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In February this year, Italy enjoyed the launch of ‘Nutella Unica’. 7 million Nutella jars were put on sale, each of them with a one-of-a-kind patterned label.
The interesting thing here is that each and every one of these unique patterns was designed by one algorithm.
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Less than 4 years ago I was right in the middle of having our family home extended. I was in charge of sourcing all the new fittings, including kitchen, lighting, wall tiles and flooring.
One of the most difficult things to find was vinyl flooring designs that didn’t suck… Oh, how I wish Atrafloor had existed back then!
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I’m always on the lookout for gorgeously patterned products, not only for myself and my home but to share with you, my beloved Pitter Pattern reader, because if you’re here you most likely love patterns, on anything and everything, just like me…
One home decor product that everyone loves and that shows off surface designs beautifully is the ubiquitous cushion. Small, medium or large; square, rectangular or circular; no matter how you like them, they’re always great at bringing dull and lifeless house corners back to beauty.
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I remember a few years ago when I started designing patterns… It was a fairly steep learning curve to learn all the pattern making techniques. I wished then that we, budding surface pattern designers, had more affordable resources to help us take those first steps, design patterns easily and see results a bit quicker.
Times have changed and surface pattern design has become more popular, thus more and more resources are being created that help us streamline the pattern design process, e.g. the pattern maker feature in Adobe Illustrator. In this post, I’ll share with you some of these resources…
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If you like geometric patterns, bold colours and retro-inspired design, you might like this 80s wallpaper range from Murals Wallpaper.
These wallpapers are inspired by the post-modernist style of the Memphis design movement of the early 80s.
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