In a week when we’ve seen the news getting preoccupied with pink paint, we’ve been thinking about how it works as an office colour. Championship football club Norwich City have, it transpires, taken the opportunity over the Summer break to schedule a redecoration of their away dressing room. And they’ve done so with the colour pink. As colour theory goes, the idea is that pink decor contributes to a lowering of the opponents’ testosterone levels and gives the home side a marginal gain. [Read more…] about The Power of Pink: Sporting theory in office colour
Archives for August 2018
Peeling Paint: Inspiration from office design through the ages
A quality office design redecoration requires stripping back and correctly preparing surfaces, spaces and woodwork. In this process, a decorator can experience something like being in a time machine. Layers and infrastructure of times gone-by still hover within the walls of more established office buildings.
So, for anyone who spends a considerable part of their day changing the faces of offices, it’s fascinating to revisit history. Indeed, looking to the past is a great source of learning and inspiration for future designs. [Read more…] about Peeling Paint: Inspiration from office design through the ages