Excuse the dust! I’m rebuilding Pitter Pattern from the ground up to bring it into the 21st century… Easier to navigate and packed with resources that are actually useful. That’s why things look a little bare at the moment.
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Almost 3 years ago some of my work got chosen to be featured in The Pattern Base book, a fabulous project dreamed up by Kristi O’Meara from ‘The PatternBase’. You can read the original post here.
‘The Pattern Base: Over 550 contemporary textile and surface designs’ is a book, as it name suggests, crammed with beautiful full-colour images of textile, surface & print designs by over 150 artists and designers from all around the world. It’s a collection of gorgeousness and delight!
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As a colour obsessed person, I’m always interested in learning more about the psychology of colours, the hows and the whys of its infinite uses. That’s why I would like to share this Kissmetrics infographic with you all – ‘How do colours affect purchases?’.
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How sweet are these?!?
These amazing installations are the work of Australian artist Tanya Schultz (aka Pip & Pop). She uses mainly sugar on her displays, creating the most wonderful & magical fantasy worlds! She also uses glitter, candy, plastic flowers, everyday craft materials and a variety of objects found on her travels.
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WHO:
Bård Sandemose (aka Dukepope), a Norwegian illustrator, graphic designer/artist.
WHAT:
His designs can be found on wristwatches at May28th.me, on wallets and iPhone cases at Crispy Wallet, as digital downloads through Shutterstock, and on a range of different products through his shops at Society6 and Redbubble.
Issue 7 of Moyo magazine is out now!
Moyo is the world’s first magazine dedicated to surface pattern design, brought to you by the founders of The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design and Make it in Design, Beth Nicholls and Rachael Taylor (Moyo is Japanese for ‘pattern’ and is pronounced mo-yor). Best of all, it’s completely free. Read on…
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