Topic: Navigating Color in a World in Transition
When: Friday, May 22, 2026
Time: 12 pm – 1 pm Eastern
How to Join the webinar: Zoom details will be sent upon registration.
Registration Fees: CMG members receive complimentary admission. Non-Members are $15.
From the environments we inhabit to the materials, products, and interfaces we daily engage with, color is the primary input for how we visually, relationally, and through purchase decisions navigate the world.
Taking a cross-disciplinary "grand tour," this topic cast the light on how the interaction of color with human biology, and how the levers of color can be purposely calibrated to support clarity, regulation, and connection in everyday experience. It explores how the body continuously scans and responds to color across scales, from spaces to objects to interfaces; how certain color conditions and applications support calm and coherence or create distress and dysregulation; how visual variation and hierarchy contribute to ease and legibility; and how principles drawn from nature can be translated into materials, finishes, and product design.
Through color, we have a direct and immediate way to support clarity, calm, and connection without changing the structure, the product, or the system itself. With this lens, color, already a powerful tool, becomes one that supports a deep human capacity: to thrive through belonging, resilience, and connection.
Speakers Highlights
Fawn Chang is an international Behavioral Interior Designer, color strategist, keynote speaker, and advisor to Fortune 500 companies. She develops and delivers AIA and IDCEC HSW CEU programs exploring how color and design influence behavior, shaping health, safety, well-being, and human performance at a pre-conscious level.
Founder of the Human-Centered Color & Design Certification, Fawn trains and certifies design professionals to apply color as a strategic tool supporting the connection between mind, body, and environment. Fawn has served as lead designer on key studies examining the role of color in education, health, and learning, revealing measurable impact.
Fawn and Certified Human-Centered Color Design Experts partner with architects and design teams to develop comprehensive, human-centered color strategies aligned with place, culture, and human biological response, thus supporting nervous system regulation, mental and emotional well-being, and healthier outcomes across commercial, healthcare, education, hospitality, retail, and residential environments.
Her book, The Gentle SHIFT, is scheduled for release in Q2 2026.