Recently launched work: Flying Pig Coatings

Flying Pig Coatings color palette.

It’s rare to create a color palette from scratch. In some cases the sky is the limit. I prefer having some sort of parameters, whether self imposed or present due to technical attributes of some sort. The Flying Pig paint palette is one such project that was dictated by the materials. Flying Pig Coatings is a new paint technology made from acrylic-cement using only iron oxide pigments to impart color. If you are up on your art history you will know that iron oxide pigments do not include blue. This was a fun challenge. How do you achieve green? Can you have a standard palette without a blue? How blue does it have to be to be considered blue?

Color development for Flying Pig Coatings using the black iron oxide pigment to achieve blue tones.

More color development for Flying Pig using the red pigments to explore beautiful hues.

The initial palette launched with some really well executed marketing materials.

Flying Pig Coatings. https://flyingpigcoatings.com/our-product/pigment-palette/

Tactile nature of my studio

Ever since I was a child, I found myself with a basement studio space. For me, it started with altering and styling vintage dress up clothes in the furnace room. Naturally, this lead to wearing my creations to high school in the 80’s. (Shout out to all you fellow new wave Gen Xers out there!) In short, i’ve always had a thing for color, pattern and texture.

Today, my studio is still in the basement. But, now I get to look outside at the birds and an occasional fox or coyote in our woods. I’m fortunate to have 500 sq. ft of space to layout ideas, projects and to work on BOXSEE. My materials library is extensive. This job is pretty space intensive! I’ll never latch onto storing everything electronically. I’m way too into tactile experiences. Back to color, pattern and texture.

BOXSEE launching! →

There’s a lot going on in my studio this spring and plenty to be excited about. I’ve been developing a new concept called BOXSEE. It’s a collection of up and coming surface materials from the built environment positioned for manufacturers, product development and marketing teams who may have access to global and cultural trends but may not have visibility to surface materials that reside in vast libraries of the architecture and design realm.

As a seasoned color, materials and finish (CMF) designer, I am fortunate to have long standing relationships with many wonderful vendors. I am privy, not only to their latest and greatest, but I learn about technical aspects of how something is developed, as well as the market forces that inspire new products and solutions. A significant part of my career is devoted to trend reporting and I have seen first hand how the A & D market has become a trend driver, reaching far beyond the interiors realm.

While BOXSEE is pulled from the built environment, it is initially taking off in other markets interested in gaining tangible access to new and innovative developments in markets different from their own. Customers are using BOXSEE to influence or justify their own design direction and to demonstrate a broader understanding of the A & D market to their internal teams as well as customers.