{"id":9178,"date":"2020-01-22T09:46:54","date_gmt":"2020-01-22T08:46:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fermobpeople.com\/?p=9178"},"modified":"2020-02-03T14:53:24","modified_gmt":"2020-02-03T13:53:24","slug":"eric-brun-sanglard-when-feeling-markes-colour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fermobpeople.com\/en\/eric-brun-sanglard-when-feeling-markes-colour\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric Brun-Sanglard : When feeling makes colour"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is the story of a man who has always had a taste for colour. A man whose heart and mind was always set racing by \u201cburnt orange\u201d (the Herm\u00e8s one) and indigo blue. In both the figurative and the literal sense\u2026 A man with a crazy amount of talent, who knows how to blend colours as few are able to do, and create harmonies such that people feel good in the interiors he designs for them. An inspiring testimonial on colour!<\/em><\/p>\n

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This man is Eric Brun-Sanglard<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n

The great colour specialist, Eric Brun-Sanglard, cannot see! It was suddenly going blind that confirmed his gift for being able to feel colours. \u201cBut how can he imagine them? How did he become aware of this special sensitivity?\u201d All these questions can be summed up in one: \u201cHow does he manage to decorate interiors, without being able to even glimpse the colours that are the basis of his art?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cClose your eyes to see better\u201d<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u2026that\u2019s Eric Brun-Sanglard\u2019s answer! To get beyond the preconceived ideas that sight encloses us in, this is, he believes, the only solution! Colour should be tasted blindly, like cooking. Forget your set ideas and categorical judgements\u2026 Sight limits us to a narrow world and, by losing it, Eric Brun-Sanglard has freed himself from it. So he says: \u201cI was almost relieved when I went blind, because I was able to attain a kind of authenticity that had been hiding behind sight.\u201d<\/p>\n

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What was his revelation? Colour provides sensations\u2026<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n

When he went blind from one day to the next, Eric Brun-Sanglard consulted a Chinese doctor who put plants in the palm of his hands to help him get better. He noticed that some gave him strength, while others did not. Hence his idea of transposing this way of working to the world of colours: \u201ctest\u201d them, by touching them, and then \u201ccalibrate\u201d them in order to create your own inner colour chart. Depending on what he felt when he came into contact with them \u2013 vibrations, hot or cold sensations \u2013 he was able to recompose a broad palette in his head. \u201cI simply escaped from the visual world to a world of the senses\u201d, he says.<\/em> Since then, Eric Brun-Sanglard chooses colours for his customers\u2019 interiors that bring them well-being and emotional security\u2026 While each person\u2019s feeling about colours is as personal as his perception is, he also feels what others need.<\/p>\n

\u201cLook at it differently!\u201d <\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n

That\u2019s the watchword of this colour specialist! Eric Brun-Sanglard invites us to take a fresh look at everything around us. To experience the fact that colours are vitamins, which can sometimes have a positive impact on us. But \u201cseeing things differently\u201d is far more than that! \u201cEach morning we can choose to wake up with the glass half empty or half full\u201d, says Eric Brun-Sanglard. Coming from a man who went blind at the early age of 33, this is a powerful reminder! He adds: \u201cMy life is no longer my own: I am called on to witness, inspire and drive people to face their fears and surpass themselves\u201d. This is why he has been travelling the world for years, sharing his experience in an honest, authentic and unabashed manner. \u201cEverybody gets something from it, because each of us has a handicap!\u201d he concludes. A lack of self-esteem, or a complex\u2026<\/p>\n

If you like colours, now\u2019s the time to rediscover them: with your eyes closed, note the ones that do you good, and give you good vibes\u2026 And if you don\u2019t feel good inside, it may be a question of colours!<\/p>\n

\"\u201dreconstruire\"<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u201cRebuilding your inner house\u201d<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n

This is the title of Eric Brun-Sanglard\u2019s next book, which will be published on January 23rd by Cherche-Midi. As outdoor furniture<\/a> specialists, who also invest in your interior, we wanted to find out more about this.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is a book at the crossroads of decoration and personal development. Our house reveals so much about us\u2026 We even talk about the mirror effect of our environment! As the saying goes: show me your interior and I\u2019ll tell you who you are\u2026 My second book, after Au-del\u00e0 de ma nuit : t\u00e9moignage d\u2019un designer aveugle<\/em> (Going beyond darkness: the testimony of a blind designer), looks at this link between environment and self-expression. And how you can improve your life by making your home more beautiful\u201d.<\/p>\n

Some secrets we picked up during this fascinating interview<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n

What are your sources of inspiration?<\/u><\/p>\n

My many travels, which I learn a lot from.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s your next getaway?<\/u><\/p>\n

Sri Lanka and India this winter. I like to get away at this time of year!<\/p>\n

And yet, ironically, Eric Brun-Sanglard is from Chamonix in the French Alps. But he prefers wide horizons, the sea, and the smells of heat, like those of California, which he loves so much, to the mountains, which he finds oppressive.<\/em><\/p>\n

What\u2019s your favourite colour in the Fermob colour chart?<\/u><\/p>\n

I really like your Cactus, and I love your Capucine and Acapulco Blue!<\/p>\n

What\u2019s your favourite Fermob material?<\/u><\/p>\n

I prefer textured metal, which I like the soft, grainy feel of, to the other, which is colder.<\/p>\n

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