Josef Albers inspired Jonathan Adler’s new design. I’m in.

Formica 6325-58_Gray Josef Linen

When Jonathan Adler is inspired to name a new design for Formica for Josef Albers, I’m ready to like it.

It’s like chocolate and peanut butter. Really hard to get anything less than delicious from the combination of two design forces like Jonathan Adler and Josef Albers.

‣ MyFixitUpLife Inspired by Josef Albers. Reminiscent of Midcentury Modern, this pattern features geometric shapes in shades of charcoal, smoke gray and white – all under a fine gray linen texture.
Inspired by Josef Albers. Reminiscent of Midcentury Modern, this pattern features geometric shapes in shades of charcoal, smoke gray and white – all under a fine gray linen texture.

Color theory is either a designer’s dread or elation. For the artists, who are wholeheartedly unquestioningly intuitive, color theory applies those rules and borders to what is a ‘flow’ to the creation of beauty. For designers who like to digest data and find reasons to create design rules, the color theory part of design is at a fundamental core.

So Josef Albers lives in a fame-land of the second half of the designers. Those who find it amazing and gratifying how color can be affected by other colors, and be made to seem not what it is by association and placement.

Jonathan Adler’s patterns for Formica have been bold, smart, and are pushing the edge on what we can expect from a laminate surface. And in doing this, I’ve been thinking about laminate as more than just a work surface. It’s art. It’s a wall treatment. It’s a power statement.

Formica is showing 10 new laminates inspired by design trends, including the collaboration with Jonathan Adler, at the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show (#KBIS2016), and I’m more than delighted to know that I’ll be seeing these new patterns in real life.

‣ MyFixitUpLife Grasscloth was styled using Jonathan Adler’s real grasscloth wallpaper to create a visual texture that is unique, yet timeless. Shown here in Lime Grasscloth
Grasscloth was styled using Jonathan Adler’s real grasscloth wallpaper to create a visual texture that is unique, yet timeless. Shown here in Lime Grasscloth
‣ MyFixitUpLife Timberworks is a unique pattern created by blending strips of different reclaimed wood species, grains and colors.
Timberworks is a unique pattern created by blending strips of different reclaimed wood species, grains and colors.
‣ MyFixitUpLife Black Fusion is a dramatic stone pattern, featuring a deep black background with gray, white and gold veining.
Black Fusion is a dramatic stone pattern, featuring a deep black background with gray, white and gold veining.

 

 

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Theresa
A handy designer and writer, she shares DIY projects, tool how-to, and home makeovers as a book author, home show speaker, DIY workshop coach, and radio host. Plus, she has a degree in journalism with a minor in architecture, and is a Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist (CAPs) and certified color consultant. She's created fast-paced makeovers for TV shows, and shares home trends and DIY tips as a freelance writer and guest on news shows and satellite media tours for TV and radio.

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