Association Internationale de la Couleur

International Color Association

Internationale Vereinigung für die Farbe
Study Group: Environmental Color Design

The AIC Study Group on Environmental Color Design (ECD) is an international group of scientists, designers, architects, artists and other professionals with a specific interest in color as a means of environmental design and its effects on human emotion, cognition and behavior. The general aims of ECD are:

ˇ       The exchange of knowledge and experience among its members.

ˇ       The stimulation of research and teaching, meetings and exhibitions.

ˇ       The propagation of knowledge and experiences through congresses, seminars, workshops, publications and exhibitions.

ECD membership is free, and is available for every person who deals with color as a means of environmental design, contributes to the realization of the aims mentioned above or wants to generally support the Study Group. The only requisites for being incorporated as a new member of the ECD Study Group are:

   a) to subscribe and participate in the e-mail list;

   b) to have presented a paper or poster at an AIC meeting in the last four years.

Documents and articles:

 

Chronology of the International Color Association

History of the ECD Study Group

Light and Color in Environmental Design: Some Annotated Terms

AIC Interim Meeting 2004: Proceedings

Colour zones: Diagrams, colour names, and adjectives – P. Green-Armytage (AIC 2001)

Definitions – P. Green-Armytage (2004)

Colour science for colour design P. Green-Armytage (AIC 2005)

Kinds of ‘thing’ that are named by colour names – P. Green-Armytage (AIC 2005)

 

Chairmen of the Study Group:
[Note: “ARROBA” should be replaced by the symbol for “AT”]

José Luis Caivano
Secretaría Investigación FADU-UBA
Ciudad Universitaria pab. 3 piso 4
C1428BFA Buenos Aires, Argentina
caivano“ARROBA”fadu.uba.ar

Leonhard Oberascher
Kaltnergasse 8
A-5020 Salzburg
Austria

ecd“ARROBA”leoncolor.com

Members of the Study Group:
[Note: “ARROBA” should be replaced by the symbol for “AT”]

Arrarte Grau, Malvina

Universidad Ricardo Palma, Av. Jorge Basadre 971

San Isidro, Lima 27, Perú

colorarq“ARROBA”qnet.com.pe

Avila, María Mercedes

P. Ferrer 6324, 5147 Granja de Funes

Córdoba, Argentina

avilam“ARROBA”onenet.com.ar

Bachmann, Ulrich

School of Art & Design, Univ. of Applied Sciences

Ausstellungsstrasse 60, 8008 Zurich, Switzerland

ulrich.bachmann“ARROBA”hgkz.ch

Becerra, Paulina

Martín de Gainza 59 piso 9° dep. 24

Buenos Aires, Argentina

paulina“ARROBA”argentina.com

Bergström, Berit

Färginstitutet, PO Box 49022

S-100 28 Stockholm, Sweden

berit.bergstrom“ARROBA”ncscolour.com

Billger, Monica

Dept. Building Design, Chalmers Univ. of Technology

Sven Hultinsgata 6, S-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden

billger“ARROBA”arch.chalmers.se

Brengman, Malaika

Limburgs Universitair Centrum, Faculteit Toegepaste Economische Wetenschappen, Universitaire Campus

Gebouw D, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium
malaika.brengman“ARROBA”luc.ac.be

Caan, Shashi

Gensler and Associates Architects

One Rockefeller Plaza, Suite 500

New York 10020, USA

Camgöz-Olguntürk, Nilgün

Dept. of Interior Architecture and Environmental Design

Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture

Bilkent University, 06800 Bilkent, Ankara, Turkey

Capron, Jean-Luc

Hic et nunC, Institut Supérieur d’Architecture Saint-Luc

Faculté Polytechnique de Mons

Beau Site 2° Avenue 3, B-1330 Rixensart, Belgium

Chung, Yiu Sing Sidney

Institute of Textiles & Clothing

Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong

csidney“ARROBA”hongkong.com

Cler, Michel

Atelier F&M Cler

64 rue Vergniaud

FR-75013 Paris, France

atmfcler“ARROBA”wanadoo.fr

Da Pos, Osvaldo

Dept. of Psychology, University of Padova

Via Venezia 8, I-35131 Padova, Italy

osvaldo.dapos“ARROBA”unipd.it

Estévez, Silvia María

Luis María Campos 357 – piso 13 dep. A

1425 Buenos Aires, Argentina

silviaestevez“ARROBA”ilsoledisegno.com.ar

Fridell Anter, Karin

Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm

Noreens väg 71

S-752 63 Uppsala, Sweden

karinfa“ARROBA”explicator.se

Funt, Brian V.

