EDIBLE, COLORFUL, BEAUTIFUL

I am still cranking out this paper (it will never end!), so I will make this post short and sweet. Also because the gorgeous blog 'Griottes' that posted these is written in French! All you need to know is that artistic director Emilie created Pantone palettes out of paper and brilliantly colored food and the results are stunning. Also cool? It seems that you can search Griottes by color! Love it!


If you are up for translating, or just more eye candy, check out even more here.


(hat tip to Design Mom)

THE WEDDING FILES: iPAD EDITION

As the new year hit, it started to dawn on me that I am getting married this year. This year! It is so exciting (and overwhelming; so much to do!) that I can barely sit still while I type this. And this year, for Christmas, I was given something that has made planning the wedding far more fun: an iPad!


The moment I unwrapped it my mind went into overdrive about how I could use it to keep track of my inspiration. Obviously Pinterest needed to be play a role, even though they don't have an iPad app! But I also wanted to use it to create color swatches and moodboards, so I could share my ideas with potential vendors. In the end I decided to import all of the inspiration images from my Pinterest Wedding board into several apps so to see what gave me the best results.


In the end I really enjoyed using the Pantone Weddings app—which lets you comb through Pantone color palettes* and import photos to make inspiration boards (bottom)—and fell in love with the Moodboard app (top)—which has similar features but more control over sizing, text, borders, etc. I have loved playing with both apps and can only imagine their uses are endless. Planning a birthday party? Dinner party? Vacation? Designing a poster? Invitation? Keep track of all the components and all your inspiration beautifully with these two apps.


Do any of you have an iPad? Any recommendations for other cool apps I can download?




*Though I do enjoy having this app, I was disappointed to see that not all of the Pantone colors are represented, only those they feel people will want to use for their wedding. So, although there were not a lot of bright reds and oranges to choose from, I found you can easily import swatches snagged from the Pantone website as images, as I have done above.

PANTONE WALLPAPER

If you are like me it's hard to pick a wallpaper for your computer or phone. There are just too many choices (and too few minimalist examples!). But Pantone has stepped in to save the day: they are now offering free wallpapers in tons of sizes so you can put Rococco Red on your laptop, Turquoise on your phone . . . basically make your electronics bold and bright. I am totally enamored with the stacked box design too!


Get your own here.

PANTONE HOTEL

A couple years ago I went to Amsterdam on vacation with my hubby-to-be and stayed at the amazing Citizen M hotel, which is chock full of cutting edge technology (the whole room was controlled by remote!) and great design. Ever since that trip I have vowed to try to stay in cool hotels wherever possible.  It looks like if I ever make it to Brussels I am going to have to add this hotel to my list: The Pantone Hotel! Everything is designed with the Pantone color system in mind, making for a hotel decorated with bright beautiful color everywhere you look.


Not surprisingly, this super cool place was recommended by plenty of colour (posted about here!). You can find a lot more details about the building over there.

LET'S MAKE EVERYTHING ART!

Industrial designer Ignacio Pilotto came up with this colorful idea.  Love it!

See more of his very cool stuff at his website here.