Introduction to CMF Design: Color, Material, and Finish
About Me
A course by Laura Perryman , CMF Design Consultant
About the video: About Me
Overview
“Hello, I'm Laura, I work in CMF design and trend forecasting, and I’m currently an independent consultant. I founded a CMF design agency called Colour of Saying, in 2016. Before starting with the course, I want to tell you who I am and what I do, and how I work. ”
In this video lesson Laura Perryman addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to CMF Design: Color, Material, and Finish. Learn to create successful product design projects by combining all your senses and bringing them to life in InDesign and Illustrator.
Partial transcription of the video
“About Me Hi, I'm Laura Perryman. I'm a colour, material, and finish designer and trend forecaster. I've worked in this area for over 15 years, I've worked as an in-house CMF designer as well as an independent consultant. In 2016, I started my own colour, material, and finish consultancy called Colour of Saying. Since then, I've been an independent consultant. I started by studying textile design at the Royal College of Art. This is where I grew my love of materials and colour. During that time, I learned how to mix colour from scratch, using dyes and colours and working with textiles and ma...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to CMF Design: Color, Material, and Finish
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Category
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Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign -
Areas
Industrial Design, Product Design

Laura Perryman
A course by Laura Perryman
Laura Perryman is the founder and creative director of Colour of Saying, a design studio dedicated to color and materials in experiential design. She studied textile design at the Royal College of Art in London in 2007, and has worked in the CMF industry since. In 2008, she was a senior designer in the color and material concept department for Nokia for two years. A few years later, she was the CMF lead designer at Arrival, an electric vehicle technology company.
Since then, she has gone on to curate CMF palettes for the tech, home, footwear, and interior design industries for clients like Nolii, Vivo footwear, Graphenstone, Panasonic, and Sky. She is also the author of The Colour Bible. She is currently on the board of trustees for The Colour in Design Awards, a non-profit organization for design graduates.
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