International School of Colour + Design
The Happiness Factor
Walk into an amazing shop (Victor Churchill) or use a wonderful new product (the Dyson hand dryer) or purchase some Jimmy Choos, and woosh…..an instant download of happy hormones, known as an endorphin rush occurs.
Why? Because we get excited about experiencing good design and as designers we get a buzz from designing great environments and products. Easy really. Even the words give it away – we need excitement in our lives and more and more it is coming from the world of design.
Click here to read to full article that appears in the 2012 designEX magazine (Australia's largest interiors, design and architecture event.
The School of Real Living: Lesson #5 Colour Masterclass
We're thrilled to be guest presenters at The School of Real Living. In our lesson you will learn the secrets to creating the perfect colour palette at home.
The school of real living classes go back to basics, teaching readers how to design their own interior schemes, create moodboards and floorplans, and work with colour and decoration. So far, they have explored living rooms, home offices and bedrooms. Up next is Lesson #5 Colour Masterclass!
Create the perfect colour palette for your home, brought to you by the International School of Colour + Design. Interior designer Jacinta Preston and ISCD colour expert Lucy Sutherland, guest presenters at the School of real living, will discuss colour trends and how to incorporate these into your home. Plus, finding the right white, neutral and natural colours, and how to paint a room. You will then be able to create your own colour palette and moodboard like a pro.
What you need to bring A photo of the room you wish to paint, photos or paint swatches of a favourite colour, plus bold or standout colours you like at home. Also, fabric swatches for inspiration and reference. Places are limited, so book now!
NEW SOUTH WALES Dates: Thurs, June 14; Fri, June 15. Times 6pm to 9pm (Thurs); 10.30am to 1.30pm (Fri).
Address B2 Studios, unit 2, 46-62 Maddox Street, Alexandria, Sydney, NSW
QUEENSLAND Dates: Thurs, June 28; Fri, June 29. Times 6pm to 9pm (Thurs); 10.30am to 1.30pm (Fri).
Address Hotel urban, 345 Wickham Terrace, Spring Hill, Brisbane, QLD
SOUTH AUSTRALIA Dates: Thurs, July 5; Fri, July 6. Times 6pm to 9pm (Thurs); 10.30am to 1.30pm (Fri).
Address Majestic roof Garden Hotel, 55 Frome Street, Adelaide, SA
WESTERN AUSTRALIA Dates: Thurs, July 12; Fri, July 13. Times 6pm to 9pm (Thurs); 10.30am to 1.30pm (Fri).
Address The Sebel residence East Perth, 60 royal Street,
East Perth, WA
VICTORIA Dates: Thurs, July 19; Fri, July 20. Times 6pm to 9pm (Thurs); 10.30am to 1.30pm (Fri).
Address The Blackman Hotel, 452 St Kilda road, Melbourne, Vic
The ticket price is $40 a head. Refreshments will be served.
To book, phone Bianca Beaman on (02) 9282 8505 with your credit card details. Alternatively, shoot her an email.
See all our media coverager Design to Market with Tamara Maynes
Have you always dreamed of creating your own range of: Cushions, Candles, Jewellery, Cards, Gift-wrap, Wallpaper, Lampshades or any unique home-wares product?
During this inspiring 2 day workshop you will discover the practical steps required to take a basic idea beyond design and create a product that has the potential to take the world by storm.
Join Tamara Maynes seasoned designer and manager of product development for Orson & Blake, and Inside Out Magazines d.i.y expert, as she takes you behind the scenes of product creation, sharing the personal blueprint she used to create her own celebrated products.
Guided by Tamara’s personal experience you will apply her genuine insights as a starting point to the hypothetical development of your creative idea into a covetable product package.
Thank you Inside Out Magazine for the stunning picture of Tamara.
Book now via trybooking:
Monday 21st May and Tuesday 22nd May 2012, 11am - 4pm
Tuesday 2 October and Wednesday 3 October, 11am - 4pm
Spotlight on: Cherise Wakeley
iscd Surface Design Diploma graduate Cherise Wakeley recently won the Australian Pavilion Fashion Competition.
To celebrate Australia’s participation in the 2012 Yeosu Expo, the Australian Government’s Yeosu Secretariat ran a competition calling all emerging and established fashion designers to design their own, unique Australian fabric that would tie in with the Australian Pavilion’s ‘In Harmony with the Ocean’ theme.
Cherise’s sea urchin design ties in with the Australian Pavilion’s ‘In Harmony with the Ocean’ theme, as she chose a non-typical creature, the sea urchin, to highlight the vast and varied creatures in our oceans that need to be preserved for future generations and research.
Cherise’s design has been used to manufacture the Australian Pavilion attendants’ official uniforms.
On receiving her award Cherise said: “It’s been such an unexpected privilege to win this competition. I enjoy the creative process of designing and it is an honour to be recognised at a national level. I’m really looking forward to going to Korea and seeing how my design adds to the experience for visitors to the Australian Pavilion,”
Check our more of Cherise works on your online profile here.
Canberra's first design weekend - Part 2
A leisurely weekend spent with like-minded people tapping into your creativity. What could be better? For us, nothing! And that is just what we did last weekend in Canberra.
Six sold out workshops were held over the weekend and everyone walked away with a lovely style board, a better understanding of colour & design and a fab gooide bag.
Don’t worry if you missed out, we are hitting the road again, next stop Gold Coast. If you live in Queensland register now for a day of inspiration.
Canberra's First Design Weekend
Last weekend we travelled to Canberra to present their first design weekend. In addition to running creative workshops we hosted a cocktail at the Inside Story showroom.
This was a lovely evening to view the latest styles and trends as Prue Royle, founder of iscd introduced Electro Combo, Long Hot Summer and Dusty Denim Trend Themes and the team at Inside Story translated them into styled vignettes. 
Dulux Colour Awards 2012
Last week we were treated to a fabulous evening at Melbourne's Regent Theatre for the 26th annual Dulux Colour Awards. 
The Royal Children’s Hospital by Billard Leece Partnership and Bates Smart as the winner of the Grand Prix. The interior of the project also received the award in the Commercial Interior category, with judges commending how it showed the possibilities of using colour as a key design element.
“The Royal Children’s Hospital’s colour palette is dynamic, complex and richly researched. Colour has been effectively and comprehensively integrated into the building to enable wayfinding throughout. With a base palette drawn from Royal Park to define various parts of the hospital, the colour schemes for different floor levels have also been taken from different regions around Victoria to give variation and richness to the experience of the children, staff and visitors of the building,” the judging panel said. 
It was a wonderful evening and a joy to celebrate with the finalist from iscd.
Remixed: Cloth and Designer Rugs
This week we were invited to the launch of ‘Remixed’, a stunning new collaboration between our friends at Designer Rugs and Julie Patterson of Coth.
Julie has taken four of her best rug designs and overlaid them with four of her key fabric designs, playing about with composition and colour to create this new range.
Here is a sneak peak of the night. 
Remixed, a new collection of eight rugs that respectfully riffs on the popular cloth originals. Design influences art influences design - returning and reconsidering the familiar can turn a well designed piece into a modern classic.
Check out the entire collection here