Life in Colour: Workplace Edition

Colour has the power to shape identity, influence wellbeing and define how people experience the modern workplace. Life in Colour: Workplace Edition brings together designers, strategists and creatives to explore how colour intersects with branding, culture, sustainability and human behaviour, and how these insights can help create workplaces with purpose, personality and longevity.
From the emotional and psychological impact of colour, to hyper‑local brand expression, to how digital and physical colour differ, our panel will open up an honest, multi‑disciplinary conversation about designing spaces that truly work for people.
We’ll also explore how colour contributes to climate‑resilient design, how workplace palettes can balance mass appeal with authenticity, and why nostalgia, trauma and cultural context all influence the colours people respond to.
Panel Guests:
Chair - Matt Blakely - Rgional Director, RIBA
Ellen Willis - Head of sustainability, Chetwoods (WELL AP / BREEAM)
Gurtake Singh - Principal and Design Director, Gensler
Luke Tonge - Graphic Designer, Birmingham Design
Sponsors:
Venue - Gensler
Suppliers - Crown Paints, Sekers, Milliken, JDD, Solus
Partners - RIBA/BIID

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Host or Publisher RIBA West Midlands