I am happy to announce I’ve teamed up with NCS Colour again to offer you a printed fan-deck after the huge success we saw last year. We have stocked the 35 units up to 50 fan-decks this time. The first 50 readers to subscribe, will receive a printed trend guide a their homes. The handy size makes it easy to work with, and you don’t want to miss the upcoming 4 NCS Color Trends 2018 with 24 standardised colors. Today we are going to give you a sneak peek of two of the four trends:
Assembling Color Trends for tomorrow might seem like guesswork, but really it is all about having a sense of today… To forecast a trend it is important to understand that trend drivers are a consequence of the stories that different parts of the world are telling. For the last few years the world has focused on Europe, the USA, the Middle East and China, where independence movements have changed our way of living, turning it into a serious struggle for some parts of the world. This has triggered a rebellious reaction amongst us where we once wanted to escape, and disconnect ourselves in a fantasy world far away – we are now facing reality and doing the best we can to make life beautiful.
However, in the meanwhile a whole continent has started to rise in importance – Africa.
The Color Trends to come are a reaction to the trend drives of today. We will therefore see rebellion in the shape of vivid yellow, reds and blue accompanied by black. Rawness transforming from cold concrete to marble and discreet details in silver and gold. The need of escape, which has shifted into togetherness and the collective, is now enveloping into grounded hues of brown, purple and green.
1// NEW AFRICA
Whilst the rest of the world are struggling with independence movements, Africa is doing just the opposite. As one of the fastest growing economies in the world, the continent is taking huge steps towards a unified and modern continent.
In 2018 they will have their own central bank, and in 2010 Africa expects they will have their own currency. A new Africa is risking, and with that a wealthy continent of sophisticated solutions and well-educated women and men.
The colors of the New Africa are, therefore, not a traditional color palette influenced by its natural resources; the beauty of its nature, the exotic flora and fauna, and the variation of cultures and people. But they are reflections of a heritage of success, luxury and wealth – in an African way. Mixing earthy shimmering hues reaching from dark reds, greens and dull oranges, to bamboo-influenced colors. Creating a tranquil palette full of life.
2// LUXURIOUS MINIMALISM
Both temporary housing situations and urban living have influenced our way of living. Contrary to what you might think, smaller living, temporary accommodation, dark spaces and urban surroundings have urged us to do our best with what we have. Influenced by Nordic design, our living has moved towards the more minimalistic, with its open spaces and natural colors, to create both a sense of space and light. Which actually creates a luxurious interior the makes us feel sophisticated and intellectual.
Luxurious Minimalism is, however, not a minimalism of simplicity. It is all about the details, adding luxury in a subtle way with details of marble and stone effects, gold, silver and metallic finishes.
The color palette for this trend is an interesting mix of cool grey and blue, along with warmer hues in copper and gold.
All you have to do is following these two easy steps:
1. Leave a comment below the post that you are interested (this is essential).
2. Sign upHEREto get directed to a link where you can enter your details.
This is how the printed guide looks like once you open it up. The first 50 to sign up are the lucky winners and I hope you enjoy this fab guide as much as I do! Enjoy your gift and let us know what you think by using the hashtag #NCSGiveawayET and @gudyherder if you like to share your images with us on Instagram. Good luck! G, x
182 Responses
Love it!!! ❤️
so inspiring!
great
Beautiful colors and the versatility is endless.
Me encanta :)
Love this!! Especially the the minimalist luxury!!!
Love the color report! Would be great to have the printed version for reference! x J
Love these very colourful themes and would love to win a printed guide! <3
Love love love these color trend! It would be wonderful to win this giveaway!
Thank you Gudy
Valentina
I’d love to have this printed version of the colour book!
I would love a printed copy!
Very intrigued by the New Africa and High Tech Flower Power Colour Trends! I am interested in the Colour Guide and crossing my fingers! Thanks, Gudy!
This looks very nice and I am very interested in having one of my one to be inspired by :-)
I would love a printed copy!
In love with the New Africa trend!
Great colors!
Me encantaría tener esta guía, creo que me ayudaría mucho en mi trabajo diario
Dear Gudy,
it would be wonderful to recieve one of the colour cards.
The themes are gorgious and well curated.
Happy spring day ***
Christiane
Gorgious , love it 🌟🌟🌟
As someone who loves colors this is gold to my eyes. I specially love the aproach of the New Africa trend and how well they are all presented!!!
