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COLORS INDIA VISION

The objective of this collective is to create a platform for color design.

The activities that this group could engage in are sharing of information,
color research and advancement, education and training, color forecasting
direction,

design and application for the Indian marketplace.



The conference would benefit participants from industries that deal in the
production of material; master batches and pigment; textile, leather,
plastic, paint,

lamination, automotive and transportation; also those who manufacture
product for transportation; technology and appliances, garment, home
furnishings,

contract furniture, architecture and interior design; Service industries:
design studios, branding services, retailers and; educational institutions.



This year Colors India 2008 combines with The Color Marketing Group.

CMG is the premier international association for color design professionals.
They create color forecast information for professionals who design and
market color

and are "the" place for color info exchange. To be ever more international
CMG will produce the first ever country specific color card in a dynamic
workshop at

Colors India 2008 on the 30th and 31st August.
<http://www.colormarketing.com> www.colormarketing.com



SPEAKER SESSIONS: Grand Hyatt Mumbai I Friday 29th August 2007| 9.30 to 5.30
PM.

Colors India support the aesthetic study of color and design as well as
forecasting.

Designers, technologists, colorists, and marketers are invited to deliver
inspiring presentations on trend research, color aesthetics, cultural color
and consumer studies.

The Conference session is focused on the aesthetic and business perspective
of colors including its emotional aspect and environmental impact.




Ecologically Responsive Architecture

Mitch Gelber | Sr. Design Architect | TR Hamzah and Yeang | Kuala Lumpur



A way of seeing thru amazing Juxtaposition

Tsai Yuan | Yulon Automotive |Taipei




Cosmetic and Package Trends (CD presentation)

Sunny Maffeo CMG| BASF Special effect Pigments | NJ,USA



Color Inspiration is everywhere

Jayshree Poddar | Atmosphere | Bangalore



Hum log different hai yaar!

Kaustav Sen Gupta| NIFT Chennai | Asst. Professor & Centre Coordinator |
Chennai



Color sells, and the right color sells better! CMG

Jane Stockel CMG Special Envoy | Sincere Creates |Hong Kong




Color Cosmetics and the Indian Woman

Richa Puranesh | Lakme Unilever | Mumbai



Color Impact in the retail space

Ruchi Adige | Fitch Group | Mumbai



Pink Se Panga, to 99 Colours and beyond

S.Srinivas | TVS Motors | Bangalore



We are like this only

Dr. Gita Piramal | Chairman, BP Ergo & Editor in Chief, Smart Manager |
Mumbai in panel discussion with the three Young designers

Ankur Choksi | Lotus Link Design

Uttam Pal Singh| This Side Up

Soham Sarkar | And Then



Hue Knew

Latika Khosla CMG Asia Pac Chair| Freedom Tree Design | Mumbai





NCS COLOR WORKSHOP: Royal Bombay Yatch Club, Colaba I Saturday 30th and
Sunday 31st August | 10.00 am to 6.00 pm.



NCS, the Natural Color System, is a perceptual tool for color design and
communication. The Director of the Scandinavian Color School Berit Bergstrom


will conduct a two day workshop on working with the NCS System. This session
includes presentations and practical exercises.



WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE: All designers, Branding agencies, architects,
marketing and research persons, teachers, technicians, paint industries.



PROGRAM CONTENT

Beginning with the elementary colors, it is possible to construct a
three-dimensional descriptive model called the NCS color solid, which
includes the whole

color world and makes it possible to describe any conceivable color percept.
All imaginable surface colors can be placed and thus be given an exact
NCS-notation.



Day one will be Color Theory, and practical exercises.

Day two will be an application of the NCS in practice.





TREND & COLOR DIRECTIONS 2009/2010: Royal Bombay Yatch Club, Colaba I
Saturday 30th and Sunday 31st August | 10.00 am to 6.00 pm.



The Colors India CMG 2008 Forecasting workshop will offer the opportunity to
explore influences and their impact on trend and future color through
discussion and visualization.

In an interactive session, devoted to cross industry participation, we share
ideas, technologies and products enabling us to arrive at the

key drivers of design changes and color for the Indian market in the short
and long term.



This workshop will be conducted by Ms. Latika Khosla CMG Asia Pacific Chair
and CMG facilitators.



WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE: Color developers, designers and marketers who are
making trend and color decisions, eighteen months to two years ahead, attend
this session.

This interaction will enable us to take inputs from colleagues in adjacent
industries into our work and encourage others to join in.

So participate, contribute and you are a part of this report back. The
experience is what you take back.



REGISTRATION and WORKSHEETS: On receipt of your registration form,
"Worksheet" will be sent to you. Participation limited to three persons from
a company.







Please Note: The NCS Workshop and the Trend and Color Directions 09/010 are
running concurrently.





logo-green-web Latika Khosla | CMG Asia
Pacific Chair

Director | Freedom Tree Design | www.freedomtreedesign.com | Ph:
+91-22-24955286





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