DESIGNERS - mingla

stockholm based mingla design produce great patterns on fabric, oilcloth and laminated birch trays. jenny mahler uniyal and ann charlotte ridderstolpe are also stylists so its no suprise they have a stylish website to display their wares. i couldnt resist these two images below from their magazine press section, as they have such beautifully put together swatches and colours.

DESIGNER - sanna annukka

there have been lots of new additions up on sanna annuka's website - including a new pattern section to her portfolio. there's also a new "germany only" keane single out, and a series of illustrations for wallpaper magazine.

BEDLINEN - roomMate

striking red cushions (above) and kids bedlinen (below) from danish designers roomMate. apart from the 'moody mule' design they've also designed an entire 'zoo' collection of other animals.

DESIGNER - susanne schjerning

ive recently been looking at lots of designs from denmark, sweden, and finland. so for the next few days print & pattern will be going scandinavian. starting with these beautiful fabric prints by danish designer susanne schjerning.

CERAMICS - malene helbak

last week we looked at the work of mette scherning, and today we are looking at the works of her some time collaborater malene helbak. danish designer malene has a truly gorgeous style that manages to be bright and colourful whilst remaining refreshingly simple.

RICE - not by hanna

in an update to last weeks 'rice' picnicware posting post, i was asking if this print was by hanna werning. many thanks to kelly hyatt for dropping me a line. kelly regularly works with hanna , and he asked her if she had produced anything for rice. the answer was no - hence this design must be some kind of tribute to hanna's style.

it depends which way you look at it - either a homage to her influence on print fashion, or a rip-off ?

TEATOWELS - skinny la minx

have you seen these beautiful teatowels by skinny la minx on etsy ?. priced at just $10, this lovely design called eep !, has been screenprinted on to cotton hopsack by heather moore, and there are cushions coming soon. heather has been a loyal reader and commentator here on print & pattern and ive always found her blog to be really interesting as she works in so many different mediums. as well as her hand made goods on etsy heather is the queen of cut-outs and a fabulous illustrator. check here for skinny la minx on etsy shop and on blogger.

WALL DECALS - wallies

i really liked some of the new motifs on these wall decals by wallies, especially the cute apples and bird designs.

PATTERN - flasks

i love this pattern left by swiss flask company sigg.

ILLUSTRATION - robinsons

in an update to the robinsons ads - thanks to lucinda c for letting us know they were illustrated by adrian johnson (see some of his other work above). if you're in the UK, you may have noticed these adverts for robinsons appearing in the press and in magazines. they're really sweet and have a touch of japanese cute about them. see the accompanying tv ad here.

CERAMICS - mette scherning

i found the work of mette scherning through marie's butik (via decor8) and thought although it is fantastically beautiful jewellery it also has a lot of inspiration to offer the 2d designer. these stylised floral motifs are just brilliant and the colours really fresh.

P.S its a bank holiday in the UK this weekend so hope to see you all on tuesday.

PICNICWARE - rice

lovely patterns on picnicware and paperplates from danish company rice. im not sure if the platter at the top of the post and the paper cups left are by hanna werning or not ,but they do look like her style. if anyone knows whether hanna has designed this collection for rice please feel free leave a comment. thankyou :)

ILLUSTRATION - geos

nice graphic flowers in illustrations by pernilla lonhage.

ILLUSTRATION - isa form

with these delightful childrens prints from isa form the customer is involved in the creative process, you can choose the colourway, the text, and a frame, making it a truly personal gift. illustrated by isabelle norman, click the website to see more of her lovely work.

SCRAPBOOK - new designs

a couple of new designs from imagination project.

ILLUSTRATION - new magazine

okido is a new bi-monthly magazine for 2-7 year olds, but it also has enormous appeal to illustrators and designers. its so stylish looking that it even confused the staff at borders who have put it in the design section instead of the childrens dept. each issue costs £3.00 in borders or click the website for subscription details.

CARD - cups & mugs

this is a nice ideas from carlton cards - on the front with the lovely decorated cups are the words 'lets meet up' and inside '.....for drinks and a chat'.

DESIGNER - new patterns

the brilliant carrie ruby has added a few new patterns to her carrieayn website.

CUTE ONLINE SHOP - seamripper

ive been looking again at one of my fave websites seamripper. its not just the cute designs of the online shop and the super sweet illustrations, but the overall look and feel of kathleen habbleys website that i love. ive posted before on kathleens cool CV, but if you havent seen it before its brilliant. it has certainly inspired me to make an illustrated CV for myself.

VINTAGE FABRIC - smil

blogging definately links design throughout the world now, better than ever before. through decor8 highlighting new online marketplace dawanda, i was immediately drawn to this apple print from from smil and i found out they already had linked to here and enjoy print & pattern. take a look here a smil's website to see some cute vintage fabrics, and also have fun checking out this new european version of etsy - dawanda.

FLICKR - thankyou

huge thanks to everyone who visited my new flickr site yesterday. over 2400 of you decided to check it out, and the welcome was pretty warm - thankyou so much. this was the most popular picture of the day - a photograph of one of my ideas folders.

CARDS - the art file

i love this range of cards from ally gore and rob reader - many of them have cutout areas with print inside creating cool 3d effects. click to see the collection at the art file.

CARDS - amanda dilworth

more cards from the art file, this time by amanda dilworth.

FLICKR - print & pattern

you may have noticed in the left hand column a box for the flickr website. ive finally gotten around to loading up some of the many photos ive taken for print & pattern. i'll be gradually adding more pictures and sorting them into sets. hopefully it will become a nice additional resource library to accompany this blog. so far im only adding pictures ive taken myself - click here to check it out.

ALICE STEVENSON - cards & wrap

ive featured alice stevenson's sophistcated illustrations here on P+P before, but the good news is that now alice's work is available on cards & gift wrap from art angels. art angels is a card publishing business with lots of great artists, including angie lewin (see next post). shop owners can contact them for wholesale, they have agents all over the world, or to find a retailer near you visit art angels website.

below - 2 designs available as wrapping paper.

ANGIE LEWIN - books & notecards

also from art angels is the work of another print & pattern fave angie lewin. in the art angels collection are notebooks, notecards and greetings cards.

if you like angie lewin's work you might also like these prints by clare curtis also from art angels.

CARDS - la familia green

one to watch at this years national stationery show in new york are la familia green. nice cards and some unusual and quirky ideas (especially the william or harry card).

DESIGNER - gillian blease

today im paying tribute to the brilliant artwork of artist gillian blease. we've seen her work before on P+P with the tablemats she did for jenny duff. gillian works as a freelance illustrator mainly on editorial work for magazines and newspapers. click here to see gillian's website for more information.

EXHIBITION - karin akesson

currently running on a wall outside the changing rooms in top shop, oxford circus, london you'll see a lovely exhibition of works by karin akesson . the middle floor of the fashion superstore has no natural light, so my photos above are a bit of a strange colour. hence,below, ive been to karin's website to see how good they look in detail. if you're around top shop pop in and take a look, but im not sure when the exhibition ends though.

PICNICWARE - john lewis

summer melamine picnicware at john lewis has a lush green feel with these 'amazon' leaf designs. as spied in the window of the oxford street store.

STATIONERY - ecojot

remember the ecojot notepads featured a couple of weeks ago, well designer carolyn gavin has sent over some great images of their fantastic cover designs for notebooks. if you missed the press release the basic points were that they are 100% recycled - so NO NEW TREES were used, they are biodegradeble - including inks and glue, and they are not made in sweat shops but in canada. i love the choices for cover designs, especially the birds and owls above. click here for the ecojot website.

ILLUSTRATION - tsk tsk