{"id":437,"date":"2021-11-02T15:11:37","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T15:11:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/balanceandblooms.com\/?p=437"},"modified":"2019-09-30T14:30:01","modified_gmt":"2019-09-30T14:30:01","slug":"culture-kaleidoscope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/balanceandblooms.com\/culture-kaleidoscope\/","title":{"rendered":"CULTURE KALEIDOSCOPE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Bill Schaffer AIFD, AAF, PFCI and Kristine Kratt AIFD, PFCI<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Color inspiration comes from many places, emotions and\nimaginations. As our world has become intimately connected, our horizons have\nbroadened and become more insightful, more influenced and definitely more\ncolorful. In this time of global connectivity, world cultures create color\ntrends and style inspirations more than ever before. Images of exotic travel\ndestinations, the excitement and anticipation of Olympic venues, social and\nenvironmental awareness and even pop-culture locales influence cultural trends.\nCultural Colorscapes easily inspire as they tend to blend earthy neutrals with\naccents rich and vibrant in hues that define their location on the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As much as we have recently been making a study of soft almost\n\u201ccolorless\u201d colors as U.S. trends, we are seeing an addendum of brights adding\ncontrast to our neutral \u201cgreige\u201d and blushes thanks to the influence of our\nconnected world. Playing off the \u201cnew neutrals\u201d of camel, millennial pink, and\nnavy, we are seeing pops of vibrant color that give contrast and excitement to\nmodern design palettes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The colors of deserts of North and Central America are still\ntrending with their sandy golds and grays, greens of every shade and hue, and\nsubtle reds and plums. Think succulents, tillandsia and cacti with the natural\nearth-tones of river stones and terra cotta pottery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New to our world-map of color is the southern Mediterranean\nregion. The Iberian Peninsula with Barcelona, Spain, and Lisbon, Portugal are\namong the latest influencers in color and interior trends. The laid-back styles\nfocus on embracing traditional handicrafts and community experiences such as\nstreet festivals and outdoor dining on late summer evenings. Fringed textiles,\nwoven textures, crochet, brightly glazed ceramics and rustic pale wood tones\ntell the tale of the lifestyle of people enjoying humble and sun-drenched days\nby the sea. Colors focus on blues, intense shades of dusty pink, bright orange\nand kumquat citrus tones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Less than 10 miles due south of Spain we explore the next\ntrending continent; Africa. Inspiration is everywhere in this land of deserts,\ngrasslands and forests. A dynamic blend of deep, Saharan mid-tone colors  are sparked by an array of saturated Bakongo\nbrights. African craft techniques are modernized through unexpected color\napplications and a fusion of organic and synthetic materials. Intense color\ncombinations and a bold graphic edge inject contemporary design. Ancient\ntraditions collide with modernity blending a creative mix of dynamic textiles\nand surface textures. Neutrals such as warm browns and terra-cotta combine with\nreds and coral, rich blues, bright grass-green and warm gold.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One last Cultural Colorscape leap and we arrive in Japan, who\u2019s\ncultural aesthetic has always been inspired by an appreciation of nature, art\nand design. Japanese tradition meets a sleek modernism. Handcrafted elements\nare essential alongside minimalist architecture and spherical patterns and\nprints. Trending in decor, we see abstract, watercolor strokes and floral\npatterns, calligraphy characters, and the retro stylings of traditional\nJapanese imagery. Neutrals of black, indigo blue and white contrast powerfully\nwith bright saffron gold, red and burgundy, rich plum, soft latte and foggy\ngrays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just as that very first flower may have been picked for sheer beauty and color, the world continues to have that same passion. As trends shift and merge, one thing we can be sure of \u2026 the culture of color will always inspire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Originally published in the October 2017 Issue of Florists Review <\/p>\n<\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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