The love for Pantone never seems to go away, as it penetrates every part of the fashion / design spectrum. Pantone is normally behind the scenes, but Gap is bringing everybody’s favorite color system to the front of fashion with a new Pop Up shop in NYC.

Open from now until February 8th, shoppers can stop in and pick up a Gap tee in a variety of Pantone hues and shades. Pantone has also named Mimosa (14-0848) the color of the 2009 and Gap will offer a special tee in that color, only available on the 5th.

This isn’t the first time Pantone got all fashionista, they did the same thing before with Uniqlo. The pop-up store is right next to the NYC Gap Flagship store at 54th and 5th Ave.

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Christmas by Color is “A not-for-profit exploration into the colours that shape our Christmas. Frustrated at the plethora of Christmas reds, whites and greens those pesky designers at Raw Design Studio are exploring what colours people really associate with their Christmas.”

Created by the folks at raw, CBC is like those funky crayola colors (Mac and cheese FTW!), but totally for grown up (at least in body form) designers.  You can purchase an A1 poster, and it comes with free wrapping paper, for £10.00. All proceeds head to Calm, and yes this is a limited print of 500 (just how I like it).

Buy one for me (and Beth from Hero) starting today.

There is just something awesome about Pantone®, and when you slap some coated love on a set of espresso cups, you have definite win. W2 products has a nice selection of other Pantone® items for sale, like full size mugs and even laptop bags. A little pricey (the set of 4 esspresso cups is £29.52), but hey, is anything Pantone® cheap?

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Wired has long been a fan of using neon inks for their magazine covers, and Pantone 805 Orange-Red Neon Ink is somewhat of a signature color. To celebrate, they doused the entire cover in PMS 805; I literally saw the thing sticking out of the mailbox from the other end of the driveway (and I live in a carriage house!). The articles are pretty swell too, a farewell to Bill Gates, BSG, and a bit about how to really cut down global warming…

Subscribe now (Only $10) and you’ll get this issue guaranteed, or go the the bookstore and look for the sore thumb… Its totes worth it.

• PS. CondeNast just acquired Ars Technica, meaning Wired has a geeky new brother in the Wired Digital family (Reddit, WebMonkey, HotWired, Wired.com, and more).