Publisher Description

Color Collective's Palette Perfect is both a practical guide and an inspirational book on the universe of colour combinations. Aimed to fashion students and designers, Palette Perfect is both a practical guide and an inspirational book that proposes a reflection on the universe of colour combinations, the moods and atmospheres they evoke and how we associate particular places and emotions to special colours. Each chapter explores a particular mood and describes the corresponding feelings and colour combinations, using as examples exquisite photographs of objects, still-lives, landscapes, interiors and fashion. At the end of each chapter, a wide variety of palettes representing the chapter's particular mood or atmosphere is included. AUTHOR: Lauren Wager is a young graphic designer living in Columbus, Ohio. She is the mastermind behind the exquisite blog Color-Collective (www.color-collective.com), in which she gathers beautiful fashion, design, interiors, nature and still life related photographs and turns them into colour palettes, in a unique display of talent and aesthetic sensitivity. She works as a freelance web and graphic designer for a variety of media such as Bath and Bodyworks. Her site has been seen on top blogs such as: DesignSponge, Refinery29, Apartment Therapy, Design for Mankind, Smashing Magazine and The Huffington Post. Lauren's blog has also been featured in five issues of Lucky Magazine, and Joy Cho's first book, Blog, Inc.: Blogging for Passion, Profit, and to Create Community.

Author Biography

Lauren Wager is a designer, curator, and color specialist living in Columbus, Ohio with her family. She works on color consulting projects in which she creates palettes and mood boards for various brands and products. Wager is co-owner of Georgie Home, a company that designs home textile products. She is also the creator of Color Collective, an online blog which serves as a color resource for artists and designers. Wager is author of the worldwide bestsellers Color Collective's Palette Perfect and Palette Perfect Vol 2, which have both been translated into several languages. She has done social media collaborations with Pantone, Marine Layer, Everlane, Le Bon Shoppe, Richer Poorer and Crow Works. Wager is a collector - always on the lookout for pretty rocks, stickers, vintage wrapping paper and fabrics. She enjoys coffee, reading, plants, and discovering color palettes in unexpected places.

Table of Contents

1. Nature 2. Solitude 3. Curiosity 4. Seaside 5. City Lights 6. Summer Night 7. In Love 8. Blossoming 9. Renaissance 10. Futurama 11. .................

Competing Titles

Color Inspirations: More than 3,000 Innovative Palettes from the Colourlovers. Darius A. Monsef IV 9781600619458 40 How Books 07/2011 Color Harmony Compendium: A Complete Color Reference for Designers of All Types Terry Marks 9781592535903 29.99 Rockport 03/1999 2000 Colour Combinations: For Graphic, Textile, and Craft Designers Garth Lewis 9781906388126 24.05 Basford 2. 09/2016

Description for Sales People

A practical guide and inspirational on color combinations. The book connects moods and colors in an absolutely original, very inspirational, way. It is a useful book both for fashion design students, designers and teachers. The book has CMYK and RGB codes. Color Collective -collective.com/) has been seen on top blogs such as Design*Sponge, Refinery29, Apartment Therapy, Design for Mankind, Smashing Magazine and The Huffington Post. Lauren's blog has also been featured in five issues of Lucky Magazine, and Joy Cho's first book, Blog, Inc.

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