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2020 PANTONE COLOR...

PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue

Instilling calm, confidence, and connection, this enduring blue hue highlights our desire for a dependable and stable foundation on which to build as we cross the threshold into a new era.

Introducing Pantone's Color of the Year 2020, Classic Blue 19-4052

Instilling calm, confidence, and connection, this enduring blue hue highlights our desire for a dependable and stable foundation on which to build as we cross the threshold into a new era.

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A timeless and enduring blue hue, PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue is elegant in its simplicity. Suggestive of the sky at dusk, the reassuring qualities of the thought-provoking PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue highlight our desire for a dependable and stable foundation on which to build as we cross the threshold into a new era.

Imprinted in our psyches as a restful color, PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue brings a sense of peace and tranquility to the human spirit, offering refuge. Aiding concentration and bringing laser like clarity, PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue re-centers our thoughts. A reflective blue tone, Classic Blue fosters resilience.

As technology continues to race ahead of the human ability to process it all, it is easy to understand why we gravitate to colors that are honest and offer the promise of protection. Non-aggressive and easily relatable, the trusted PANTONE 19-4052 Classic Blue lends itself to relaxed interaction. Associated with the return of another day, this universal favorite is comfortably embraced.

READY, SET... GET OUT THERE &

enjoy!!

...MAX·I·MAL·IST

Hello AGAIN friends!

  svelteSTUFF is making it's re-appearance on the eve of what is predicted to be a most interesting of years (in our opinion, anyway!) !!

  The predictions for 2019 include...

Pantone Color

LIVING CORAL 16-1546

"An animating and life-affirming coral hue with a golden undertone that energizes and enlivens with a softer edge."

~AND~

MAXIMALISM to rise above 'minimalism'

(Oh yes, 'we' are right on cue!!)

MAXIMALISM: In the arts, maximalism, a reaction against minimalism, is an aesthetic of excess and redundancy.  The philosophy can be summarized as "more is more", contrasting with the minimalist motto "less is more"...

"Less is more," said Mies van der Rohe.

"Less is bore," retorted Robert Venturi.

"Are you a minimalist, favoring clean lines and subdued colors? Or a maximalist, embracing intricate styles and bold colors and pattern upon pattern?"

Go check out this FUN! post at APARTMENT THERAPY for 10 tell-tale signs of which camp you fall into!

~AND~

(As if these weren't enough)

Throw in a little WABI-SABI.

Wabi-sabi - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wabi-sabi

In traditional Japanese aesthetics, wabi-sabi (侘 寂) is a world view centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection. The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of beauty that is "imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete". It is a concept derived from the Buddhist teaching of the three marks of existence (三法印, sanbōin), specifically impermanence (無常, mujō), suffering …

Wishing you ALL

 The HAPPIEST of HOLIDAYS, 

with a growing excitement for the possibilities of the

 New Year!!!

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...GREENERY

...just in case you were wondering...