Trend-spotting Process
While I want my color schemes to be on trend, I also want them to reflect me. Because of this, my trend-finding process usually consists of me collecting things I'm inspired by and then matching that inspiration with current trends. Below is a sample of this process, inspired from trips I had recently taken to Uganda, East Africa. *Nota bene: This particular trendspotting collection is from 2012 and is outdated at this point.
Colorway 01 Blackberry
Color is everywhere in Uganda; simply walking through a early-morning marketplace served as inspiration for colorways. “Blackberry” was inspired by the fruits and flowers of Uganda.
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Colorway 02 Peridot & Dorado
In Uganda wherever life can grow, it does. Technically, the time I was in Uganda was considered the dry season. Yet, everything was lush green.
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Colorway 03 Dusted Gold
There were so many strikingly different colors of dirt in Uganda. In one small space I found nine different swatches. This colorway is inspired by those nine swatches.
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Colorway 04 Carnelian Sunrise
Uganda has been upturned by war for decades. My expectations of destruction were dissolved in unexpected ways by the faces of those most affected by this turmoil. While in Gulu, I found great beauty in the multi-colored bricks of a destroyed schoolhouse.
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