2021 Virtual International Summit

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CREATE!

As designers, artists, marketers, and innovators working across the world in a spectrum of industries, we are united by our desire to create. Creativity solves problems, stimulates our senses, and brings forth boundless new ideas. As creators we open ourselves to new and different ways of thinking, pushing the boundaries of possibility and reaching beyond our horizons. We are inspired by knowledge, insight, and information.

Expand your horizons and get creative with us this November 3-4.

Join us to experiment, explore, question, and imagine!

About

If you shared in our experience last year you'll know it's so much more than a live stream. Share in the future of color by participating in this collaborative and interactive experience during which we'll reveal the latest color trends for 2023 and beyond gathered during our global in-person and virtual color forecasting events. This year our Summit will welcome even more of our members from far and wide to enter the conversation for a truly global experience. We'll offer topic-focused virtual networking events with luminaries in the color design field. We'll share insights, exchange ideas, and, above all, chat about color!

A Virtual Summit Experience

The Summit is a two-day virtual experience offering a mix of interactive networking sessions with the global color design community; multi-media presentations, and panel discussions on all things COLOR!

DAY ONE features the revelation of our 2023+ World Color Forecast™, comprising the results of our global color forecasting in-person and virtual events held in 2021. The World Color Forecast reveals the top 64 color directions that CMG's global color design community believes will be trending in 2023 and beyond. The Summit will showcase presentations from our four Forecast regions including North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Latin America, each of whom will present the top 3 Color Trend Stories with supporting color directions. Guest Speakers include Alicia Keshishian, an award-winning design professional with more than 40 years of experience, and Rana Kadra, the Regional Colour Marketing & Creative Manager – Jotun Paints (Middle East, India & Africa).

DAY TWO highlights CMG's President, Peggy Van Allen, presenting the overview of our Color Forecast, combining the results from all four Regional Forecasts and analyzing the hue families and their evolution from 2022 to 2023. Guest Speakers include Doty Horn, Founding Director of ColorVoyant, a visionary color marketing consulting firm formed in early 2011, and Kole Montross a professional post-production specialist, Photoshop expert, and master printer with over 15 years of experience in the studio, lab, and agency settings. Our Panel discussion will feature a global line-up of color design experts exploring how they CREATE!

Each day will be "topped and tailed" with our CMG ColorChat™ Committee, offering you the chance to join the conversation and network with our color tribe across a multitude of topics including CMF trends, region-specific color trend information, and more!

Agenda

November 3, 2021
November 4, 2021

November 3, 2021

Main Schedule

10:00 AM - 10:05 AM

President's Welcome

Peggy Van Allen, Color Anthropologist, Founder of Colorfuel, and President of Color Marketing Group

10:05 AM - 10:50 AM

ColorChat™

CMG's Immediate Past President, Judith van Vliet of The Color Authority will interview Karl Johan Bertilsson, Creative Director for NCS Colour AB.

10:50 AM - 11:04 AM

2023+ Asia Pacific Forecast

2023+ Asia Pacific Forecast delivered by Judith Briggs, Colour Consultants Australia Pty Ltd.

11:04 AM - 11:23 AM

2023+ European Forecast

2023+ European Forecast delivered by Judith van Vliet, Founder, The Color Authority.

11:23 AM - 11:39 AM

2023+ Latin American Forecast

2023+ Latin American Forecast delivered by Antonella Ruiz, The Sherwin-Williams Company of Central America

11:39 AM - 11:56 AM

2023+ North American Forecast

2023+ North American Forecast delivered by Montaha Hidefi, Color Archeologist, Author, Writer, and CMG’s VP Color Forecasting.

11:56 AM - 12:11 PM

Q&A for all Regional Forecasts

Q&A with Regional Liaisons for North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Latin America.

12:11 PM - 12:16 PM

Comfort Break

12:16 PM - 12:46 PM

Keynote Speakers - Alicia Keshishian

Alicia Keshishian, Guest Speaker

12:46 PM - 1:14 PM

Keynote Speaker - Doty Horn

Doty Horn is the Founding Director of ColorVoyant, a visionary color marketing consulting firm formed in early 2011. She has an expansive cross-current background in the Commercial & Residential interior products and fashion industries and has worked in trend forecasting/product development for companies such as Armstrong, Formica, and Benjamin Moore.

Doty Horn, Guest Speaker

1:14 PM - 2:00 PM

ColorChat™

Network with your Color Family for another Zoom-based chat with experts from around the globe to discuss everything you heard and watched in today's session.

