GEOMETRICS

i love these fantastic patterns for wallpaper from tampa based designer given campbell. given has just signed a licensing deal with studio printworks , and has plans for more patterned products to come.

japanese cute

its supercute overload at tottemo, a superb little website for sweet illustrations and products. i found it through yesterdays featured designer shoko sugiyama, who through her label popover has collaborated with tottemo. for an explanation in english about the tottemo concept click here.

OCTOBER 31

seeing as its october 31st, halloween images from tottemo.

shoko sugiyama

todays posts are all featuring the stunning work of japanese designer shoko sugiyama. because of the language barrier i dont know too much about this young lady, except that she is fabulously talented and i love all her work ! visit her website here at popover.

i heart popover

some of the products seen on popover including great badges, textiles and stationery.

THINK PINK DAY

today is wear it pink day here in the UK, everyone is wearing something pink in order to raise awareness for breast cancer and raise cash to search for a cure. so in celebration everything on print & pattern today is PINK. above vintage stamp from ciel post, badges from sudio mik mik, and fabric from amy butler. below cushion from mozi designs.

PINK DAY 2006

above top luscious lampshades from miss print, and misc pattern from flickr, below pink pattern from ray fenwick.
above top, cushions from clarissa hulse (left) and calver wilson (right)

then illustrations from lucy jane bachelor (left) and clare nicolson (right) all from not on the high street. below wallpaper from twenty2.

PINK FABRICS

above two designs from repro depot, below dots, hearts and cherries from J & O fabrics.
above, four designs from interior mall, and below, two from michael miller.

PINK and black

black & pink patterns from habitat (above) and heals (below).

fabric for the chair is by chivasso (ref: ch2279)

printed accessories

room recipes is a great little website that offer the current trends in a complete package. they currently offer six different looks, above is 'summer lights' and below 'sweet vintage', and the kits include all the accessories such as vases and cushions, plus fabric & wallpaper swatches to complete the look.
check the website to see the other trends ( like these cool cushions below )

letterpress cards

beautiful cards from egg press from their website - and online at orange lola.

nono

cushions in 'wonderland' fabric from nono.

rug designs

great geometrics and colours on rugs from helen yardley.

graphic cards

tina from soo hoo on paper left a comment yesterday inviting us to view her great range of cards. there is a graphic style card for just about every occassion on her website and some unusual christmas cards.
soo hoo on paper also have a cafepress site where you can get notebooks, bags and this dotty mouse mat.

patterns

i love the simplicity of these patterns on cards, also from soo hoo on paper.

vintage style

new designs with a vintage flavour - from the laundry.

high street christmas

christmas on the high street is never as exciting as in the boutiques, but here are a few interesting designs from marks & spencer and john lewis.

fabric prints

sandie from robert kaufman fabrics emailed to tell me about the weather in vegas, and what better excuse is needed to check out some of the designs where she works. theres plenty to browse on the site, these were just some that caught my eye.

ILLUSTRATION

gorgeous designs from australian illustrator from simone jessup.

christmas cards

very sweet christmas cards (above) from freckleface designs, and some of their other cute designs below. based in nottingham 'freckleface' is tania lambert, who is the Winner of the Sir Paul Smith Enterprise Award, October 2006.

cute stationary

supercute designs from letterspace paper.

cool christmas

letterspace paper also have a fantastic christmas selection.

woodland fabric

there was quite a lot of interest in the skeletal trees fabric i snapped in a store the other week, so i went back on saturday to check who it was by. its called 'woodland' from the whisper collection by prestigious textiles (who were featured here back in april). the pictures i took below show three different colourways, and the images from their website above show an large scale version.

new york paperie

i just wanted to give all readers a heads up that next month there will be no posts after november 10th as im heading off on holiday to america for a few weeks. i'll be visiting new york, las vegas, and san francisco. i was thrilled to see that my new york hotel is close to kate's paperie - so this will be a must see for me. i know that there are lots of US readers out there and wondered if i could ask a favour ? can anyone who lives in any of these cities give me an idea of the temperatures i can expect there during november ?. im guessing a big coat for new york ? but how about nevada or california ?. when i visited new york previously it was the coldest ive ever been in my life (that was thanksgiving week of 1993 !). any info or local knowledge will be greatly appreciated, especially in knowing what to pack in my case !

all images from kate's paperie, except american vintage mug from american square.

prints

printed patterns from cozygen. graphic postcards above, and i really like the fresh looking tea towels below.

autumn prints

new season prints at franc franc.

homewares

its nice sometimes to take a look at the homewares of other countries to try and get a fresh perspective. a colleague recently showed me a german catalogue from impressionen.

graphic christmas

there are lots of stunning christmas cards and wrap up on the luxe paperie site. the top card using holly is from pinkerton designs and the above snowflakes from 9spotmonk. all designs below are by hello! lucky .

graphic christmas 2

more great christmas wrap from luxe paperie by snow & graham.

AND ALSO.....christmas cards designed by UK company peagreen - as found at intrecs store.

christmas fabrics

and even more graphic style on christmas fabrics from reprodepot.

cushions & mugs

prints from kiss on cushions, plus interesting placement motifs on mugs & cups. i love the woodland one above which is by cement design who also did the fabulous mug designs featured back in july.

rugs

rugs with floral and foliage silhouettes from room elements.

rug patterns

two nice patterns, from rugs by warp & weft.

designer graphics

illustrations and works by genevieve gaukler.

cute boutique

a selection of bright and fun patterns from super cute copacetique. this is the kind of design that can lift your spirits, and yet ticks trend boxes for featuring birds, chandeliers, and yellow. the notebooks are covered in designs by the amazing etsuko furuya. copacetique's website is really gorgeous and a great place to browse.

cool cushions

thomas paul comes up trumps again with 'on trend' designs featuring birds and top fashion colour yellow. his last collection proved very influential here in the UK and im sure these new designs will have the same effect. top blog designsponge is currently hosting a thomas paul competition to replace ugly pillows with beautiful ones. winners will be announced tommorow.

habitat prints

nice kitchen textiles and unusual lampshades that are designed for kids but could appeal to all ages. the penguin one could be good for christmas. as seen on the habitat website.

store snaps

todays posts are all showing various prints & patterns that caught my eye whilst out and about shopping this weekend. above bits and pieces from next, including a lovely graphic flower print. below flasks, frames and candle tins from tiger.
below black & white ceramic designs from john lewis and homebase. floral mugs also from homebase. followed by textile prints all seen in debenhams.

fabric shop

also seen this weekend a selection of fabrics, woodland and trees are a now a real emerging motif trend here in the UK.