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In my work I’m referencing color combinations that are pulled from the design trends of the eighties and nineties.  For me these eras in design are nostalgic because I’m reminded of my childhood.  Checkered patterns were everywhere in the eighties and I was a big fan. I remember having a bike with a checkered pattern, sunglasses, my backpack, my first pair of Vans, a hat that for some reason had a checkered pattern of fabric tails in the back, even my folders and Trapper Keeper were checkered. There are certain colors that, in my experience, really seem to identify a design trend.  I associate lavender, turquoise and hot pink with the eighties, purple, grass green and yellow ochre reference nineties hip-hop fashion.