All Hail Honeysuckle, the 2011 Color Of the Year!

As the reign of 2010 Color of the Year Turquoise comes to an end, the design world is in hysterics (probably) over the official 2011 Pantone Color of the Year announcement: HONEYSUCKLE!

Honeysuckle is a reddish-pink that according to editoratlarge.com basically possesses magical powers and "elevates our psyche beyond escape, instilling the confidence, courage and spirit to meet the exhaustive challenges that have become part of everyday life."

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[COLOR CODED] BLUE SUEDE DESIGN

The very idea of color coding may be as lame as Sandra Lee's tablescapes (Vicodin much?), but WE DON'T CARE.

Color Coded is a series where we pick out cool design stuff based on color.  Awww yeah, Rosa Parks—it feels like 1960's Birmingham up in here. LET'S GO!

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[COLOR CODED] We All Live in a Yellow Submarine

The very idea of color coding may be as lame as Sandra Lee's tablescapes (Vicodin much?), but WE DON'T CARE.

Color Coded is a series where we pick out cool design stuff based on color.  Awww yeah, Rosa Parks—it feels like 1960's Birmingham up in here. LET'S GO!

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[COLOR CODED] Seeing Red

The very idea of color coding may be as lame as Sandra Lee's tablescapes (Vicodin much?), but I DON'T CARE.

I have always been very matchy matchy in my fashion choices (you'll see me in a hot pink polo shirt and a lime green hat with hot pink writing on it—I look like a goddamned five-year-old who was dressed by her blind grandmother), and that attention to color has translated over to my home decor.

My current living room is all dark wood with red accents, and I'm always on the look-out for anything red that I can incorporate into the situation (isn't it sad that Jersey Shore has SO permeated our culture that as I typed "the situation" I literally pictured that douchebag juicehead in my mind?  AWFUL).

I can't be the only one who does this, right?  So, viola! A new series where we pick out cool design stuff based on color.  Awww yeah, Rosa Parks—it feels like 1960's Birmingham up in here. LET'S GO!

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