Kiki Redhead

Global CMF & Trend Manager, Sherwin-Williams Kiki Redhead leads all CMF & Trend initiatives for Sherwin-Williams Design Segments in Industrial & Performance Coatings, including spearheading a new DesignHouse in Minneapolis, MN. She collaborates with Industrial Design customers in appliance, office and outdoor furniture, as well as electronics, medical devices, packaging, transportation, and heavy equipment. She also works with designers for architectural and building products on coatings development and trends, including ideation of aesthetics, performance, and sustainable solutions. She proudly touts her previous experiences working for Sherwin-Williams Consumer Group, as Interior Design Manager & Color Stylist for Dutch Boy Paint, as Trend Editor for Time Inc. shelter publications, and as CMF Leader for Polaris Industries. From 2008 to 2018, Kiki owned Colour Couture: a consultancy that coached 35 cross-industry clients from over 12 countries on CMF evolution in innovation, development, design, and marketing. A longtime member of the Color Marketing Group, Kiki sits on the Board of Directors and is Co-Chair of the Future Thinking Committee.

Activities for Kiki

Speaker | Design Research Deep Dive | 2023

From Inspiration to Implementation: Getting Stakeholder Buy-In

You won’t want to miss our closing keynote speaker Kiki Redhead, Global CMF and Trend Manager for Sherwin-Williams Performance Coatings Group. She’ll bring you deep into her realm of trend research, sharing intriguing, thought-provoking and actionable practical tips to actualize your inspiration. You’ll walk away emboldened and excited for your next design project armed with the answers to Redhead’s “three hows.”

The audience will learn. . .

  1. How the Sherwin-Williams DesignHouse approaches research and trend forecasting
  2. How to implement design research and trends
  3. How to get buy-in on your ideas — from everyone
Speaker | International Design Conference | 2021
How to Anticipate, Understand, and Forecast Future Trends for Application in Design

Kiki Redhead delves into the world of industrial forecasting and showcases Sherwin-Williams industrial color trend forecasts from 2019 and 2020.

Speaker | Sustainability Deep Dive | 2020

Coating Innovations & Color Trends for the Eco-Conscious Designer