cool fabrics / illustration

one of the first things i posted here on P+P was the wonderful fabric of st.judes, i loved the simplicity of the prints and the fantastic illustrations of their designer of angela lewin. well now they're back with a new design and a nomination in the elle deco awards for best fabric. seedheads is the third pattern to be added to their excellent collection. click here for st.judes website and here for the work of angela lewin.

textile designs

virginia johnson is a wonderful canadian textile designer and illustrator with a fashion background. in 2005 she turned her talents to a home collection, and has just exhibited this month at the new york gift fair.

her designs are created using watercolours and are often based on organic patterns inspired by her travels.

catalogue

p.s click here to see the virginia johnson homewares catalogue.

soft designs

beautiful rugs and cushions from toronto based designer bev hisey

john derian

decoupage plates featuring beautiful birds and flowers by new york artist john derian. john also produces the most amazing seaweed images on trays.

kitchen patterns

super busy prints on a chopping board and a tray from kensal & gretel

wall art

these P.I.Y (paint it yourself) kits featuring dark and exotic florals are from uk company maisonette. you may have come across their canvases in the tate moden shop where they sell a range of tate exclusives.

rug designs

yellow and grey (predicted trend colours for 2007) feature on these contemporary rugs by kate blee, available from christopher farr's studio series.

collection

donapaula have taken a selection of fabric prints and put them on pillows, lampshades, and rugs. check out the website for more detailed images.

APOLOGIES

apologies to anyone who tuned into P+P earlier to see new posts - ive been having technical difficulties!. still it seems to be fixed, and im back to work after the last public UK holiday until christmas. we are finally kicking off the new week with these beautiful designs from rosehip cards. the designers are inspired by wallpaper and i think it shows in the wonderfully ornate patterns.

fabric swatches

cool fabrics from swedish company boras cotton but best seen at noasis.

retro cushions

if you are a fan of vintage fabrics from the 50's,60's, and 70's then take a look at the beautiful cushions available from refab.

stationery

stationery from claire fontaine available in selfridges.

marimekko mice

you've seen the fabrics, the tableware, bedlinen, etc but have you seen the marimekko computer accessories ?. their trademark prints are now available as these cool mice, that you can even set down on a marimekko mousemat. as seen at kokoyo . hopefully these will be available worldwide.
not from marimekko, but still very cool is this stem print mousemat, also from kokoyo.

cushions / pillows

fab designer clare nicolson has just launched a new range of digitally printed cushions.

called mini cushions, these 14"x14" designs cost £40 each.

vintage mugs

be inspired by these fabulous vintage motifs on pyrex & fire king mugs. as seen on a cool little website from japan called mugshop.

graphic knits

one designer who finds inspiration in vintage ceramics and 70's style graphics is michelle over at mod to modern who creates these cool recycled sweaters in vancouver.

postcards

beautiful postcards from mocchi mocchi.

conran prints

its a holiday weekend here in the UK so i'll be back on tuesday for another week of pattern posts. for now i thought i'd leave you with a few snaps of jasper conran prints as seen in debenhams.

cards

im looking at cards again today on P+P. starting with these simple, beautiful, organic designs by bookhou. this toronto based husband & wife team have been fairly well blogged lately, but i just had to show these cards. click here to see the full range of stationery, plus homewares.

contemporary

i love these wonderful cards from 1201 AM, especially the contrast between the cool graphic patterns of the background and the plain linear drawings of the birds. for me they manage to look cool, contemporary & smart, yet cute as well. 1201 AM is the work of graphic designer laurie forehand, and the brand name refers to the first minute of the day.

florals

i first heard about herman yu's cards through designsponge's fabulous ICFF report. this seattle based designer produces great shadow print designs and colourful florals on cards and calendars.

bold

lovely bold designs from brenna giannini at sugar lily.

scrap papers

these are fantastic patterns on scrapbook papers from imagination project. this terrific website offers hours of fun browsing through the different categories. i couldnt stop choosing my faves hence there are so many posted here.

more paper prints

i couldnt resist - a few more great scrapbook papers from imagination project.

placement prints

cute little bits and pieces as seen on japanese site chottofutto .

tableware

cool contemporary prints on tableware, from good old marks & spencer.

neisha crosland

a selection of patterns featured on fabric, wallpaper, fashion, and stationery by neisha crosland.

ps. click here to see an apartment designed by neisha and her sister charlotte

fabric swatch

featured today just because its beautiful, a fabric i saved along time ago, (i think its no longer available) from the magnificent repro depot.

new print book

regular readers will know that my favourite patttern designer is orla kiely, just one of the many great designers featured in 'print in fashion'. this fabulous book by marnie fogg features work & interviews with many of todays top print people : orla, neisha crosland, ann-louise roswald, eley kishimoto, paul smith, and tons more. it gives inside info on the process and inspiration for the designs. i bought it in waterstones for £17.99 and its worth every penny. i'd rate it 10 out of 10. plus its an absolute steal on amazon at the moment just £11.97 !. i cannot recommend this book highly enough. if you love print & pattern you must get this book !
above, the work of orla kiely- below ann-louise roswald
above and below, alexander henry fabrics.
above , 'countdown' by alexander henry, below two from eley kishimoto.
all images taken from 'print in fashion' by marnie fogg. ISBN07134 9012 8.

ILLUSTRATION DAY 2

its illustration day 2, and these birds are the beautifully drawn work susie ghahremani, who is the talented artist behind boy girl party. here you'll find susie's work on cards,bags,badges & mirrors.

intricate

this is the wonderful & intricate work of stockholm based illustrator maja sten.

cute

im just mad about cute illustration, and it doesnt come much cuter than seamripper. i love the look & feel of this website, especially kathleen's illustrated profile. wouldnt it be brilliant if all our CVs looked like this ?.

bold

the dark backgrounds give lucy vigrass' work a distinctive look. very atmospheric.

delicate

pretty florals from artist & illustrator jen lewis . jen also has a cafe press shop here

graphic

finally i couldnt take a look at the world of illustration without including the genius of bo lundberg.

ILLUSTRATION DAY 1

im going to dedicate the next two days on print & pattern to illustration. ive got 10 artists so far that i'd love to feature, so i hope to do 5 today & another 5 tommorow so as not to cause excitment/information overload. first up its the fun & colourful work of yamauchi kazuaki.

weekend stroll

this is the wonderful work of rica takada, the tokyo based illustrator with a fabulous retro style.

rica's work is available on curtains, cushions, and canvases, and books.

stationery etc

its fabulous when an illustrators work is used for surface pattern design to create a whole range of interesting products. here the work of ed emberley can be found on everything from writing paper to laundry bins.

cute

super sweet illustrations from akemi tezuka.

birds

bird design from travis stearns , an illustrator who is still a student but launches a freelance career shortly.

designers

todays posts feature three very talented designers, co-incidently they are all called jill. first up its the wonderful jill bliss, who many of you will already know, but i thought it would be great to take stock of this brilliant portfolio of work. also i see a wide range of prints and illustrations but jill's are pretty unique.

letterpress

next up the most amazingly beautiful letterpress designs from jill deluce.

cards

our third jill is anoth