Tuesday, September 7th, 2010

Patrick Robinson

Patrick was born in the back of his family’s print shop, and he grew up describing the world using Pantone® colours. He has shirts to match every printable colour. His Favourite font is Matrix Inline Script; His favourite foods are blue. As a lifetime Torontonian, Patrick enjoys touring the city’s many colourful neighbourhoods and taking pictures for his lifetime photo-Pantone-project.

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