Hello Gudy,
I’m sure the Color Trends will be very useful at work in Ikea :)
I would love to have one :)
Dear Gudy, I’m very interested in receiving the giveaway of the color printed guide #NCSGiveawayET.
Will be very useful for my work and inspiration. Also I refer to a friend for subscribing right away. Her name is Desiree ;) hope we are on-time for enjoying of one of the samples. Many thanks!!!
Amazing! Especially love the New Africa colours!!
I love the luxurious minimalism trend, especially the combination of the metallic blue NCS S 5020-R80B with cool grey tones and the warm copper color. I can imagine that we could use this perfectly for website redesign too. Beside this, I’m happy to see that you work with NCS. What I really like is their approach, not solely about colors but about the effects they create in our everyday life.
I love the feeling of these palettes. These colors feel super warm to me, besides the other many connotations they have like calmness, silence and luxury. I like the idea that bold colors will keep killing it within the next few years because I love them!
Thanks for the article!
Thanks for the inspiration Gudy! Would love a copy of the NCS colour guide.
LOVING New Africa 😍
Thank you for all the amazing inspiration!
Siete una guida perfetta per il mio lavoro!
#followtrends
Definitely signing up for this! :) Looks great
Are you still gicing it away?
Love the Luxurious Minimalism. Then again, I am also digging New Africa colors!
I love it and it is a huge inspiration for my work. I will definitely work woth these color palettes in my new collection.
Thank you for the good vibes and being on my way :)
Thank you Gudy, very inspiring ! Would love to get a print version.
I just simply love these compilation. Elegant and excuting. :)
Would love this, such a great resource!
Love all these colours! Excited for 2018.
Would love to have the guide, thanks!
Me encanta el LUXURIOUS MINIMALISM!!!!!
Dear Gudy,
I’m very much interested:) I saw/heard you at the IMM Cologne, it was thrilling! Best, Rhea
Oh thank you for the kind comment:) Hope to have soon even better news for next year’s show…
Love the inspiration and the colour decks!! <3 Thanks for sharing Judy – always so inspiring getting your emails and reading your posts.
Beautiful! Great info – thank you!
So inspiring! Love it!
Thanks for your generosity, Gudy! I’d love to have a copy of color report for reference, so I’m keeping my fingers crossed! ;)
If you managed to fill in your details at the NCS link, then it is all yours:)
Wow! I am soooo much interested in it because we have just moved again and I am struggling a bit with choosing the right colors for walls etc. Thanks a lot for such great opportunity! ;)
Love, Nadine – breukesselchen
Very inspiring! Thank you !
I love the way you translate the latest trends and trend colors, always right on the spot.
Love Love Love the luxurious minimalism trend
Love this color palette. I think is strong but calm at the same time.
Thanks for your inspiration!
These look amazing and it’s great to read the theory behind each one.
Very inspiring!!! I would love a printed guide :)
It is awesome!!! Lovely guide and work!!! So inspiring!!! Great!!! ♥
I love the rich warmness of New Africa!
…and naturally the professional systematic of NCS behind.
I know it’s gone 50 but I would still like to comment on how amazing the colours and concepts look and feel! Very excited for 2018!
Thank you for a very good and inspiring color palettes. I would love to get a print version.
Wir sind wieder einmal begeistert und würden uns sehr freuen, wenn wir einen Katalog gewinnen.
Liebe Grüße aus Löhne
Hello, would love to discover this gift !
Thank you :)
How fantastic is this! I lookforward to seeing the full guide. Great start to the day. Thanx
I would Love to get an ncs colour gift.
So inspiring!
Awesome! Love colors of the New Africa!
Inspiring order in color chaos :)
Love your content Gudy and following you intently. You are a real inspiration!
Special thanks to NCS for partnering with you. Would love to receive the full guide!
XEfrat
Dear Effrat, I hope you managed to get through the buzz:) Sending warm regards all the way to Israel!
I can there’s already lucky winners, but what an extraordinary great way to get more focus on this continent. Heard the African Elle decor podcast and it’s such a way to get more insight in this beautiful side of the world. Looking forward to more about the NCS trend colours. Wishing u a great day dearest Lady.
Oh, would love to hear more about the podcast. Is there a link you can forward? I have developed ‘Africa’ as a topic myself for the A/W 2017/18 trend reports I am lecturing, and I was very happy to see I am in line with NCS. It’s a very inspiring topic.
