Vivid Vibe

Adventurous | Vibrant | Spirited | Youthful

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.

The fourth and final colour trend theme, Vivid Vibe, is fun, young, colourful, and full of texture and movement, as its name suggests. With lighter, brighter pinks, greens, purples and golds, it relates more to a sense of music and dance, with names from the Alesta® collection like Groovy Red, Mint Green and Sunny Gold. It is a theme that speaks of hope and adventurous freedom, of an active, colourful approach to life, with positive and playful juxtapositions that show character and determination.

Metallic tones are still in the picture, with Alesta® Metallic Earth and Durapon70® SuprAnodic Nimbus, together with stunning blues that express vitality, art and nature through the Axalta powder coatings and liquid colours: Gentian Blue Optimum, Blue Lilac and Stormchaser Blue. There is an Yves Klein vibe in this palette, and a rich, joyful mood.

This playful spirit is evident in the OurDomain Student Housing project by OZ Architects in Amsterdam, where building-blocks of pinks, oranges and purples are arranged like steps up to a blue sky. And in outdoor furniture design, Belgian brand Extremis experiments to create forms that exude personality, enhanced by Axalta colours on aluminium; while Swedish company Blå Station addresses the changing nature of our lives and society, but without abandoning the energy and curiosity of childhood.

And discover how you can energize spaces with playful wood finishes.

It is 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.