Speakers

Karl Johan Bertilsson, ColorChat Guest Speaker

Creative Director of NCS Colour

Bridget Frizzie, ColorChat Presenter

Chief Creative Officer, Futurist at Kehoe Designs

Kiki Redhead, ColorChat Presenter

CMF & Trend Manager at Sherwin Williams Industrial Coatings

Alicia Keshishian, Guest Speaker

Creative Director, Designer, Illustrator, Colorist of Carpets of Imagination/CHROMA•LICIOUS

Doty Horn, Guest Speaker

Founding Director of ColorVoyant

Rana Khadra, Guest Speaker

Regional Color Marketing & Creative Manager at Jotun Paints

Daniel Beauchemin, Panelist

Founder & Owner of Chelsea Frames

Erika Woelfel, Panelist

VP, Color & Creative Services at Behr Paint Company

Gerri Chmiel, Panelist

Senior Design Manager at Formica Corporation

Laura Adams, Panelist

Design Consultant at Milliken Specialty Interiors

Oxana Dallas, Panelist

Product Designer at Armstrong Flooring Inc.

Samantha MacLean, Panelist

Colour Marketing & Design Manager at Lorama Group Inc.

Sue Britton, Panelist

President & Chief Executive at Britton Marketing & Design Group

Dominik Eisend, Panelist Moderator

Senior Design Manager at Merck Group

Antonella Ruiz, Presenter

Director of Regional Marketing at Sherwin Williams Central America

Judith Briggs, Presenter

Principal Color Designer at Colour Consultants Australia Pty Ltd.

Judith van Vliet, Presenter

Founder of The Color Authority

Montaha Hidefi, Presenter

Color Archeologist at Color Landing

Peggy Van Allen, Presenter and President, CMG

Founder of Colorfuel

Karl Johan Bertilsson originally studied Applied Linguistics and ran his own language school in Mexico for 11 years. In 1997 he returned to his native country, Sweden, and switched to the color language of NCS, becoming responsible for establishing NCS worldwide. Since 1997, his full focus has been to support different Industries with color solutions including the Architect and Design communities, and universities and colleges.

His first Color Trend workshop was with Color Marketing Group in 2007 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and since then he has worked continuously with color trends globally, with full responsibility for NCS colour trends.

In 2016 he established his own design company MRKRL AB, offering design solutions of interiors, products, and branding where the aesthetics, the function, and meaning of color always have a central function. His clients are mainly based in China, Europe, and Russia. All of this while still consulting for NCS Colour AB as a Creative Director.

Bridget Frizzie comes to the table with over 20 years of experience as a provocative lifestyle designer, handling everything from event ideation, interior styling, color customization, hospitality design, and visual merchandising, as well as an accomplished floral designer. Chief Creative Officer and senior strategist of Kehoe Designs, a full-service event decor, and production company. She is a board member of the international association for Color Marketing Group. Her skill set includes blending a multicultural background, a passion for travel, and a relentless pursuit of trend spotting, which is now leading her to a new career as a futurist. Her default is a nearly obsessive curiosity on strategic futurism, color forecasting, and scenario planning. She’s a patient hunter with a meticulous eye for finding the subtle nuances in design and innovation and envisioning how they’re indicators of what’s next. Bridget’s style of thinking melds together seemingly unrelated facts, ideas, and nuggets of information; the result is trend spotting that is both inspiring and relatable. Her audiences are given the vital indicators of what will help determine success in the future, for the individual as well as for companies.

Kiki Redhead leads all CMF & Trend initiatives for Sherwin-Williams Design Segments in Industrial & Performance Coatings, including spearheading a new DesignHouse in Minneapolis, MN. She collaborates with Industrial Design customers in appliance, office and outdoor furniture, as well as electronics, medical devices, packaging, transportation, and heavy equipment. She also works with designers for architectural and building products on coatings development and trends, including ideation of aesthetics, performance, and sustainable solutions. She proudly touts her previous experiences working for Sherwin-Williams Consumer Group, as Interior Design Manager & Color Stylist for Dutch Boy Paint, as Trend Editor for Time Inc. shelter publications, and as CMF Leader for Polaris Industries. From 2008 to 2018, Kiki owned Colour Couture: a consultancy that coached 35 cross-industry clients from over 12 countries on CMF evolution in innovation, development, design, and marketing. A longtime member of the Color Marketing Group, Kiki sits on the Board of Directors and is Co-Chair of the Future Thinking Committee.

