotton | 20% organic cotton

50" wide

photo by vervain

in unexpected colors.

vervain | barry dixon collection

cantaloupe hide chenille fabric | pumpkin colorway | 5011403

53% rayon | 36% cotton | 11% polyester

54" wide

photo by vervain

sometimes barry 'finds a fabric that he loves and covers everything in it'!  

for the four room master bedroom suite in a chevy chase, MD home that was featured on the cover of veranda magazine in april 2008, barry covered everything in 460 yards of robert kime fabric!

veranda magazine | april 2008

photos by barry dixon

what would you do with 460 yards of fabric?