DESIGNERS FOR HIRE - louise king

We have a new entry in the Designers for Hire Directory today. Louise King is originally from Liverpool but has also lived in Madrid, Spain and is now back in London. Louise loves designing from nature and combining it with abstract shapes, "I like to layer and layer (and then layer again!)" she says. When designing Louise enjoys using lots of texture and interest and incidental little motifs you may not notice at first. She loves to visit the V&A Museum where she say she can get so much inspiration from just by being in there. Louise is fascinated by colour and how it can change everything . She likes to use subtle muted colour palettes as well as a pop of zingy vibrant colours. Louise is looking for licencing opportunities and an agent. She would love to take on some freelance work and especially enjoys designing for fashion, homeware, and stationery but is open to any other ventures or ideas.

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STORE SNAPS - picnicware showcase

With Summer in full swing today's post features a random selection of picnicware. On my travels I've spotted various melamine and bamboo designs for both adults and children. We start with some interesting abstract bamboo plates and pitchers from TK Maxx.

Below : An exotic new jungle picnicware range from Marks and Spencer featuring birds of paradise, fruit and flowers.

Below : Tropical Fruit picnicware spotted in Matalan.

Below : kids bamboo plates and fun animal drinking cups from George at Asda.

And finally a few pretty patterns on bambooware at Lakeland.