School of Computing Science, Simon Fraser University

8888 University Drive

Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A 1S6 Canada

funt“ARROBA”sfu.ca

Gonçalves, Berenice Santos

Departamento de Expessao Gráfica, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Campus Trinidade, Brazil

berenice“ARROBA”cce.ufsc.br

Green-Armytage, Paul

School of Design, Curtin University of Technology

GPO Box U 1987, Perth WA 6001, Australia

p.green-armytage“ARROBA”curtin.edu.au

Habib, Susan

Dept. of Architecture, University of Art, Shariati Str., Gholhak, Zargandeh, Heydari Str., Norouzi Str. No. 16

1916955141, Tehran, Iran

lapismaple“ARROBA”gmail.com

Hansuebsai, Aran

Dept. of Imaging and Printing Technology

Chulalongkorn University

Phyathai Rd., Bangkok 10303, Thailand

aran“ARROBA”sc.chula.ac.th

Hĺrd, Thomas

Swedish Colour Institute

PO Box 49022, 100 28 Stockholm, Sweden

th“ARROBA”ncscolour.com

Hĺrleman, Maud

Architectural Design & Technology, Royal Inst. of Technology

S-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden

maudh“ARROBA”arch.kth.se

Harrington, Leslie

LH Color, 23 Roosevelt Av.

Old Greenwich, CT 06870, USA

leslie“ARROBA”lhcolor.com

Herneoja, Aulikki

University of Oulu, Dept. of Architecture

PL 4100, 90014 University of Oulu, Finland

aulikki.herneoja“ARROBA”na.netppl.fi

Hutchings, John

6 Queens Road Colmworth

Bedford MK 44 2LA, England

john.hutchings“ARROBA”physics.org

Ichihara, Yasuyo

Dept. of Arts & Design, Hoseh Gakuen College

3-14-22-3 Honcho, Nakano-ku, Tokyo, Japan

ichihara“ARROBA”hosen.ac.jp

Kim, Young In

Human Environment & Design, Yonsei University

134 Shinchon-Dong Sudaemun-Gu, Seoul 120-749, Korea

youngin“ARROBA”yonsei.ac.kr

Lechner, Anat

Stern School of Business, NYU

44 W 4th St., Tisch. 7-17, NYC 10012, USA

alechner“ARROBA”stern.nyu.edu

Lee-Niinioja, Hee Sook

UM/Jakarta

00161 Helsinki, Finland

leeheesook“ARROBA”hotmail.com

Linton, Harold

Department of Art and Visual Technology

George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA

hlinton“ARROBA”mtco.com

López, Mabel A.

