Blog entries for: At Home

Retail-ol-ogy…Emotive Marketing, Is It For You?

With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, a very prominent retailer, Tiffany & Co., is using emotive marketing to spark feelings for loved ones on mobile sites, applications, banner ads and SMS. Tiffany most likely feels that by employing this game plan, they run a more desirable likelihood of driving transactions. Scott Forshay, Austin, Texas, Continue reading →

Inspiring Hues…Textures & Patterns Alter How You See a Color

When choosing fabrics and finishes for your home, business or retail store, it’s of value to understand that all materials have attributes – textures and pattern- that tweak the way color is perceived. For instance, a high gloss finish on a wall tends to appear brighter. Similar to wetting something with water, a high-gloss sheen Continue reading →

Joe Ruggiero at Miromar Design Center

Yesterday our friend Joe Ruggiero spoke at the Miromar Design Center in Naples, FL to a record crowd of over 450 people!  The event kicked of the design center’s Distinguished Speakers Series. Joe spoke about designs that inspired him from his trips around the globe. He offered design and color insights from some of the Continue reading →

Inspiring Hues…The Power of Orange

Oh the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful, and since we’ve no place to go, let it snow! let it snow! let it snow! Let’s recharge our batteries and move forward toward spring with the latest lively reddish orange, Pantone Tangerine Tango color of the year for 2012. “Sophisticated but at Continue reading →