Wednesday, July 27, 2011

KIDS DESIGN - designers guild

when i am looking for beautiful childrens design i know i can always rely on designers guild. their current collections 'all around the world' show how fantastic and colourful the DG kids prints always are. 'my best friend' is a quirky design featuring fun characters on graph paper, and there is also colourful world map, dolls house windows and doors, patchwork florals and retro furniture

Tuesday, July 26, 2011

CARDS & WRAP - peel

i love this wrapping paper designed and published by peel cards. they also have a lovely graphic range of mosaic cards (below) and bright and colourful age cards. as spotted online here.

ETSY - equilibrium art

designer natalie singh has added a series of new prints to her etsy shop equilibrium art. so far there are seven posters available which are all digitally printed but originally hand-drawn and transferred to computer. natalie hopes to add more work and cards to her etsy shop soon and she also has a graphic design and printing shop 'artistic visions' opening up in harrow, north london next week

Monday, July 25, 2011

STORE SNAPS - heals bedlinen

todays store snaps are all from the fabulous bedlinen department in heals on tottenham court road in london. heals stock brands such as orla kiely and designers guild as well as kas australia. new this year is a collection from uk designer lisa stickley. here are my pattern picks from heals bedding displays.

KIDS DESIGN - go benny go

mike howie and brenda sutton have just released a new kids' design label called go benny go. their first collection has just launched with kids' wall art in the form of printed canvases and posters. brenda and mike's background is in traditional animation and they met whilst working in sydney for walt disney, but both being new zealanders they returned home in auckland. each canvas art print is a

NEW SEASON - ecojot

ecojot have just launched their new autumn and christmas collection which includes the new collection handpainted fauna designs and a 2012 calendar. the whole range will be on show at the new york gift fair next month and some pieces are available in advance to order online at ecojot. also new this season are 'jot and share' notebooks with rounded corners and pages that tear out easily with no

Sunday, July 24, 2011

STORE SNAPS - habitat

when we heard a couple of weeks ago that habitat were going into administration i thought i had better get down there and get some storesnaps. 30 of the chains 33 stores are closing although not the the tottenham court road branch where these pics were taken. but trading from 3 shops will surely be different from 33. will they be able to create so many bespoke and exclusive products when their

CARDS - tanya palmer

textile designer tanya palmer made her trade show debut at harrogate last week. tanya was at the home & gift show 2011 to launch her first complete range of greetings cards, postcard packs and christmas cards - over 90 designs in all!. here are just a few of her lovely designs which are created using free motion embroidery, which means you move the fabric wherever you want while stitching with

Thursday, July 21, 2011

SUZY ULTMAN - new products

designer suzy ultman has a brand new line of bedlinen which she created with the land of nod. designs include guitars, apples, fabulous shaped cushions, and a floral inspired by amsterdam. all the designs can be viewed online at the land of nod here. there is also an excellent interview with suzy and a sneak peak of her studio online at the chronicle blog. suzy has also designed a series of

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

A DESIGN ROUND UP......

today im taking the opportunity to post a round up of some of the things i have been meaning to blog for ages. one of them is these lovely illustrations discovered on the tipitipi website. above is a gallery artwork by bettony may created for a stamping project. below are illustrations by aliette, jill bliss and a print from the tipitipi shop. below : victoria snape is a a surface pattern and

CARDS - melodika

melodika is a striking new range of cards illustrated by chad woodward and published by urban graphic. chad is based in bath in the uk and has merged his love of music with a scandinavian folk style in this collection of six cards. the designs were showcased at PG live in may and can be seen online here at urban graphic.

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

DECOR - clarke & clarke

clarke & clarke was founded in 1999 and is family run by brothers duncan and lee Clarke. they've since gone on to be recognised as a leading comapny in high quality fabrics and wallcoverings. i had a lovely time looking around their pattern collections online here and picked out a few faves.

PAPERCHASE - storesnaps

some more snapshots today taken in paperchase's main flagship store on tottenham court road in london. i browsed the shop looking for new items we havent seen before as well as noting some brands still popular such as sukie and donna wilson. im sorting out my pictures now of the new season designs from the press show but in the meantime here are some pieces already instore.

GRAFFITI FYA

EGZIST - EXIST

GRAFFITI SUC

RACX

SIRE

IGNORANT STYLE

ARLEM 42

KECHO

HALF BUFFED

DESIGNER - milkymoon

rachel stone from sydney, australia is an exhibiting artist as well as an illustrator and graphic designer who works under the name milkymoon. rachel is inspired by nature and often uses plants, birds, cloudscapes and animals in her designs. you can contact rachel via milkymoon regarding design or see her art pieces online here.

Monday, July 18, 2011

PAPERCHASE - greetings cards

visiting the paperchase A/W show last week gave me the opportunity afterwards to browse their card department at tottenham court road which is surely the best selection of cards in london. these were some of the designs that caught my eye, especially these cute figures (above & below) by blanca gomez at lagom. below that are several retro cards by 'ink' a new label from publisher paperlink. also

DESIGNER - jo's print design

jo haffenden is a textile designer who has worked mainly in children's wear graphics for esprit, and selling designs to clients such as gap, M&S, paul smith, and mothercare. she is now branching more into surface design and concentrating on techniques like screenprinting and embroideries. check out jo's portfolio online here.

40 Sets of Free Social Media Icons

(By Vandelay Design )

Designers love free icon sets. Having quality icons can help to make a site’s design look complete, and can also help with the usability of the site. Social media icons are some of the most commonly used icons, especially in blog design.
Fortunately, there are a number of free sets of quality social media icons. In this post we’ll feature 40 social media icon sets from various designers. Click on the links to be led to the source where the icons can be downloaded. As always when you are dealing with freebies, check the terms and conditions to be sure that you’re using them in a way that is allowed by the designer.
ElegantThemes Social Media Icons