SCRAPBOOK PAPER

there are some lovely new papers in at scenic route, from the laurel collection.

CARDS - freckleface

cute cards from tania lambert at freckleface designs.

GRAPHIC STYLE - blue & brown

australian company blue & brown seem to want to cover our offices and desks in pattern, and thats fine by me. skye ‘blue’ vermeesch and kirsten brown apply graphic design to a range of mediums such as artwork for commercial projects, furniture, woven textiles and stationery. i recieved a great newsletter today announcing they are now working with illustrator and artist campbell laird. if you're asking whos he ? see the next post.

ARTIST - campbell laird

beautiful bright colours on bold graphic artworks from award-winning australian artist campbell laird. each piece is individually printed on artist's cotton canvas or watercolor paper, using pigment based inks. laird hand draws all his lines, shapes, scratches, distortions and textures into his printer's software. he says "my work occupies the space between hand made and digital. my ultimate aim is to create deceptively simple, meditative works that fit naturally into modern environments."

CHRONICLE - cath kidston stationery

you're probably familiar with the mix & match stationery packs from top book publisher chronicle. well they've have done it again with these great new cath kidston lines. apart from the lovely stationery pack (cant wait to have cath kidtson stickers) there are also notepads and journals. previous designers who worked with chronicle (shown below) have been lotta jansdotter, angela adams, and denyse schmidt. see more info at chronicle books or pre-order at amazon.

CHRONICLE - lotta jansdotter

more excitement from chronicle with new lotta jansdotter stationery & books in the autumn. theres a sneak preview on lotta's blog here. you can see the current collection here at lotta's website, or at chronicle or buy from amazon uk.

GRAPHIC DESIGN : alex hedley

these are the wonderful graphics of creative designer and illustrator alex hedley. based in greenwich, london, alex is expert in all aspects of graphic design. he began working freelance 3 years ago in order to 'spread his creative wings, and to work with card design'. alex has also designed many watches and works closely with swatch watches. click here to see plenty more illustrations on alex's blog and to say hello, or visit his studio website for more projects and commissions.

.ALL IMAGES AND GRAPHICS © 2007 ALEX HEDLEY

TEA TOWELS - lucienne day

re-issued lucienne day tea towels £16 from twenty twenty one.

VINTAGE TEXTILES

if you're interested in british textiles from the 40's to the 60's you may want to check out 'designing britain' - which is where i found this photograph of lucienne day's original tea towels. below a striking design by terence conran, and at the bottom a linear pattern by neville walters. both for david whitehead fabrics.

WALLPAPER - contemporary style

great wallpaper designs from australian company publisher textiles. mark & rhynie cawood produce the designs in house and by hand. lovely use of contemporary colours and intiricate designs.