I live in a world of Pantone colors for a living, I study them when looking for new colorations for shoes. Now, I can take my love for the Pantone book and travel in a colorful world. On your next trip to Brussels, make sure you travel to a colorific world and stay at the first Pantone Hotel.

We all know that certain colors awaken particular emotions from people and the hotel does an amazing job in tickling your senses the second you walk in. Designers Michel Penneman and Oliver Hannaert made sure to showcase the color of emotion with distinctive hues on each floor. Whether you’re in the mood for something vibrant or subdued, this unique boutique hotel has something for your mood.

Their cocktails are even made with … more …

Sandy Chilewich does it again. I am a huge fan of her work. Chilewich does such an amazing job transforming industrial materials into stylish, affordable, hardworking textiles for tabletops, floors, mobile phone covers and now - Pet Mats!

Made in the signature basketweave design, these mats are great to go under those pesky pet food bowls; keeping your floors nice and clean. Just so that your four legged friend doesn’t feel left out, there is also a doggy cut out in the center of the mat.

Available in USA and Canada on-line. www.chilewich.com

Sunny Shum, Your Industry Insider

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It’s time to toss that old chalk board system you have in the house and in the office. You need to replace it with the ever so hip and colorful CHAT-BOARD. A magnetic glass memo surface that welcomes magnets or writing and wipes squeaky clean!

It’s fresh and modern design is a compliment to any space and it is a cool communicative tool that is a fresh alternative to a bulletin or chalk board. It’s available is an array of colors: red, blue, yellow, grey, black, mocha and many more. These Danish designed CHAT-BOARDS are available at Homewerx, however they are on back order for now. In the mean time you can go in and test them out..

PS: If you happen to be in NYC, you can find them … more …

This Thursday, March 26 marks the launch of the Candeo Design Centre. The first of its kind in Canada, the Candeo Design Centre is a resource created to connect designers, consultants, technology and the best in hotel and interior product lines together in one creative space.

Boasting over 6000 square feet in size, the centre will be open to designers in the interior / hospitality industry who can use the facility to create projects, leverage support from in-house, professional Design Consultants and peruse through a selection of
products and luxurious fabrics.

If you are a designer or a member of the media in the Edmonton area and interested in attending the event, send us an email!

Amy Chan, partlySunny Contributor

I found this really cool site that allows you to play dress up (and play interior designer) with no limitations!

Polyvore is a free, easy-to-use web-based application for mixing and matching images from anywhere on the web. It is also a vibrant community of creative and stylish people.

Once you become a member you can simply choose images, click and drag them onto the “canvas” and create your “collages”. You can save your sets and share them with the Polyvore community!

This is such a great tool to help you express your creativity and have fun without breaking the bank.

Sunny Shum, Your Industry Insider