Norwalk Furniture announced today it will host a Color Zest educational workshop in partnership with the Color Marketing Group at the upcoming Spring High Point Market.
The free event will take place Monday, April 16 from 5-7 p.m. at the Norwalk Furniture showroom located at IHFC, Main 108.
The workshop is open to all interior designers, retailers and other market attendees with a valid Spring Market pass. Presented by Color Marketing Group board members, Rosamund Kavander and Alicia Keshishian, the hands-on workshop is designed to explore the opportunities and challenges that interior designers and retailers encounter in home and retail design as it relates to color.
“We are thrilled to offer this collaborative, imaginative and informative educational event to our industry partners,” said Caroline Hipple, President of Norwalk Furniture. “Attendees will have the opportunity to share, discuss and explore color directions with internationally renowned color experts and will come away with a deeper understanding of which hues best reflect today and which ones will emerge in the future, so they will be better equipped to apply them within their businesses to drive sales.”
Seats are limited to the first 100 registrants. Interested attendees may register by emailing tream@norwalkfurniture.com. Complementary drinks and light appetizers will be served.
Color Marketing Group is the premier international association for color design professionals. Members of the not-for-profit, international association represent a broad spectrum of designers, marketers, color scientists, consultants, educators and artists. The company’s mission is to create accurate and relevant color and trend forecast information by connecting global color professionals in their shared passion. For more information, visit www.colormarketing.org.
Kavander has been in the world of design for over 35 years. Her design business, Roz Morgan Design, located in Toronto, has completed projects in France, the United States and across Canada. She is a renowned guest speaker and lecturer on color and color trends and has taught color and color trend forecasting for a major paint company in Canada. As a longstanding board member of the Color Marketing Group, she has developed a highly regarded trend forecasting workshop that occurs each May in Toronto.
Keshishian is an award-winning designer with more than 35 years of professional experience as an art director, graphic designer, surface designer, illustrator and color consultant. She currently produces a line of custom, handmade-to-order carpets and is a popular speaker, lecturer and presenter on design and color. She has owned and operated her own textile business as well as designed for various industries and corporations.
