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26 Jun 17

Our first interior design event for colour lovers

I’m still on a high after launching our maiden event ‘Colour Psychology for Interior Design’ last week, co-hosted with the amazing Fiona Humberstone from The Brand Stylist. It was in London, during a heatwave, in a glass ceiling building, but we made it without totally expiring from the heat. That alone was a minor triumph.

Interior stylist sophie robinson and brand stylist fiona humberstone present their colour psychology workshop for interior design

I’d participated on one of Fiona’s workshops last year, ‘Colour Psychology for Creative’s‘ and felt it was one of the best courses I’d ever done. So I had to twist Fiona’s arm (not hard!) to pair up with me and deliver her brilliant theory on Colour Psychology, that she uses for branding businesses, tailored to people who work within the Interior design world. It made total sense to me to use this clever and insightful method of profiling clients into their seasonal personalites in order to quickly and effortlessly get a handle on the interior design would be best suit their brief.

Colour Psychology workshop for interior designers hosted by Sophie Robinsonpresnetation box contents from sophie robinsons and fiona humberstones colour psychology workshop

Other than our love of Colour, the other thing that Fiona and I have in common is our love of putting on a great event. The lynch pin for our day was hiring an inspiring space, and we found that at the Papermill studios in north London. Owned by a successful photographer the space was oozing in style and wonderful natural light. Just what we needed to set the tone of the inspirational day that we had planned.

Colour psychology event for interior designers hosted in Londons papermill studios

Geometric patterned tiles form a kitchen splash back at the papermill studios in london

Next is making sure you tailor the space to feel unique to you, and we did that with the help of Stephanie Eastman who did the flowers. Fiona and I agreed that the day should feel colourful, inspiring and creative, and so we wanted the flowers and everything we presented visually to reflect those three key words. The electric coral pink tones of the flowers were also incorporated in the stationary Fiona designed for the guests presentation boxes all the way through to the ribbon and swing tags on the goodie bags.

Posy of peonies and stocks and lilies with willow and honey scented candle set the right vibe for sophie robinsons Colour Psychology for creative interiors eventPink peonies and champagne served with a fresh strawberry to combat the english heatwave

I wanted to make sure the room smelled as sweet as it looked with refreshing scents supplied by my favourite candle brand, Willow and Honey. I opted for Pear and Freesia for a refreshing and uplifting scent. To complete the sensory experience we wanted to present the most mouth-watering feast, not just for the taste buds but also for the eyes. Fiona is a real foodie and hunted down Saima at Hampstead Kitchen who has one of the best reputations for exclusive event catering. We felt very honoured to have her on board and she got it absolutley perfect for our event with her Middle Eastern spread in the most beautiful jewel like colours.

When hosting an event thats all about colour you need to make sure the food looks as good as it tastes. This middle eastern spread is supplied by Hampstead KitchenGuests enjoying a buffet lunch from Hampstead Kitchen at the papermill studios in central london. All part of the colourful Colour Psychology course for interior designers

We know that interior designers work hard. I’m always saying this but interior design is often far from glamorous and actually, are you ready for this, it’s really hard graft.  We wanted to deliver on our promise of a “Spa day for your business”, and give them so much more than the tools to nail the brief and streamline their design process. It was time well spent out of the office and an opportunity to recharge the creativity bank. The day involved soaking up some theory but then getting down and dirty with some mood boarding and styling workshops to really bring the theory alive.

Taking time out from your business to get creative and in touch with what inspired you to become an interior designer in the first place is at the course of Sophie Robinsons interior design coursesinterior designer sophie robinson styling on her event 'Colour psychology for interior design'.

Using the simple technique of making tangible mood boards to realise what had been learnt was a real game changer for so many designers. We are so often strapped to our screens, sourcing things on line, using internet for inspiration it was great to get crafty with paint pots and fabric samples from ‘Sophie’s sweet shop of swatches’ as one guest coined it. We created two different boards, one was more of a vision board where we could be really free up and get in touch with the ‘feel’ of a brief before the second board which demanded a slightly more focused approach.

Tangible swatches and samples is what makes being an interior designer so much fun. This is Sophie Robinsons sweet shop of swatches

Sophies swatches from Romo, Kirby, Kitty mcCall, Claire Gaudin, Studio Flock, Villa Nova, Sofa.com, Laura Spring, Timorous Beatsies, Cole and Son, Neisha Crosland, Margo Selby

creting a vision board and mood board as part of the colour psychology for interiors eventColour psychology for inyterior designers mood board

After all the hard work we made sure there was plenty of time to get our guests feedback from the day before popping open the fizz and sending everyone home with a goodie bag full of treats, all supplied by my favourite personally picked interior design retailers. And one last chance to grab a selfie on the way out. A big thankyou to everyone who helped to make this a really exceptional event.  They’ll be more so hop on over to my Courses pages to book your slot!

champagne and flowers are the perfect way to end a stylish event, hosted by interior stylist Sophie robinson and branding expert Fiona HumberstoneGoodie bags from Sophie Robinsons Colour eventVIP goodie bag contains gifts from Amara, Cole and Son, Willow and Honey and Charlotte BeevorThe VIP goodie bags contained gifts from Charlotte Beevor, Amara, Cole and Son, Kitty McCall and Willow and Honey.

To learn more about our unique colour course- hope on over to my courses page, where we are already taking bookings to our next event in November. To learn more about Colour Psychology and how it works with regards to interior design, I have written a series of blog posts here

award winning blogger kate watson Smyth with interior stylist and TV presenter Sophie Robinson

grabbing a selfie with Kate watson-Smyth from mad about the house against the Kitty McCall backdrop

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