MIX 77 HAS ARRIVED
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There’s a wholly human feel to the stories in this issue where prevailing social challenges manifest in diverse responses.
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In TINY, the stress of zero-hours contracts, high expectations, constant connectivity and frantic activity is countered by the art of mundane living. There is little complexity in the message here; just the somatic pleasures of domesticity, collecting and making, rain on a window, planting in a garden. The repetitive certainty of specific routines and the joy of simply existing feel aspirational.
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There is a more challenging response in STITCH. Capturing a sense of the unease and uncertainty of the original, this story updates Mary Shelley’s cult Frankenstein tale for a modern age. Channelling fears about digital fakery, filters and image manipulation, the artifice and politics of hyper-femininity and customisation are all presented in a jagged, deconstructed aesthetic.
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In this issue you’ll find a focus on Emerging Talent from the latest graduate shows and a curated selection from Milan Design Week of work from designers and studios established in the past five years.
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Also, in this issue:
• Features essays, and interviews exploring the drivers behind the 2026 forecast.
• 40 pages of design and colour and material direction and analysis.
• Global colour palettes and geographic variances for Europe, Middle East, Africa, North America, Latin America, Asia, India, Australia & New Zealand.
• Continuity Colours for 2026
• Early adopters of our 2024/25 directions STILL LIFE and HACK in retail, kitchens, wallpaper, lighting and textiles.
• Focus on Emerging Talent
For 2026 forecasts, geographic focuses, in-depth seasonal CMF forecast, editorial images and more, become a Colour Hive member today.
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Read more about the new issue of MIX Magazine on our journal, and an introduction and sample of Colour Hive membership features here: https://colourhive.com/products/issue-77-2026-part-two
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While aesthetic expressions frequently change, some macro drivers are refusing to shift. A pervading absolutism, the endless round of demands to take sides, refuse all compromises. There are opposites in everything, nothing in between, no moderation.
While at first glance SIN would seem to be more extremist, this story is actually anything but. Instead, it is a reaction to all this polarisation, a rejection of new puritanism and mindless orthodoxy.
Hope is embodied in our second story, MOON. The idea of a shared global experience celebrating the first manned mission to the Moon since the original landing in 1969 is seductive.
While acknowledging the dangers of exploiting other planets, and the exclusive and ruinously expensive cost of space travel, there is still something inspiring about the freedom from boundaries in space, declared by the United Nations as a province for all mankind.
Finally, in this issue you’ll find our largest Milan Design Week review to date with in-depth analysis of themes, palettes, surfaces and materials. And our food and kitchens focus looks both at the future of feeding the world and the visual drivers inspiring new kitchen design and appliances.
For thought provoking writing, informative reporting and inspiring design and colour directions, MIX 76 2026 Part One is out now.
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SS 2023 PREVIEW Insight Sessions
SS 2023 PREVIEW Insight Sessions
From 25th April until 11th May we’re offering virtual one-to-one insight sessions on Colour, Material and Finish directions for our SS 2023 design direction, Clinic.
Wellness is a persuasive and enduring macro trend. The question is, how will we view wellness in 2023, and how will it influence colour, material and finish?
- Discover the influences shaping tastes and preferences in colour, material and finish for SS 2023
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- And an exclusive overview of our complete colour forecast for the season
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INTRODUCING: CONTINUITY COLOURS
As colour forecasters, we consider not only the ways that Covid-19 will shape consumer preferences, but also the effect on product development and stock management for the designers and developers who use our forecasts.
For these reasons, we will be approaching future seasons with a forecast of not only new colours to develop, but also the colours we suggest continuing. In different contexts and combinations, new stories and applications, we’ll illustrate how continuity colours can be refreshed and reimagined.
Supporting industry is our highest priority and we hope that continuity colours will further enable creative, sustainable and commercial colour choices in these difficult times.
Want to find out more?
The full range of continuity colours are featured in MIX issue 62 out 14th December.
Read more over on our Journal
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MIX Magazine - AW 2019/20 - Vibe
Vibe is another one of our trends for the AW 2019/20 season - Read all about the trend, its drivers, its colours and how to use them in MIX 51!
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