PHASE OUT

There is a collective yawn at watching rebellion without reason, simply for the sake of getting noticed. No longer interested in the pointless provocation of shock tactics, ‘quick fix’ anything and risqué art form, people demand real genius. This psychoanalytical look at pop culture reveals that it still pops, it’s also ushering in skill and thoughtful endeavor because true magnificence need not be broadcast.

Colors are opulent but untypical. No jewel tones but sultry plays of deep Lady Slipper and Black Raspberry become lighthearted alongside pale shades of Flushed, Candlelit and Porcelain. The faded blue is a silent strong color, important for the season and Yolk is the pop that invigorates the combination. 

ANONYMOUS 

The perceived spotlight has never shone brighter. Fading into the background feels welcome most literally in life, but extending into imagery as well. The friend paparazzi, hungry for news feeds and real-time updates, riffle through life with the click of a button. We catch our breath and step away from the limelight to refresh. Visuals start to camouflage themselves with their surroundings like a hawk hiding in a field. The undocumented, brand-less moments become our serenity… a much needed break from the flashes.

With intrigue, cool mint glows a quiet beacon, rousing light-to-dark taupes, Lavender Shadow and dark Hunter Teal. The ghostly winter white is a hush, enveloping the color surrounding it inconspicuously.

UNFETTERED 

Shedding our gourmet lives for simpler perfection and sweet fun, we embrace the basics long forgotten. Foods and structures, activities and clothes shed their furiously motifed layers for plainer fare. Plain, having been associated so long with unattractive, relishes in a more beautiful stature: a cheeseburger, a walk in the park, drawing, singing. These therapies, far more helpful than the ones we have sought, take precedence in our overcrowded planner for the kind of happiness that truffled foie gras never brought.

Tweaked primaries make up this palette of warms and colds, reds and blues. Like building blocks or a new packet of markers, build and color your world for the simple pursuit of happiness.

RESET 

Reset our standards. With forceful viewpoints abounding in media and press, we’re inundated with others’ opinions and judgments; we’ve forgotten to form our own. Breaking a mold of long-practiced conditioned thinking, we begin to reshape politics, urban planning, financial planning and worldwide relief efforts. Re-imagining our world, we lay optimistic ground for the future.
Simmering tones of auburn and orange don’t become heated with clean base neutrals and a dirty acid green. Awaken yellow completes this palette of warm, enveloping hues.

BIONICS 

Pulling from nature to further technology, further blurring the lines between what can and cannot be considered real. High Definition has given way to three dimensions… three dimensions to augment a reality where nature and video game-scapes seem to coincide simultaneously. Where does one end and the other begin? A new world landscape brings wild dreams to life.

Stark contrasts and bolstered shots give these colors a pleasant but pulsing intensity. With powdery silver and Moonstone, Ground Wire and Ashen Gold set a tonal base that’s fragmented by a brilliant fuchsia, Pitch Black and Virtual Landscape.