What’s wrong with colour?

NCstudio visit 3daysofdesign 2024 in Copenhagen and explore attitudes towards colour in contemporary design.

NCstudio are dedicated to creating resonant hospitality experiences, which connect, inspire and restore. 
Earlier this month, NCstudio Founder Lucy Goddard visited Hotel Corazón in Mallorca and dissected the power of transformative hospitality at this incredible holistic resort.

Achieving genuine authenticity in branding, means aligning a brand's visual identity, language, output and actions with its core principles, values and mission. Building this is much more than just a surface-level marketing strategy.

A round up of the talks from this years HIX event.

The word ‘commune’ conjures a multitude of meanings, not least to gather; To communicate; Even to commune spiritually. All these ideas could be applied to communing with nature. It’s the innate human desire for belonging and a sense of ‘place’, that drives us consistently into our natural surroundings.

AI image generation can be viewed as a magnificent and powerful ally for designers. NC interior designer, Natasha, discusses.

Nostalgia is a wonderful thing. It evokes feelings of sentimentality, belonging and meaning, and is often drawn on during times of crisis as a coping mechanism by those seeking comfort. It’s no wonder then, that this trend of looking backwards through rose tinted glasses has had a resurgence in recent years. 

Failure is a dirty word. Even in writing this now, I keep scrolling through a list of synonyms to try and soften or massage the word into something less striking. As designers we strive for perfection. With every meticulous detail in its place. But perfection requires experimentation, and it requires failure. To find the right answer we have to thoroughly interrogate the wrong one. In learning why something doesn’t work, we find out why something does or we find something brand new entirely.

After months of remote working, and a global shift in the way that we carry out our lives, we are now in a position to return to the office. However, we face the new challenge of requiring employees to actively choose to inhabit it. A recent major trend in workplace design has seen a more domestic offering, with muted earthy tones, plush seating and diverse textures.

Mix Interiors bring together the finest industry minds in Manchester to discuss the hottest of topics right now: the home vs office debate – are our homes set to the the new office for the foreseeable future? Lucy Goddard attended.

Last week, NoChintz had been kindly invited by Richard at Relay to take part in a virtual tour of the Lambert and Fils NYC showroom. Hosted virtually by the wonderful Pierre-Antone and Darcy. We first understood the showrooms inception – how the opening of a showroom had been a longtime dream; wanting a physical space to represent the brand, to mark their 10th anniversary and offer a place to interact with guests and be part of a community but then only 24 hours of lease agreement – lockdown. Pierre over in Montreal still hadn’t been to the physical space yet due to the pandemic and that meant Darcy was in charge of the camera whilst the tour began.

In 2020, studies showed that 1 in 5 people were experiencing mental health issues during the humanitarian emergency. Not only is this figure high, but shows that there are more people dealing with stress, anxiety and depression than ever before, some of which have not experienced these feelings pre-pandemic.