Palette Perfect, Vol. 2

The second volume by best-selling author Lauren Wager features a fresh new approach to colour combinations with entirely new palettes, organised by season.

What colour is summer? Is it cool and translucent swimming pool aquamarine, dazzling red like watermelon flesh, or the pale pink interior of a seashell? If these colours define summer, what colour is autumn? How about winter? And spring? In Palette Perfect, vol 2, designer, best-selling author Lauren Wager explores the multiple possibilities of seasonal colour applications, leading the reader through an inspirational presentation of image pairings and colour combinations. This volumeboth a practical guide and inspirational book for designers, illustrators, architects, and crafters, as well as nonprofessionals, home decoration and fashion loversprovides examples of well thought-out colour application within the worlds of contemporary art, fashion, interiors, photography and graphic design. It is a carefully gathered collection of colour palettes and stunning images with a touch of the unexpected, utterly successful in its aim.

Auteur
Lauren Wager is a designer, color consultant, and curator who is inspired by simple beauty and driven by a great sensitivity for color. Wager has done social media collaborations with Pantone, Marine Layer, Everlane, Le Bon Shoppe, Richer Poorer and Crow Works. She was featured in UPPERCASE Magazine and she recently worked with Field Tiles to come up with over 100 colors for their upcoming cement tile collection. She is co-owner of Georgie Home, a company that designs and produces textile products for the home, which are sold in West Elm, among other stores. She is also the creator of Color Collective, an online blog which serves as a color resource aimed at artists and designers. Her first book, Palette Perfect, evolved from her blog, pairing color palettes with the work of various designers, artists and photographers. She lives in Columbus, Ohio where she enjoys spending time with her family, collecting rocks, drinking coffee, and finding color groupings in unexpected places.