For our latest catalog, we selected 10 interiors decorated with Wild Wonder after paint brand Dulux named the pale yellow hue its Color of the Year for 2023.
Dulux describes Wild Wonder as a “soft gold with hints of green” that speaks to people's desire for a closer connection with nature and better mental health in light of the recent period of turmoil.
"As people seek support, connection, inspiration and balance in today's world, they immerse themselves in the wonders of the natural world to find it," explained the brand.
“Wild Wonder is a positive, natural shade that, by connecting us with the natural world, can help us feel better in our homes.”
The upbeat tone, reminiscent of “fresh seed pods and harvest grain,” is particularly well-suited to brightening up living spaces, as seen below in an all-yellow Barcelona duplex and a renovated 19th-century apartment in Stockholm by Note DesignStudio.
But the color can also be used to bring a homey feel to commercial interiors, from a floating spa to a coworking space turned church, where it's often contrasted with shades of dusty pink or deep red.
This is the latest in our series of lookbooks providing curated visual inspiration from Dezeen's image archive. For more inspiration, check out previous catalogs featuring residential atriums, floating staircases, and kitchens with polished granite surfaces.
Child Studio reinstated many of the Georgian design features found in this 19th-century Belgravia townhouse when they converted it into a store for eyewear brand Cubitts.
The London design firm painted its walls in a chalky yellow tone typical of the period and uncovered the original floorboards to create an "intimate and homey atmosphere", complete with a cast-iron fireplace installed in the front room.
To make this Barcelona duplex apartment with its convoluted floor plan and shadowy spaces feel brighter and more spacious, local practice Arquitectura-G introduced an all-yellow color scheme that is featured throughout the house.
It was even chosen for the metal grid used to form shelving in the kitchen, which was designed to provide storage without obstructing sunlight to all corners of the space.
Swedish architecture studio ASKA aimed to create a warm and calm atmosphere inside this all-day breakfast cafe, using sunny tones in its nostalgic checkerboard floors, storage walls and custom-made tables with cutlery holders. integrated.
“To create an environment that feels harmonious, we work with subtle layering and tone-on-tone methods,” said ASKA co-founder Madeleine Klingspor. "The same yellow is used on the walls, lamps, tables and floor but in different scales and intensities."
Remodeling the gift shop at the Villa Noailles art center in Provence, French designer Pierre Yovanovitch created a series of colour-block niches to “dramatize” the presentation of the products on sale.
The soft yellow background of these wall niches contrasts with salmon pink walls and cobalt blue trim, nodding to the villa's “Cubist” garden designed by Armenian architect Gabriel Guevrekian.
Blocks of pastel tiles overlap the different surfaces of this floating spa in Geneva. Color Blocking was specifically designed to evoke the vague flecks and flashes of color that can sometimes be seen with closed eyes after looking at a light source.
The interior was designed to reflect the images that guests experience in the spa's sensory deprivation tanks, which are filled with warm salt water but completely devoid of light to create the sensation of floating weightlessly in space.
Custom-made plywood furniture adorns this small 13-square-meter house located in a former mini-cab office, which "could be the smallest house in London," according to architect Studiomama.
Beyond providing crucial storage, light wood elements help create a cohesive interior, while functional zones like integrated sliding doors are highlighted in soft yellow, pink and blue swatches.
Undulating shelves of hair products make their way around the perimeter of this Swedish hair care brand Maria Nila's salon in Stockholm to evoke dripping shampoo.
The stock is presented in pastel gradient colors informed by the brand's packaging, fading from ballet-slipper pink to pale brown and finally to washed-out yellow.
Another interior that shows the perfect combination between yellow and pink is this boutique in Milan, designed by the Italian studio Marcante-Testa.
Here, an understated daffodil color covers the walls, while pink clay was used to plaster the partitions and rose gold rails support glass shelves displaying accessories.
An abstract mural by Los Angeles artist Dakota Solt unites the light blue, pink, and tan furniture of this co-working space with the pale yellow of the wood-paneled walls and wicker pendant light.
Called The Ruby Street, the shared office and event space is housed in a former church in the city's Highland Park neighborhood, whose stained glass windows have been preserved and paired with simple, contemporary furnishings.
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