Programa Color, SICyT-FADU-UBA

Ciudad Universitaria pab. 3 piso 4

C1428BFA Buenos Aires, Argentina

ychodos“ARROBA”fadu.uba.ar

Luzzatto, Lia

Accademia di Comunicazione

Via Colautti 1

20125 Milano, Italy

colorandcolors“ARROBA”tiscalinet.it

Melgosa, Manuel

Departamento de Optica, Facultad de Ciencias

Universidad de Granada

Campus Fuentenueva, E-18071 Granada, Spain

mmelgosa“ARROBA”ugr.es

Minah, Galen

College of Architecture and Urban Planning

University of Washington

208 Gould, Box 355720, Seattle, Washington, USA

gminah“ARROBA”u.washington.edu

Morton, Jill

Colorcom, 3905-C Maunahilu Place

Honolulu

Hawaii 96816, USA

color2“ARROBA”colorcom.com

Musso, María Luisa

Programa Color, SICyT-FADU-UBA

Ciudad Universitaria pab. 3 piso 4

C1428BFA Buenos Aires, Argentina

mlmcolor“ARROBA”arnet.com.ar

Nemcsics, Antal

Ungvár u. 42

1185 Budapest, Hungary

nemcsics.antal“ARROBA”axelero.hu

Newton, Rachel

John Moores Univ., Liverpool School of Art & Design

68 Hope Street, Liverpool L1 9EB, UK

lasrnewt“ARROBA”livjm.ac.uk

Pogačar, Vojko

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Maribor University

Smetanova 17, 2000 Maribor, Slovenia

vojko.pogacar“ARROBA”uni-mb.si

Pompas, Renata

Istituto Europeo di Design, Moda Lab

Via Pompeo Leoni 3, 20141 Milano, Italy

colorandcolors“ARROBA”tiscalinet.it

Pujol, Jaume

Centro de Desarrollo de Sensores, Univ. Polit. de Cataluńa

Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain

pujol“ARROBA”oo.upc.es

Rizzo, Silvia

Liceo Artistico Barabino

Via Mogadiscio 2 A/7, 16141 Genova, Italy

gsonnewa“ARROBA”tin.it

Romero, Javier

Departamento de Optica, Facultad de Ciencias

Universidad de Granada

Campus Fuentenueva, E-18071 Granada, Spain

jromero“ARROBA”ugr.es

Ronchi, Lucia

Associazione Ottica Italiana

1, via Suor Maria Celeste

50125 Firenze, Italy

n.rositani“ARROBA”flashnet.it

Schindler, Verena M.

(new elected chairperson, starting 2006)

Atelier Cler, Landscape Chromatic Studies

64 rue Vergniaud, FR-75013 Paris, France

vmschindler“ARROBA”yahoo.com

Simeonova, Milena

Lighting Research Center, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

285 Sunset Terrace Dr.

Troy, NY 12180, USA

simeom“ARROBA”rpi.edu

Smedal, Grete

Kunsthřgskolen i Bergen (National Inst. Art & Design), Stromgaten 1, 5015 Bergen, Norway

grete.smedal“ARROBA”khib.no

Smith, Dianne

Queensland University of Technology

PO Box 2434, Brisbane QLD, 4001 Australia

d.smith“ARROBA”qut.edu.au

Tarajko, Justyna

Dept. of Rural Architecture, Faculty of Architecture

Cracow University of Technology

31-538 Cracow, ul. Blachnickiego 2/9, Poland

justarajko“ARROBA”hotmail.com

Tillberg, Margareta

Stockholm University

Klippgatan 13 (III)

S-116 35 Stockholm, Sweden

meka“ARROBA”swipnet.se

Tosca, Theano Fanny

Dept. of Architectural Design, School of Technology

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

541 24 Univ. Campus, Thessaloniki, Greece

ftosca“ARROBA”otenet.gr

Wright, Angela

Colour Affects

111-113 Gt. Portland St.

London W1W 6QQ, England

abw“ARROBA”colour-affects.co.uk

Past chairmen and oustanding members:

Hĺrd, Anders
Örtagardsvägen 9
SE-186 50 Vallentuna, Sweden

Sivik, Lars

Kullaviks Skogsväg 4

S-430 41 Kullavik, Sweden

Spillmann, Werner
Aescherstrasse 29
CH-4054 Basel, Switzerland

 

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Pages of interest

AIC (Association Internationale de la Couleur)

AIC Newsletter

Chronological bibliography on color theory (J. Caivano)

Experimental color design (L. Oberascher)

Color matters (J. Morton)

Color consultation (J. Morton)

Color in industrial design, fashion and textiles (L. Luzzato & R. Pompas)

AIC Study Group on Visual Illusions and Effects

AIC Study Group on Color Perception of the Elderly

 


Previous Meetings of the AIC

(Association Internationale de la Couleur)

 

AIC 9th Congress 2001, Rochester, USA

AIC Interim Meeting 2002, Maribor, Slovenia

AIC Midterm Meeting 2003, Bangkok, Thailand

AIC Interim Meeting 2004, Porto Alegre, Brazil

AIC 10th Congress 2005, Granada, Spain

 

Next Meetings of the AIC

(Association Internationale de la Couleur)

 

AIC Interim Meeting 2006, Johannesburg, South Africa

AIC Midterm Meeting 2007, Hangzhou, China

AIC Interim Meeting 2008, Stockholm, Sweden

AIC 11th Congress 2009, Sydney, Australia