RISE Course Starter Using Pantone Cloud Dancer
Hello everyone, For challenge #535, I’ve been experimenting with colour combinations while staying true to the lesson’s theme. I focused on various text features, keeping things simple and easy on the eyes. To create a pleasant visual palette, I chose soft shades with Cloud Dancer as the foundational colour. I’m excited about the possibility of further developing this course and making it more engaging with fun activities. I would really appreciate any feedback on my initial work! Course SampleRISKY RICK
Click here to check it out. For this OSHA eLearning Challenge, I wanted to move away from a traditional “click-next” compliance experience and explore a more cinematic, behaviour-driven approach to warehouse safety training. Rather than focusing purely on rules and hazard identification, I built the concept around a character called “Risky Rick”, an experienced warehouse operative whose confidence and familiarity with the environment lead to unsafe decisions and shortcuts. The experience begins with a fast-paced montage sequence showing Rick carrying out increasingly risky behaviours across a warehouse setting, including: overreaching from a ladder dropping boxes using a forklift without checking the environment properly creating trip hazards with pallet wrap mixing chemicals carelessly The intention was to make the learner feel like an observer watching unsafe behaviour escalate in real time, rather than simply being told what not to do. After the montage, the experience rewinds and breaks each scenario down using freeze-frame analysis interactions. Instead of using standard multiple-choice questions, I focused on three reflective lenses: OBSERVE: the behaviour or warning sign INTERVENE: the point where action should happen CULTURE SIGNAL: what the behaviour suggests about wider workplace norms and accepted risk Visually, I leaned heavily into a gritty, cinematic warehouse style using bold typography, industrial textures, high-contrast colour palettes, and dynamic OSHA-inspired graphics. The “Risky Rick” branding was designed to feel more like a behavioural safety campaign than a standard training course. From an instructional design perspective, the project explores how storytelling, character-driven scenarios, rewind analysis, and progressive reflection can create a more immersive and memorable learning experience around workplace safety and risk awareness. Click here to check it out.The Cloud Dancer Explorer
Pantone Challenges are my opportunity to explore the new Color of the Year and the curated palette suggestions that come with it. The 2026 Color of the Year, Cloud Dancer, has received some criticism for being perceived as a background color with little personality. However, since Pantone’s Color of the Year always reflects and highlights broader cultural and societal trends, Cloud Dancer makes a lot of sense—especially in the context of the rapid rise of AI and the growing importance of cloud-based technologies and storage. This started out of a bit of frustration — I wanted a simpler way to actually use the palettes in real projects. For this challenge, I built a small tool that lets users explore the palettes one by one and, if needed, copy approximate HEX values of the Pantone swatches directly to the clipboard. This makes it easier to create theme colors, style guides, and design systems for digital projects. This tool is a work in progress, and feedback is very welcome—especially suggestions related to usability and accessibility. Review Link: Cloud Dancer Explorer