Alicia D. Keshishian is an award-winning design professional with more than 40 years of experience. She’s been an art director, graphic designer, surface designer, textile designer, illustrator, as well as a color consultant. Coming from a long line of accomplished artists Alicia continues to examine a myriad of mediums in her California studio and ponders the question: Is she an artist or designer? Alicia has owned and operated her own textile business, producing a line of custom, handmade-to-order carpets, as well as designed for various industries and corporations (Clients have included: Papyrus, Bloomingdale’s, CBS Publications, New York Magazine, Parenting Magazine, Health/Hippocrates Magazine, Working Woman Magazine, Premiere Magazine, Image Magazine, RCA Records, American Craft Council). Color and texture have captivated Alicia’s imagination for as long as she can remember and she continues to explore “creativity” in her California studio. Teaching color workshops is one of her happy places. Alicia is in her second term as a board member of the Color Marketing Group, heading the education team. She has studied with Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute, attended two intensive Color Science courses at RIT, as well as a color course with NCS in Sweden. She is also a member of ISCC while she continues to increase her knowledge of color through various educational resources. (www.adkcarpets.com)

Rana Khadra is the Regional Colour Marketing & Creative Manager - Jotun Paints (Middle East, India & Africa)

As head of the creative department, Rana is the brain behind creating enchanting colors and the discerning eye when it comes to forecasting and spotting trends for Jotun. With her eclectic experience in advertising, marketing and product management, she has spearheaded product innovations while successfully launching new products and color collections across the Middle East, Africa, and India.

A certified Color Trainer by NCS, Sweden and a member of the Color Marketing Group, Rana has conducted many a masterclass in colour for interior designers and architects across the region.

Her infectious passion for color is reflected in the hues of her vibrant personality too. She has a thing for beautiful doors and walls and a longing for longitudes as she often travels the world to fill her shelves with hidden curios and stories.

Daniel Beauchemin is described as a lover of life and all things beautiful – and he sees beauty in all things. The eternal optimist – the fighter for all that is good and right. Two things matter to him in life. His home and those in it and helping those around him through philanthropy.

"Growing up in a home where design and comforts of living as well as philanthropy were a central and daily part of life – it was easy for me to understand where my future lay – somewhere in the design world and being able to give back. I was graced with a multicultural environment from day one and was exposed to not only Canadian, American, and European culture at home – but my parent’s circle of friends spanned the globe. From an early age, my taste for all that is beautifully designed flourished.

My studies included architecture with a focus on furniture design and art history. My education expanded to art history and interiors graduating with a degree at the prestigious Academie Julien in Paris. With 10 years of experience under my belt, I was offered design positions in NYC in 1993 and eventually made the move. Strangely enough, I was introduced to the framing industry in NYC in 1993 through a friend and eventually purchased Chelsea Frames in 1995. It was to become the focus of my work and my life. By 2009 Chelsea Frames had become one of the most renowned framing studios in the USA with customers that spanned the globe. At that point in my career, an opportunity in design for the framing industry was offered to me in Europe by Larson Juhl, a Berkshire Hathaway Holding. In September 2009, my Senior Manager became my business partner, which allowed my husband and me to make the move to the Netherlands. While In Europe I became involved with CMG and it was an instant fit. After 6 ½ years in the corporate world and by 2016 the decision was made I would return to our framing studio where I can again work daily with clients, collectors, and designers. It is the focus of our life for now. Art and color surround me."

Gerri Chmiel is the Senior Design Manager, North America for Formica Corporation. Gerri joined Formica Corporation in 2001 and is responsible for creating and managing the trend and design portfolio of surfacing materials for the North American residential market. She leads the effort in design research and residentially focused design development and acts as Formica Corporation’s voice of design through targeted customer presentations and speaking engagements.

Chmiel tracks international and domestic design/color trends to aid in the development of innovative design and to educate customers and Formica Corporation team members about the latest influential trends affecting their markets. Once a design specifier of Formica® Brand, Chmiel now works with the Formica Corporation team to deliver a great brand experience to customers through diversified products and outstanding design.

Laura Adams is a Textile and Surface Pattern Design Consultant for the Contract and Residential markets. She is currently serving as an outside design consultant for Milliken Specialty Interiors and is responsible for developing new fabric collections and customer products for the Contract, Hospitality, Office, and Healthcare markets. With nearly three decades in textiles, Laura has worked with a variety of clients and has a broad outlook on the design process, collection creation, and color development. Throughout her career, she has helped lead direction through color consulting, yarn development, trend forecasting, creative direction, art development, and teaching on complex woven design. She finds color inspiration through nature, travel, and art but is mostly inspired by fellow creators.

Samantha MacLean is the Colour Marketing & Design Manager for Lorama Group Inc. Samantha has been an illustrator, graphic designer, marketing associate, educator, and even YouTuber. Samantha’s educational background has always been creative and art-focused, which culminated with receiving a BA in Illustration at Sheridan College. Using the same principles of Colour Theory and Design learned during her years at Sheridan, Samantha created “Colour Insights.” A service formed out of a niche need for clients in the coatings industry. This service focuses on further training and education about colour with an emphasis on trends. Colour Insights provides design support and training for several international brands based in Asia and Latin America. Since becoming a CMG member, Samantha has participated in several ChromaZones and thoroughly enjoys the evolution and transformation she has witnessed in them over the years. She attended and volunteered as a Facilitator at her first summit in Philadelphia. Eager to be more involved in the process, she signed up to be a Champion for the following year in Arizona. Presenting the forecast for Durable Goods with the other Champions that year. Following this event, Samantha volunteered for the Color Alert program as the Graphic Designer. Stitching all the contributions for each monthly alert into various designs and styles with the rest of the team.