We have decided to open the draw more time due to the huge amount pf requests. Please still sign up:) xx
Love it! I’m a big color lover and always colorhunting as a graphic designer:)
Love the New Africa comour scheme
Thank you for a great article, love to receive the colour cards but I see there are many before me! Have a great day ! Gx
Yesss, I love this. Ans I would love to get the NCS colours, working with NCS on a daily base and this would be very helpful! Thanks
They have the best tools indeed! :)
Very Inspiring !!! Love it !!
The colors are rich and vibrant yet subtle and minimalist…
Wow, I love these colors! It would be wonderful to win this giveaway!
Already too late, but how beautiful this colour gift is!! Thank you for sharing.
We have decided to open the draw more time due to the huge amount pf requests. Please still sign up:)
Beautiful colours. This giveaway would be so lovely to win x
Hi Gudy,
Loving the trends right now. I’ve been asked to be a speaker at a retreat in April, I’m going to be talking about brand colour confidence, this would be a great resource for my speech.
I love reading your posts, you are my go to trend setter.
Emma.
Yes and you should check Fiona Humberstone’s work. She is a great source of inspiration on this topic!
I love this post. I am working for a new to start safari outfitters brand, making sustainable luxery travel outfits. A part of the details are made by Masai women to provide income. Finding the exact amount of simple style, glamour and strong clothes with multipurpose use and accessoiries is so interesting! xxx
This is interesting. So one of the trends is definitely for you:)
Beautiful – love the luxurious minimalist trend colours!
Me gustan estas tendencias, y me encantaría tener esta guía de NCS. Un abrazo : )
sweetcaptain@gmail.com
Would love to receive the NCS Colour Trend Guide… Would be so inspiring and helpful. My ceramics would thank :)
Love the minimal luxury pallet！
Very inspiring – I’m interested!
Owh wow!! I love it! I would love to win one of these beautiful color trend cards :-)
I like the trends for 2018. This gives us lots of possibilities for new combinations.
I love it :)
Me encantan las 4 paletas. Muy inspiradoras, y explicadas SUPER¡¡
:)
Unfortunately not with the first 50 to reply, but my compliments to this great post and this nice chance/offer! Love to win too of course!
You can still try to sign up :)
Great colours!
I am sure I did not make it into the lucky winner lot, but wanted to say that this made my morning- A lovely sunny day and a world full of color to inspire me through the year! I especially love how New the brown tones look.
You can still try to sign up, Christina. We have received so much buzz, it’s still open:)
Love these color themes! I hope I win the giveaway it would be my first fan deck! Thank you
Tracy
SWOON WORTHY!
Love the New Africa trend!
Dear Gudy,
thank you so much for your inspiring blog and work!
I´m very excited to learn more about the Colour Trends 2018.
Best regards, Claudia
Beyond Beautiful! Always timeless and amazing!
Saw NCS at IMM in Cologne. Very interesting and inspiring.
Totally agree. It was a great lecture. This guide covers the 4 trends you saw:)
Beautiful! I’d love to have a printed copy for reference – Loving the Africa color palette.
Love it, very inspiring
Inspiring!
Wow Gudy popular,
Looks like I may have missed the boat…..They look like fab colours.
All the best.
Mirella. :)
No, you can still subscribe. We left it open due to the high amount of requests. Enjoy:)
Great idea and opportunity to be inspired by Colors! Thank you for working on this collaboration. I love color combination and always wait to be inspired by any way! Very happy that I found your account and subscribed! Keep going!
Muy interesantes las tendencias para el 2018. Me encantaria poder tener la guia. Gracias por compartir las novedades Gudy 😊!!!
Love the colors of Luxurious Minimalism color trend.
Amazing inspiration, all your posts are. Thanks
New Africa is my favorite
the magic of colour!!! amazing <3
nice gift !!
nice gift !
This is great, I’d love to get the color guide!
This is wonderful! I love all your content and have found it exstrelemy helpful in my interior design business. Thanks again! Look forward to the color guide gift!
Cheer,
Laura Thurman
We love your work and sensibility with us. this is amazing and I’m a especialist interior designer color. So this podt is wonderfull for my work. Tks
Inspiring!
Fabulous yummy colors. Love your insight into color and design. Would be thrilled to have these.
Very welcome, Diane:)
Gudy eres pura inspiración, la paleta de new Africa me ha robado el corazón! Esa guía es muy top!!! Gracias por compartir y tu generosidad, besos bella!!!
