https://www.scmp.com/rss/322231/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The design powers that be – i.e. Pantone – have declared Classic Blue to be the colour of the year for 2020. “We are living in a time that requires trust and faith. It is this kind of constancy and confidence that is expressed by … Classic Blue, a solid and dependable blue hue we can always rely on,” says Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute. The specific hue in question is as traditional and classic as they come. It is a touch lighter than navy, shades lighter... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/tech-design/article/3047398/how-pantones-colour-year-will-transform-interior-design?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/tech-design/article/3047398/how-pantones-colour-year-will-transform-interior-design?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 25 Jan 2020 18:00:16 +0000 Sunset is Monica Damonte's favourite time of day. Two years ago, it was the soft light of a sunset filtering through the large living room windows of the interior designer's holiday home in southern France that made the house feel truly hers. "I felt so warm and serene ... I couldn't resist it," she says, quoting the late novelist and politician Benjamin Disraeli: "There is no love but love at first sight." When she first saw the villa in Gassin, a small medieval village in the heart of... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/article/1916705/interior-designer-monica-damonte-transforms-mediterranean-villa?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/article/1916705/interior-designer-monica-damonte-transforms-mediterranean-villa?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 03 Mar 2016 14:45:45 +0000