A major dilemma for interior designers trying to lessen their environmental impact is the need for a sample library. Although people outside the industry might wonder why we can’t just switch to looking at things online, we designers know that is simply impossible. Above and beyond the desire to have a tangible material in our hands, there is simply no way to render color online that is accurate. Besides the variation in image uploading and monitor color rendition, is the simple fact that all materials reflect light in different ways, creating color perception issues. Anyone who has seen a flat vs. a glossy paint sample of the same color can attest to that. Add to all this the need to see samples for quality control, and the desire to pull samples together during the creative process, and you can see why designers need such large storage spaces!
From time to time I run across some innovative or creative ways to lesson the overall impact of all this sampling, and I though I would share a couple of those ideas here:
Primer from Tricycle, Inc. on Vimeo.
