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The best university gifts start with a favourite place

The best university gifts start with a favourite place

Tomorrow’s A-level results will be the start of a whole new adventure for thousands of students across the UK. For many families, the next few weeks will be spent buying... Read More
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The design never Changes. The stories around it do

Five years ago, I designed a simple framework for celebrating places through colour. Six swatches, one story each, laid out the same way every time. I could not have told... Read More
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The Birmingham Colour Palette at Grand Central Birmingham
Colourful public art in the UK: Made by the community, for the community

Colourful public art in the UK: Made by the community, for the community

I still remember standing in a grey, water stained underpass in Leamington Spa, trying to picture what metres and metres of dull brickwork could become if the people who actually... Read More
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The tote bag that works just as well on a beach as in an art gallery

Summer has a way of asking a lot of one bag. It needs to survive sand, a wet swimming costume, a paperback, sun cream, and somehow still look decent enough... Read More
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Colourful Tote Bag at an Art Gallery
Missing home at university: Keepsake gifts from home

Missing home at university: Keepsake gifts from home

The first term away from home is rarely as smooth as the photos on results day suggest. Somewhere around week three or four, once the novelty has worn off and... Read More
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Starting university: Gifts to welcome a new city

Most university gift guides focus on the leaving part, packing up a bedroom and saying goodbye to a hometown. Less gets said about the other side of that same move:... Read More
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Colours of Glasgow Mug
Swansea Colour Palette mousemat

University Gift Ideas: A piece of home for Freshers Week

Sending someone off to university is one of those moments that's harder to put into words than most people expect. There's pride in it, and there's a proper lump in... Read More
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The design never changes. The stories around it do.

Five years ago, I shared through social media a simple idea: six colours that could capture the character of a place – Birmingham. The design has barely changed since. Every... Read More
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The Black Country Colour Palette mug
Introducing The Exeter Colour Palette collab with RAMM

Introducing The Exeter Colour Palette collab with RAMM

One of the nicest parts of running The Colour Palette Company is that I still get exactly the same feeling every time a new palette is installed or appears on... Read More
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Which artist should inspire a Colour Palette next?

I wanted to send a quick thank you to everyone who replied to my recent email about David Hockney. It was wonderful to hear from so many fellow art lovers.... Read More
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The Art Masters Colour Palette