TEA TOWELS - patapri

i saw these wonderful tea towel prints by patapri on holly's amazing decor8 blog. i know they've been blogged quite a bit lately, but they are so good i just couldnt resist a post. they are available for sale on patapri's etsy shop priced at just $14.50, a great price for a hand printed design. see great photos and the full range of gorgeous prints here. absolutely brilliant.

PICNICWARE - jonathan adler

it was such a great week for patterns over at decor8 last week, as you know ive been looking out for melamine designs recently and holly also had news of jonathan adlers new range of picnicware.

BHS - shop online

at last BHS (british home stores) have launched an online shopping website so you can now browse and buy from home. it is early days though so expect more products to follow as it grows. i fell for this aqua blossom textile shower curtain, which cost me just £15.00. other areas to watch are the kelly hoppen lines, remember the kh home launch featured here back in november?. below are a few choice prints from the all new bhs website.

PLACEMENT PRINTS - t-shirts

its 24 degrees and sunny here in the UK, so print & pattern today is all about t-shirts. one of the best graphic tee websites has got to be threadless. not only can you browse the great designs (in glorious close up !), but you can also vote on submissions - plus theres the thrill of thinking one day you might enter a design yourself. im really keen on this design below called 'understanding birdsong' by raid 71 - if you like it, why not vote here. if you dont have time to visit the site here are some of my top picks of interesting illustrations.

T SHIRT PRINTS - for kids

more great t shirt motifs, this time for smaller people by glug baby.

T-SHIRTS - graniph tokyo

i saw this lovely illustration above on i make things which i found through a blog called dots & spaces . it was commissioned for graniph, another t-shirt site well worth a peek.

DECALS - lamb lamb

i have to admit that dressing my ipod nano is a bit of a preoccupation - i love to cover things with pattern. ive featured quite a few covers, cases, and skins here on P+P, but new to me are ipod decals. i love this whole concept by lamb lamb who have some fabulous designs in their range. im particularly keen on the pink flowers above that look so striking on silver and black nanos. lamb lamb also have decals for the motorola razr and nintendo ds.

FASHION PRINTS - birds

2 cute bird prints seen in clothing store dorothy perkins.

ILLUSTRATION - charley harper

if you're looking to design with birds then be inspired by the works of legendary illustrator charley harper. there are two great websites of his work to view here and here.

SUMMER PICNICWARE

im still excited to see all the picnicware ranges that are launching this season. including this floral melamine picnic plate from tesco at just 87p!. below a picture from their website of the creative tops range.

PICINCWARE - fat face

i saw this lovely graphic set in the window of fat face - its from their 'any place' range and the pattern is called 'out there'. a cool alternative to high street or supermarket ranges.

CARDS - the paper princess

i love this fantastic new stationery from the paper princess. based in L.A, leslie is now in her 5th year of creating beautiful cards and stationery, many inspired by her love of mexico. whats so amazing is that she fits this business in between her real job of being a teacher and raising three children. besides the main website you can also buy paper princess cards on etsy.

PAPER CREATION

new tree designs at japanese site paper creation.

ILLUSTRATION - pop over

new illustrations up on the excellent pop over website by shoko sugiyama.

STATIONERY - mmmg

graphic design and stationery meet in perfect harmony with these products by millimeter milligram. check their website mmmg to see more from the korean based studio.

PATTERNED ELECTRICALS

remember the lg washing machines produced in association with designers guild........well on a smaller scale but just at interesting are these limited edition vertical toasters from franc franc.

SCRAPBOOK PAPER - dream street

lovely patterns from scrapbook papers by dream street papers.

CLOCKS - karlsson

i love these bold patterns on clocks by karlsson. more evidence of a trend for bright colours on black grounds.

CARDS - art school girl

i love these vintage notelets and fabric bird cards from art school girl. check the website to see amy rowan's unique stationery lines.

thanks to dawn for the tip off.

FABRICS - orla kiely

you can make your own creations with these orla kiely fabrics (available in a limited quantity) from tinsmiths. £35 per metre for canvas or oilcloth.

PICNICWARE - next

these were the window displays at 'next' this week, where their new red picnicware was launched. a nice bold graphic flower print that strangely enough also has matching bedlinen.

STORE VISIT - the hambledon

outside of london there is an amazing shop in my home county of hampshire. the hambledon in winchester is a beautiful shop where you can see a lot of great designs under one roof. in london you would have to trawl around many different shops to see all these brands but in the hambledon you can just step across the store. so who do they stock ? well the list is huge but to name a few : cath kidston, orla kiely, sukie, and atelier lzc. new arrivals in at the moment include : at the top of the post, foil embossed sketchbooks from luckybird, and further below knitted egg cosies from black rabbit. also new, and featured above, an address book from sukie. if you can i really recommend a visit to the shop, there are many different departments and you can get stylish gifts here for men, women, children, and home.

URBAN OUTFITTERS - visit

next up a few snaps taken in urban outfitters on oxford street. there was a real 80's vibe running through the store including lots of neon colours. thankfully the cushion prints remain a little more sedate with yellow being the hot colour of the season.