Si, a mi me encantan estos colores también. Que bien que te hayas podido inscribir. Me alegro mucho, bonita. Un gran abrazo.G.
Luxurious Minimalism color trend is my favorite!! Thanks and have a nice day!
It’ is faboulous !!
This trend report is great. Finding source material is often overwhelming. Thanks so much for being a great source of inspiration.
Like that it is universal, much more relevant.
I wish I’m not too late, these palettes are so inspiring, I wish I will get one!
Hi Valentina, it is still open:)
Me encantan!!! Me gustaría tener la guía.
Toda tuya, Bego si pasas tus datos a NCS:) Un gran abrazo.
Hi! You really inspire me to forecast interiortrends in the hospitality branche. I would be so happy if I could receive a copy. Thanks in advance sooooo much!!!
Thank you for the kind words! :)
EXCITED!
nothing jarring just soothing colors
Yesssss…very much interested!!!!
Inspiring!
I have taken your online course and find your posts totally divine, as a textile designer I am a big fan of your trend and colour directions.
Thanks for signing up, Adrienne. I hope the course was useful. Best wishes.G, x
I love the LUXURIOUS MINIMALISM Trend! :-)
Would love a copy of the colour trends!! LOVE this
I am an architect and jewellery designer your website is an inspiration for both!
Fabulous color palettes! Why wait for 2018 to use them!
Hope I still make the cut!
I loveeeee this!
Yes, we have opened to more subscriptions due to the high response:)
Hope I still make the cut!
I loveeeee NCS Colour!
Me encantan estas paletas de colores! Cómo me gustaría tener una de estas guias!
What beautiful colors these are. Unfortunately, fans in the USA didn’t get this blog post until later in the day.
MaryJane
Wow I see I am so late leaving a comment and to sign up with the time difference it’s difficult to be among the first 50. But I will still try since I love to receive the printed trend guide. It will help with my surface pattern design. Love reading and receiving your color trends and inspiration.
Please see the update at the end of the post: the giveaway is still open so please go ahead and sign up:)
Woohoo, love it ❤
It is alway a joy seen your inspirational information. The most difficult thing is to decide the right colors to put into the production lines among the many which are proposed from different agencies but you always give good and easy solutions which help out a lot .
Thank you Gudy
Donatella
You are very welcome and yes, there is so much information around us, it is not always easy to decide. Intuition, experience combined with stats plus trend knowledge is my recommended approach :)
Ya tengo la del año pasado y espero poder tener está también. Son una guías genial. Michas gracias Gudy!
New Africa colors are so inspiring! Would love to get this ncs inspirational guide!!! It would really help for my blog and interior design business :)
Particularly love the mood New Africa color palette sets!
Es perfecto!!
Me encantan las combinaciones
Gudy, I doubt to be within the first 50 but your trends reports are so well done I just wanted to take the chance to telling you. Bravo for all of them! xx
Ah, thank you, Ilaria, makes my day:) Very happy to hear that!! xx
I love the fresh and inspiring colors of Africa.
Thank you Gudy….Greetings Astrid
Wow this is just what I wanted for a sensory project I’m working on and luxurious minimalism is the perfect theme for it with such soothing but rich colours. Thanks Gudy for sharing this, absolutely love it xx
Inspire me!
Knowing and loving NCS system, I wanna win the printed guide 😘🤗!
Love The New Colour Forecast.
I would LOVE to get this!
Hi,
you do a great job! Beautiful Colours and trends!
I am sure the fandeck would be useful for my work – so we will see if I am right in time :-)
Warmest regards
Gabriela Kaiser
I am sorry, Gabriela, the giveaway closed yesterday evening. Hopefully next time:)
After a week of schedules and budgets, I’m feeling pumped getting in touch with some Colour!
Ottimo lavoro, complimenti!
Wow looks fabulous!!
I want a NCS color guide! I love your course of mood board, pls do more content in this format.
Thanks, I will offer another very expense course soon. Meanwhile I am afraid, the giveaway closed last Wednesday :)
Thanks Gudy! The printed guide arrived home and it couldn’t be cooler!I love it and the trends are soooo inspiring! ;)
Amazing content. Thanks
Fantastic inspirations…thanks! Just discovered your blog today and love it. These colour trends are right on time for me. Thanks.
Hi Kisha, the giveaway is already closed but we’ll repeat next year:)
Lovely! Super inspiring and timely.
Beautiful colours. Very interested!
I’m excited to get inspired by new trends!