Is our obsession with color trends killing the planet? A Fast Company article by Elizabeth Segran asks just that question. The piece chides us with numbers that reveal our wastefulness—like how many times we wear an item before banishing it from our closet (down 36% to seven to 10 times since 2000), … [Read more...]
Trend and Core: They Were Meant for Each Other
A long-time subscriber to The Trend Curve wrote to me a couple of days ago to ask my opinion of Farmhouse collections going forward. I told her that I haven't seen Farmhouse as a trend for some time. Farmhouse is a core look. The same is true of Mid-Century Modern. It's a basic, not a trend. But … [Read more...]
History’s Deadliest Colors
We thought our website visitors and members would enjoy watching the video below which was published today by TED-Ed — TED's youth and education initiative — whose aim is to spark and celebrate the ideas of teachers and students around the world. While we knew some of the origins of how specific … [Read more...]
Fast Company on The Kitchen in 2025
Fast Company, the magazine about innovation, collaboration and design, has so radically overhauled their publication online that it has become one of THE most useful and thought-provoking publications we view daily. As you will see below as well, there is a lot more than immediately meets-the-eye … [Read more...]
Rebuilding and You
No matter where you stand on the causes of global climate change, some facts are not particularly disputable. There are now more people living in more parts of the U.S. than in the past, and weather events, such as Hurricane Sandy and the rash of tornadoes currently hitting our nation’s Midwest, are … [Read more...]