IN MY INBOX......

some of the lovely designs that have arrived in my inbox lately, starting with fresh birds in a spring palette aimed at children's design from amy evans a recent graduate of swansea metropolitan university. now working as a freelance designer amy has an online folio here. below, multi coloured elephants and friendly looking tiger from jayne schofield a freelance illustrator / designer based in the north west of england. jayne has worked mainly in the gifts and crafts industry but is now branching out into surface design.
below, holly maguire has just graduated from the cardiff school of art and design. holly's detailed illiustrations and patterns are hand drawn using pen and ink and repeated using photoshop.
below, the colourful owls of ally bryan who is a designer based in sydney australia.
below, finally for those with a love of japanese designs living in canada there is now a new shopping option at omiyage, and they ship all the world. brands stocked include salvia, shinzi katoh and atelier LZC (designed for mark's japan), as well as kokka fabrics, japanese masking tapes, and all sorts of other wonderful goods!