vibes Colour Journal

Axalta's colour journal, Vibes, offers architects and designers an annual trend guide, exploring colour and texture in the built environment. Featuring interviews with creatives from across the world, the journal highlights projects where Axalta's coatings have been used in new and innovative ways, alongside the latest thinking on colour trends. The recently published 2024-25 edition offers a glimpse into how design professionals are approaching colour selection, collaboration, sustainability and durability to create the buildings, furniture and products of today.

 

Explore vibes' trend themes

Earth Unity
Human Evoke
Tech Vision
Vivid Vibe

Earth Unity

Humanity’s link to nature

The most practical solution can also be the most sustainable and beautiful. This is the vision behind Earth Unity – finding common threads that link humanity to nature and the universe beyond. It is an approach that communicates harmony and honesty.

Human Evoke

Emotional connections

As technology and AI advance, authentic human emotions, social exchange and the delicate connections between people become more vital to maintain and nurture. Expressing this belief in connectivity is the theme Human Evoke. 

Tech Vision

Technology and curiosity

The speed of technology is transforming modern lives, and when combined with the intellectual and curious, the prospects seem boundless. This is the background to the colour trend theme Tech Vision.

Vivid Vibe

Hopeful creativity

A theme that acknowledges the world as it is, but strives for a brighter future, delighting in the pleasure and freedom of colours that stir the memory, imagination and impulse to creativity in design.

We print Vibes in limited editions, carefully considering each print run. By printing less, we reduce waste and help protect the environment.

Explore previous editions