Lets Design Professionals and Contractors Capture Colour Inspiration
Anywhere Accurately Capture and Match the Colour of any Surface,
Including Hard-to-measure Patterns, Textures and Open-weave Textiles

Pantone LLC, an X-Rite company (NASDAQ: XRIT) and the global authority on colour and provider of professional colour standards for the design industries, today announces CAPSURETM, a compact, handheld device that lets design professionals, contractors and do-it-yourselfers confidently measure and match colour inspiration instantly – from small, patterned, multi-coloured textures and textiles to walls and carpeting.

Modern Version of PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM Brings New Colours, Chromatic Arrangement and Digital Tools to Supercharge Creativity
For nearly 50 years, the PANTONE® MATCHING SYSTEM® has been the worldwide colour communication standard. As technology and working styles advance, Pantone continues to evolve its colour tools and technology to reflect today’s design and production workflows.

“PANTONE PLUS takes what designers and printers know and love about the PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM and supercharges it with a host of new features, colours and digital tools,” said Ron Potesky, senior vice president and general manager of Pantone. “The PLUS SERIES provides designers greater freedom for selecting, specifying and matching colour. And, since the PANTONE PLUS SERIES is based on the widely used PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM, there’s no training or new equipment required to start pushing the boundaries of creativity.”

The history of the Braun brand from 1921 to today Braun has grown from its origins as a small manufacturing workshop into a globally leading producer of electric appliances.

The basis of the company’s success is the core values which have guided it from the beginning right up to the present: technical innovation, sustainable development and outstanding design. Today, 90 years after its founding, Braun is the world leader in the foil shaver, epilator and handblender market segments. With its acquisition in October 2005 by Procter & Gamble in Cincinnati, USA, Braun became one of 23 global brands in the consumer goods group that achieve annual sales of more than one billion US dollars.

From January 18 to 23 Cologne will be the center of the furnishing world. Experience the hottest trends and the most fascinating novelties at the first interior design fair of the year.

Only in Cologne the whole spectrum of the international product range in furniture and interior design as well as kitchens is presented at one place. Nowhere else you will find a larger overview of the products on offer worldwide.

Designspotter recently partnered with Interiors From Spain on a project to highlight some of the best and brightest of the Spanish design world. We were
excited to work with them on sorting through a myriad of strong work to select
our key favorites. From architectural chairs to brain-bending fruit bowls, the spirit of Spanish design seems to push at the boundaries of traditionalism in an attempt to fashion things that are both new and comfortingly familiar.

What gorgeous opportunity to get another rays of sunlight before wintertime - and what a wonderful event: VALENCIA Disseny Week!

Always worth to travel, but this year completed by something very special: FEED - the First International Design Media and Bloggers Meeting.

And DESIGNSPOTTER was part of some very special, absolutely and professional organized couple of days. What a trip - we miss you guys already. All the best and congrats to MARIA an JUANICO :-)

The inspiration and design process behind one of the highlights of the Paris Motor Show.