URBAN OUTFITTERS - online

also from urban outfitters online in the uk, sticker wall clock & singing bird, funky melamine plates, and mibo mugs.

CARDS GALORE - visit

today im posting up more store snaps from various diffrent shops around london. beginning with a selection of designs from 'cards galore' at marylebone station. the top three are designs by clare maddicott.

TOPSHOP - visit

topshop at oxford circus has been decorated with gorgeous orla kiely wallpaper , and below merchandising graphics forming a cool repeat pattern. at the bottom a few accessories including a miffy bowl and nice umbrella print.

VARIOUS - store snaps

above : cards seen in waterstones bookshop. below : a selection of mugs from john lewis.

above & below gift bags from john lewis.

above : sukie box set from the GTC, sloane square. below interesting patterns on bookcovers from the riba bookshop, chelsea harbour.

SCRIBBLER

cards and wrap as spyed in scribbler, on the kings road.

SAINSBURYS - visit

today im posting some snaps taken in the supermarkets. starting with sainsburys. featuring cards, wrap and stationery plus some pictures from their easter promotion and a couple of things from homewares .

TESCO - visit

next up a few bits and pieces are from tesco. they've just launched new stationery ranges, including : above a masculine geometric design and a feminine floral design. the black background of the blossom design, with brights on top ties in with current trends seen in paperchase.

ASDA - visit

as soon as the easter weekend arrives that generally means the new season picnicware will hit the shops. this year asda seem to have taken inspiration from both missoni and tord boontje for their latest designs.

PAPERCHASE - shopping basket

continuing on from yesterdays theme, here are some things ive purchased in paperchase lately.

RANDOM PURCHASES

here are some other random prints ive picked up lately : above and below polyprop notebooks from woolworths.

below : lovely woodland gift wrap by penny kennedy as purchased in cards galore, paddington.

above & below, wrapping paper from cargo homeshop.

below : apple mug from john lewis.

above : dotty polyprop notebook, and below scandinavian paper napkins, both from sainsbury's.

below : wallpaper from B&Q.

FASHION PRINTS

a few fashion prints seen in debenhams.

PAPERCHASE - a store visit

this week im going to report on some of my shopping trips, and some of the patterns that are to be found on the high street. kicking off with a visit to paperchase in tottenham court road. this is my favourite shop, and regular readers will know im a huge fan. they are loads of stand alone branches and concessions in borders, but the tottenham court branch is their flagship. it has three large stories of top notch homewares, art, craft & design equipment, and of course papergoods. have a virtual browse around now with my spy snaps, and if you can, visit a paperchase soon. also this week i'll report what was in my paperchase shopping basket, and tommorow im in the supermarkets hunting for more print & pattern.

PAPERCHASE - store visit contd.

the latest paperchase promotions include 'home on 1' where the entire first floor has been given over to homewares - including the latest fashion wall decals. (image above). the other campaign they've had running during the easter school holidays was 'go bananas'. a series of cute style accessories featuring a funky chimp. they have a scrapbooking dept on the 2nd floor where they stock papers, stickers etc.

DESIGNER - ann kelle

kelle boyd of ann kelle designs launched her range at the national stationery show in new york last year, and now sells in various boutiques across the USA . kelle's designs must have gone down really well at the show because from that she had commissions from target, barnes and noble, and QVC amongst others. she has lots of beautiful designs in fab colour palettes that you can buy on cards and stationery. see the stockist page of her website or contact kelle to discuss commissions.

URBAN OUTFITTERS - spring

the new spring pieces came onto urban outfitters whilst in was in the middle of a two week kids report so i was unable to post them up. so a little bit late here are a few things that caught my eye from the spring launch.

CARDS - sprinkles invitations

all these wonderful designs are from cards by sprinkles invitations. there are many different styles of invite available, for weddings, parties and new babies, you can even have them printed with your details. i love the die cut cards which are particularly striking. sprinkles are designed by mary young who is based in austin texas. click here to have a browse round the website or see their extensive stockists list.

DESIGNER - lotta kuhlhorn

there's a scandinavian flavour to all of todays posts and to start us off : lots of things have happened over at lotta kuhlhorn's website since we last reported on her back in may 06. gorgeous new eye candy from the brilliant stockholm based graphic designer includes tile patterns, book covers, and trays.

TEXTILES - NON STOP DESIGN

lovely swedish designs from textlie designer lena hakanson of non stop design. (among lisa's many clients are ikea)

CERAMICS - studio magenta

ceramics with lovely simple motifs from veronica fransson at studio magenta.

STATIONERY - book covers

way back in october last year i featured a 'designers needed' add for the rag & bone bindery to create a new range to show at the new york international gift fair in january. luckily they had lots of response and these beautiful books are the result. they havent named the chosen designer as far as i know, but we do know that they are from california and they are highly talented. the rag & bone blog is always interesting to read, and you can see all the pics from the show here. or buy these beautiful books from their website here.

GIFT WRAP - whimsy press

wonderful high quality wrapping paper from ad agency turned paper designers whimsy press.

