Month: June 2013

colour makes people happy blog splatter painting karen pouring paint.

colour makes people happy and it would seem a bit dizzy too

Back in February on my first visit to the Colour Makes People Happy store and meeting the very happy Simon March, I knew I’d be back. So what better reason than to treat my good friend Janet (and colour lover) for her birthday, to a mini splatter painting party.  No matter what the age, I…

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hina sharma from pitney bowes and karen haller pitney bowes radio day.

latest research by Pitney Bowes reveals cultures see colours differently

If you were listening to the radio yesterday morning, chances are, you may have heard me along with client Hina Sharma, Head of Brand & Content Development Europe Pitney Bowes, being interviewed. We were on a bit of a radio interview marathon – on 15 radio stations across the UK, from BBC Guernsey all the way…

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aic 2013 international colour congress. this opens a new browser window.

12th International AIC Colour Congress… bringing colour to life

Colour Olympics is coming to town! I’m very excited because the AIC (International Colour Congress) is starting on Monday 8th July. Colour societies from all over the world will be coming together to, you guessed it, talk all things colour. As this takes place every four years you could say it’s the colour equivalent of the…

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business branding are you engaging your customers emotions

business branding… are you engaging your customers emotions?

Whether we realise it or not, whenever we buy anything, it’s based on an emotional reason, which we later justify on performance or price. This is because we like to think of ourselves as logical beings. But really, we buy because of an emotional want, a need, or a desire.

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