In our Design Insider series, we talk to the people shaping interiors that you might not even know exist — uncovering what it is they do, how they carved out their niches, and how they've changed the course of the design world in the process. This time, Jane Boddy, a 'color forecaster' who has worked with WGSN and Pantone, explains to us how it's possible to predict what colors are going in and out of fashion.
It all started with a huge curiosity for culture. Growing up in the suburbs of London in the 1980s, access to culture felt limited. But I was hungry for it. I remember poring over copies of i-D magazine as a teenager in my local Spar shop—the makeup, the clothes, the club scene, the photographers, the styling, and the people behind it all—it felt like a window into another world that I was excited by.
