The 2016 Pantone Color of the Year will have its global premiere presentation at The Atlanta International Gift and Home Furnishings Market in January. The color, and Pantoneview home + interiors 2016 color forecast, will be the inspiration for the Pantone Design Exhibition, to be unveiled at the market.
Seven interior designers and tastemakers — Robert Leleux, Shaun Smith, Jamie Durie, Michael Habachy, Tami Ramsay, Janie Hirsch and Heather Hogan Roberts — will each design a vignette in the Building 1, Floor 14 gallery inspired by the Pantoneview home + interiors 2016 color forecast using products sourced from AmericasMart showrooms.
Trend vignettes that showcase the soon-to-be-revealed Pantone Color of the Year 2016 will also be created for the lobbies of AmericasMart Buildings 1, 2 and 3 by designers Michel Boyd and Kristin Alber of REstyleSOURCE to showcase the vast range of product at global wholesale marketplace.
“We are thrilled to partner with AmericasMart Atlanta for the Pantone Design Exhibition this January. As the leading market for designers, retailers and buyers alike, we know Atlanta is a natural fit for showcasing the Pantone Color of the Year 2016 and Pantoneview home + interiors 2016 color forecast,” said Laurie Pressman, vice president of Pantone Color Institute. “AmericasMart’s signature vignette design exhibition presents an unrivaled and unique opportunity to see first-hand how the color trends will be reflected throughout the home and gift industries in the year ahead.”
AmericasMart is presenting the exhibition in collaboration with Rue and Veranda magazines and the Pantone Color Institute. The Pantone Design Exhibition in Building 1, Floor 14, space 14-D-9 will be available for viewing throughout the market and will continue to be on display until June 2016.
The January 2016 market’s signature event, the Color of The Year Launch Party, will take place 7 p.m. Jan. 15. All market attendees are invited to join in this celebration to toast the participants, view their vignettes, and explore the new color of the year and top color trends for 2016.
Pressman will lead s a live viewing in the vignette gallery, sharing the colors and trends driving home design for 2016 and beyond with a behind-the-scenes view into the selection of the Pantone Color of the Year 2016, in a presentation “The Colors and Trends Driving Design in 2016” in the Design Exposition at 10 a.m. Jan. 15.
“For more than 50 years the retail world has turned to the Atlanta Market as the source for upcoming trends across the gift, home and apparel industries. As the first and most important market of the year, our partnership with Pantone exemplifies our ongoing commitment to the interior design community and the entire industry,” said Dave Savula, executive vice president, AmericasMart Home, Gift & Apparel Showroom Leasing.
