DesignHouse

for Performance Coatings

The Sherwin-Williams DesignHouse, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, is a first-of-its-kind facility for the Industrial sector. Our DesignHouse team offers workshops and trend forecast experiences to help you bring new colors and products to market quickly and with intention.

The Story Behind DesignHouse

At DesignHouse, we understand the power color has and together we can formulate coatings that have the appearance and performance you need for your products. Within this space, you can develop coatings in multiple technologies for a variety of substrates. Dedicated to collaboration and driven by curiosity, our DesignHouse team is comprised of color authorities who bring the expertise on how to produce finishes that your consumers desire.

Color is a universal language. DesignHouse provides you and your designers with full access to powder, liquid, and e-coat labs, technical teams, and Color Material Finish Consultants. The ability to collaborate in real time dramatically decreases the amount of time needed to achieve a color match, in some cases reducing the process down from six months to one week.

One of the biggest visions that we had was really to develop a collaborative center where everyone can be in the same place at the same time. Our customers can now come in and collaborate with us here on site and ask us "what if?"

Global CMF & Trend Manager

Latest from DesignHouse

Introducing Colormix® Foresight SHIFT

All around us, SHIFTS are happening. The Color, Material, Finish (CMF) experts at Sherwin-Williams embrace this fluidity and provide definitive clarity through the Colormix Foresight program. SHIFT identifies 18 colors primed to make an impact over the next three to five years.

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SHIFT Annoucement

Launching our Latest Color Trend Forecast.
Industrial Color Trends

View all color trend forecasts that serve the industrial space. Created to inspire and influence industrial, product and CMF designers.