Small biz how to : Getting started in surface design Part 1 – image editing

surface design, tutorials

Getting started in surface design – Part 1 – Editing your images   Yes I’m back from holidays, and yes it was wonderful! This year I’m working to give you a bunch more practical and small biz-type information and tutorials, and I’m...

Surface design : Cressida Bell

surface design, the crafted object

Cressida Bell is an extraordinary artist for several reasons. A fabulously talented surface designer, she designs, paints and screen prints, producing a wide range of objects for the home, stationery, and accessories for men and women. AND she is also an utterly...

Surface design : Ottomanbrim

surface design

Tina Vey had been working for her husband, cartoonist P.C. Vey for about 10 years cleaning up his images in Photoshop, but hadn’t done anything creative for herself for a while and was feeling restless. She discovered Spoonflower almost two years ago, and got excited....

Surface Design : The amazing marbled papers of Renato Crepaldi

surface design

It’s not often that I introduce an artist’s work as ‘amazing’, but for Renato Crepaldi’s marbled papers, the term is well-deserved. The Brazilian artist uses the centuries-old technique to create glorious and deliciously complex patterns....

Surface design : dotdotdotDESIGN {Kit Davidson}

surface design

I love hearing stories from people who are at the beginning of their chosen career. The process of getting started is every bit as fascinating as the process of design: How Did They Do That? Kit Davidson of dotdotdotDESIGN  shares her insights on both; she only...

Surface design : KristopherK

surface design

A visit to the Liberty store in central London as a child was a seminal experience for Kris, aka KristopherK, surface pattern designer. It was a wonderland of fabric and pattern, and the romance of being in such a historic, architectural jewel of a building was not...