Inspiring : Nouveau Bohemian {surface design}

With a “background that is ridiculously unrelated to what I do now”, Esther Fallon Lau produces gorgeously diverse patterns, full of whimsical creatures and fairytale people in soft textures and colours. Under the name Nouveau Bohemian, she spreads her...

Inspiring : Sarah Bagshaw {surface design}

  It was while studying at art college that UK designer Sarah Bagshaw had her first serious encounter with pattern love. It all started when her Mum gave her some patterned 1960s bath towels that she’d had as a child; and Sarah’s work abruptly altered...

Inspiring : JulesAndInk {Julia Pellizzari}

Julia {aka JulesAndInk} Pellizzari’s favourite piece of advice was given to her when she was first venturing out into surface pattern design for herself. “I was reminded that no matter what, always keep moving forward with your passion and what it is you...

The best of 2014

Oh. My. Goodness. There goes another year….. in all its chaotic, mind-bending glory. Disappointments, epiphanies, and serious amounts of hard slog. I’m older and wiser. And clearer on what I need to do. And that’s awesomeness right there, even though...

Inspiring : Frances Boyd {surface design}

It was at the suggestion of a friend that Frances Boyd fell into surface design.”She suggested that as I was good at drawing and useless at sewing to delve into the world of surface pattern.”     After graduating with a degree in Textile Design,...