Susan Britton is president and chief creative officer of Britton Marketing & Design Group. After many years as creative director at Vera Bradley, she has spent the past 15 years developing color-driven brands—including Vera Bradley, Peter Millar, Spoonflower, and many prominent national paint brands—through thoughtful strategy and captivating imagery. Originally a writer and fine artist, Sue turned her attention to commercial marketing as a way to communicate corporate stories and to express the nuances of brands that want to connect with consumers at a deeper emotional level. The team she has assembled at BMDG sets a high standard for creative problem-solving, layered upon strong, research-backed strategies, to help their clients achieve ongoing success. She is dedicated to building and mentoring creative teams that not only have passion but are also committed to treating each other with trust and respect, which she believes to be an integral element to healthy and high-level creative work environments.

Dominik Eisend is the Senior Design Manager, Surface Solutions/Automotive Coatings with MeRck KGaA in Frankfurt. He steers & drives Merck’s global Pull Marketing activities within surface solutions, always focusing on design & technology at automotive OEMs. He introduces new trends and stylings and listens closely to what is needed in the market.

Dominik has a background in transportation interior design and is a CMF expert. Prior to his role at Merck he has worked for several OEMs such as Mercedes-Benz, AMG, and FORD as well as for a German-Chinese automotive start-up called BORGWARD where he was leading the Color&Trim design team.

He loves to work with materials or to experiment with new technology to generate material-driven design experiences. He looks at color and surfaces to play an incremental role in good product design. In his eyes, material design will play the most influential role in the future of mobility.

Judith Briggs is passionate about banishing bland and boring spaces. She believes there has never been a better time for people to use color to create inspiring environments, either in their homes or workspaces. She is the author of Bye Bye Bland - How To Create Sensational Spaces Using Colour, which has won several international awards.

Judith is the principal color designer of Colour Consultants Australia Pty Ltd, an architectural color consultancy and design practice, established in Sydney Australia in 2001. Whilst Judith now resides in Penang, Malaysia, she continues to consult with Australian clients both in the residential and commercial markets, along with new clients in Malaysia.
As a true color specialist in both online and offline applications, Judith also works with a number of specialist clients on branding and product palette development for the building industry.

As Past National President of The Colour Society of Australia and Australian Representative of the International Colour Association (AIC), Judith continues to be actively involved in the design industry and loves anything color-related. She has been a guest speaker on color at a number of design industry events and enjoys researching color trends and the forecasting process.

Judith van Vliet is the Founder of The Color Authority™ as she helps people to unleash color in their lives and businesses. TCA develops color trends for different markets through storytelling and palette development and offers different services in the color consultancy area. Judith works with a global color network of like-minded experts that understand the power of color. She is a fervent public speaker and is host of the namesake podcast that brings fascinating conversations with some of the most inspiring people in the world of color. She serves on Color Marketing Group’s Executive Committee as Immediate Past President where her in-depth knowledge of color helps maintain CMG at the forefront of global color forecasting. Judith currently works and podcasts out of Milan, Italy.

Montaha Hidefi is a world-renowned Color Archeologist that provides color consultancy to develop color trends and forecasting insights, portfolio ideation and other color related matters to small, medium, and large organizations on a global basis. She currently serves on CMG’s Executive Committee as VP Color Forecasting. She is a founding member and National Vice President of the Canadian Freelance Guild. With a wide background in international marketing and the coatings industry, Montaha has lived and worked in the Middle East, Europe, and North America. As a public and keynote speaker, she lectures about color and trends virtually and in-person in countless trade shows, conferences, and seminars. She had made appearances in 100% Design London, ChinaCoat, European Coatings Show, Neocon, Powder Coatings Summit, Warsaw Culture Center, and Taiwan Design Center, among others. She participated as color forecasting panelist on various venues for Al-Jazeera Paints, NCS Color Trends, The Mix Magazine, and other global organizations. Her articles on color and trends are published in countless trade publications including Door Security + Safety, PCI Magazine, Powder Coating, Powder Coated Tough, PPCJ, Product Finishing, and Rug News and Design.

Montaha is the author of Groping for Truth (2018), The Role of Color in Design (2019), and co-author of Colour Design: Theories and Applications (2012, 2017).

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