NEW PRODUCTS - mozi designs

i last reported on the wonderful mozi designs after i saw them last september at the top drawer autumn exhibition where i felt they were the 'best in show'. they've recently added some new pieces to the collection which are equally as lovely. there are mouse mat notepads, which are a great idea and come with 50 tear off sheets, origami soaps with pretty packaging, and pefumed candles in stylish patterned boxes.

SHOPPING SNAPS

im still getting around to sorting out my photos that i snap as i shop, so i thought i'd post a few more up today. above is a nice black & white display as seen in john lewis. below fun plastic cups with vintage motif, henry road cushions, & geometric beakers spotted in indian summer on fulham road.

above japanese blossoms on new tableware in whittards of chelsea. below, a great new range of cards in at clintons with an interesting colour palette and nice graphics.

other things that caught my eye were : above, window graphics and gift bag above from waterstones, below diaries and vintage style gift packaging from wh smiths.

finally butterfly stationary from pepperpot and perfume packaging from next.

NEW DESIGNS -henry road

in the above post we mentioned henry road cushions, and coincidentally after i took the pictures in fulham i was contacted by paula from henry road about the new summer designs. good news for us in the UK is that they will be exhibiting at pulse in london this june. click here to see their website or for their current london stockist click to see indian summer.

NEW PRINTS - modern dose

new artworks and chain link coasters now in at moderndose.

HAPPY EASTER

its the easter holidays here in the UK and we all look forward to 4 days holiday. so to round up print & pattern this week, ive had a close look at the john lewis easter range, and to start here are a few choice easter inspirations. including (above) orla kiely chocolate egg with mug and cath kidston egg cosies. followed by knitted eggs in box from mahar dry goods, and below hen nest egg storer from emma bridgewater.

SEE YOU ON TUESDAY 10th APRIL.

EASTER - john lewis

these are some photographs i took of the 2007 easter range at john lewis . luckily for me everything was in the window at the peter jones branch so i could easily snap away at all the lovely gifts and cards. the designers have done a terrific job this year.

EASTER CARDS

gorgeously cute easter cards from rock scissor paper.

LONDON DESIGN WEEK - osborne & little

its part three of london design week, and we begin today with osborne & little. like designers guild this is another of the 'off piste' showrooms that is not actually in chelsea harbour. instead you'll find it opposite dg on the king's road. my favourite design here for both trend and colour was the yellow flower print called 'quinta'shown at the top of the post.

LONDON DESIGN WEEK - colefax & fowler

the colefax & fowler showroom is home to the brands jane churchill, manuel canovas, and larsen. the wintertree wallpaper, from larsen at the top of the post was especially notable as a trend we've been following for a while now here at p+p for bare tree motifs.

LONDON DESIGN WEEK -harlequin

harlequin harris is an excellent showroom packed full of great patterns, but it also one of the smallest in chelsea harbour, making it far too crowded and cramped to see the beautiful designs at their best. hence a slight lack of images. this year they had used their wallpaper designs in the windows to make cool faux lampshades.

LONDON DESIGN WEEK - misc

a round up of miscellaneous photos taken at the show.

LONDON DESIGN WEEK - peter jones

as part of london design week peter jones always lay on a good window display at the sloane square department store. the green theme of the show was carried through here as well. teamed up with browns and creams for a fresh spring look. also featured was plenty of pale blue & brown.

LONDON DESIGN WEEK - villa nova

my london design week report continues today with villa nova (a brand from top fabric company romo). the romo showroom is my favourite at chelsea harbour and now with this brilliant new villa nova collection in there as well, its amazing. i had a total pattern adrenalin overload as i walked in the door. the designers at romo/villa nova are fantastic. i wish i knew more about this person or team, wouldnt it be great to read an interview with them !

LONDON DESIGN WEEK - romo

next up, and still in the same showroom here are some images from the new romo collections. there were some fab new additions, and lots of the same great colour palettes as we saw in the autumn show - yellow& grey, red & taupe, and striking black & white. another brand from the same stable to look out for is kirkby house.

LONDON DESIGN WEEK - borderline

great new floral prints on wallpaper, in the most unusual colour palettes by florence broadhurst as seen in the borderline showroom.

LONDON DESIGN WEEK - cole & son

new wallpaper designs from cole & son.

LONDON DESIGN WEEK - show report

im back after a weeks holiday feeling refreshed and ready to post my report on london design week. the show takes place twice a year in march & september and is the launchpad for all the top fabric & wallpaper companies new collections. i attended the show on tuesday 13th and took plenty of photos to show the patterns on display. the venue graphics this time had a green colour scheme and a bird & tree design. as usual all the lamposts in the area had cute little shades on. the venue is the chelsea harbour design centre, but showrooms on the kings road also take part and visitors are shuttled between them in courtesy transport. over the next few days i'll be posting up my show pictures.

LONDON DESIGN WEEK - designers guild

first up from the show is designers guild, who take part in london design week from their kings road showroom. inside its as if one of their brochures has come to life, if you were ever thinking of buying some DG products then a visit here would be essential. the way collections have been put together in displays is stunning. even the courtyard garden has been decorated. so sit back & enjoy two posts of designers guild magic.

LONDON DESIGN WEEK - dg part 2

more shots from in the fabulous designers guild store, kings road, london.