Pantone/Gap NYC Pop -Up Store

Found this over at Buffawhat's Blog (Hero's best customer) and what a good find it is.

Pantone-mania has gone to a whole new level, and this design geek couldn't be happier about it!! I have posted about rad Pantone goodies many times on this blog, but this one might take the cake. Ironically, I was going to post today about Pantone's color of the year for 2009, Mimosa, since I have been obsessed with that shade of yellow since early fall!! This post is even better though.

This past weekend Gap and Pantone opened up a pop-up shop on 5th Ave in the company’s ‘concept store’ space. The shop will sell t-shirts in a range of Pantone hues. Pantone recently unveiled its pick for the 2009 color of the year called Mimosa (14-0848) Pantone describes the color as having seven characteristics, optimistic, hopeful, reassuring, warm, cheerful, radiant, and versatile which they feel are the most relevant to the next twelve months. Gap has issued a Mimosa hued shirt that is only available at the store on 5th. Sounds like the rest of the line will show up for sale on the company’s website and other stores.

Gap/Pantone
Adjacent to the New York City Gap flagship store at 54th and 5th Avenue

The shop is open now thru February 8th.

(Quoted text and images via PSFK)

Pantone Insanity

We've posted our fair share of Pantone goodies on this blog...but there is just so much more of it out there. I am a sucker for ALL of it too!! Check out all the wonderful Pantone stuff compiled into two different posts on blogger Laura Sweet's site here and here.

For the record, I am still obsessed with getting the Pantone Eyewear but they never have "where to buy" locations listed. HELP!!!

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Rubitone (Rubik + Pantone)

Came across this and it made me smile.


- Concept by Ignacio Pilotto. Not intended to be a commercial product. There is no affiliation between Pantone, Inc. and the Rubitone.

- PANTONE® and other Pantone, Inc. trademarks and copyrights are the property of, and are used with the written permission of, Pantone, Inc. PANTONE Color identification is solely for artistic purposes and not intended to be used for specification. All rights reserved.

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Pantone Nesting Dolls

These have been floating around the internet for a few months now, and I still can't seem to find them for sale, so they must just be a concept project, but, designer Yaroslav Rassadin re-imagined a 120 year old traditional handicraft from Russia, the matryoshka.

The Matryoshka, or Russian nesting dolls, date back to 1890. Traditionally hand painted with ornate detailing and a dynamic range of colors, Rassadin’s take on the classic Russian nesting dolls was inspired by a combination of the “Pantone matching system and UFO minimalistic styling.” His work has been described as “emotional, minimalistic and technological.”

Check out his amazing spice shakers too....

Manetone Pantone Painting

London’s The Partners Design Agency created a reproduction of Édouard Manet's 'Bar at the Folies Bergere' made entirely of old Pantone chips.
Over 5,000 unused chips were painstakingly colour matched and and stuck down over four long nights. The piece was dubbed ‘manetone’.
I love ALL things Pantone.

Pantone Eyewear!!

Pantone has developed eyewear!! I need new glasses, very very badly, and I need to find out where to buy these!! They are amazing. Change-able pantone color swatch arms!! OOOH GEEEEK OUT!!!

www.pantoneeyewear.com/