megan ashwell is a recent graduate from the swansea metropolitan university in wales. fresh from new designers in london and with a sparkling new website megan is all set up to begin her design career. delicate birds and florals and vintage inspired tea parties form the themes for two of her collections - as seen here.
catherine ann lewis is a 2010 graduate from the university of wales institute, cardiff studying for a (BA) hons in contemporary textiles practise. catherine's work for her final major project was called 'blodau les' (the flowers) and included a shabby chic style loveseat and several high end luxurious furnishing fabrics. her collection of hand printed fabrics and digitally produced wallpapers were inspired by a 'silent theatre' trend (quietly striking, sculptural, unobtrusive, calm and easy to appreciate) which are adapted with lace, florals and bright colour flashes.catherine is currently looking for work experience or work in the surface pattern / print area, whether for fabrics, wall coverings, wrapping paper or greeting cards. you can get in touch with her at cat_271187@hotmail.com 
new york based jennifer d'eugenio currently works in the field of design for children's clothing, and loves working as a mentor to other designers and college students. jennifer studied at the savannah college of art and design, and has worked designing children's (newborn/infant) clothes for target, oshkosh-b'gosh and now kahn lucas, as well as some freelance work for studios here and there. check out her portfolio online here.
chilean designer vicky zamora is planning to come to london next year to take some illustration courses and maybe some unpaid work experience or freelancing. if you like vicky's style and are looking to take students or interns in london next year then she'd love to hear from you via her blog here.
natalie turner appeared on print & pattern last year at the new designers exhibition in london. natalie has recently started an etsy shop selling her greetings cards designs.she loves colour and pattern and is inspired by anything from vintage lacework to sausage dogs. 
more big news for orla kiely fans - there are six brand new mug designs available online now from illustrated living. the two fabulous flower designs above have gone straight onto my wish list.
ps: remember the ceramics i photographed in the heal's preview a few weeks ago. it seems they will not only be available in heal's but will be with other stockists too (including john lewis) so hopefully can be picked up by international readers as well as those of us in the uk. here are my pics and here is a post from the ideal home magazine blog with some more info. 
i recently bought myself several childrens books by the fabulous dwell studio (famous for their contemporary nursery bedlinen) just so that i could admire their clean and simple graphic illustrations. there are lots of titles to choose from and they should appeal to illustration fans as well as parents. see all the titles in the series here on amazon uk or amazon usa, or to see more from the lovely dwell studio and their great products see here
earlier this month i went to two press shows, one at paperchase and one at heals, and there was one designer's name that came up at both of them - donna wilson. paperchase will be stocking donna's meg & mog dolls and plates as part of their autumn winter collection. 
just up the road at heal's press show was a lovely selection of donna's ceramic and textile products, including owl shaped cushions and a special heal's cat inspired by their 1920's mascot.
