PRINTSOURCE 2019 - opens today

Today sees the opening of Printsource in New York and I have picked out a few of my favourite exhibitors along with some flyers from my inbox. One studio not to be missed is the brilliant Paper & Cloth (above) who will be showing beautiful designs in Booth 36-38 today and tomorrow.

Another designer who I admire hugely is Jillian Philips, known as Jilly P (above & below) who will be exhibiting her super cute designs Printsource.

Another fab studio at Printsource will be Brenda Manley Designs (below) whose folio of artists will show designs for home decor, holidays and more.

Also showing will be Allison Cole (above) and Lovely Bird Design (below).

And finally London based studio Gather No Moss will be showcasing their latest designs for Spring Summer 2020.

Unfortunately Heimtext took place whilst P&P was on winter break but I still wanted to show a couple of flyers that came in from La Fabrique and Pattern on Tour. 

SURTEX 

Some Surtex flyers have already started to come in - so please send in your images and details as soon as you can so we can fit them all in before the show opens on February 3rd. Send to bowiestyle@hotmail.co.uk

ONLINE COURSE - elizabeth silver

Here is some news about an online design course from Elizabeth Silver starting on January 18th. Elizabeth says finding ways to profit from your design work can be an uphill battle in an increasingly crowded Surface Pattern Design market. In her course 'Earning with Design Studios', students will explore an often over-looked option for artists - selling work through design studios. After working 10 years as a designer for big home decor and apparel brands and buying hundreds of prints through studios, Elizabeth joined the freelance world in 2012 and saw that industry from the other side as she worked for two different studios. In this course, she shares her unique perspective of this niche and shows students how studios can be an amazing opportunity for new and experienced designers alike.

This course gives you a solid understanding of the basics of how studios work, weighs the pros and cons of designing for studios and provides an honest examination of the financial end. 'Earning with Design Studios' teaches you everything you need to know to prep your portfolio and craft pitch emails with confidence and provides you the motivation you need to hit send!

The course is self-paced and includes over 2.5 hours of video, PDF's and assignments. It launches on January 18th and is available for a pre-order discounted rate of $60 USD until Friday. After January 18th, P&P readers can get $5 off the full price of $75 by subscribing to Elizabeth's monthly trend update for a promo code. You can sign up here.

HELLO 2019 - diaries + calendars

Hello and Happy 2019 to all pattern lovers. I am easing us back in to P&P blogging today with a selection of 2019 diaries. I thought this would be perfect eye candy and inspiration to get us looking forward to the new year. The first designs are from Swedish company Kikki K whose diaries for 2019 are reminiscent of the super cute Scandinavian style journals that come out of Japan and Korea.

Below we have a selection of timeless classic design from the Rifle Paper Company. Their beautiful and colourful florals can be found on diaries and calendars online here.

I was amazed to see that lots of good quality diaries were already discounted in the first week of January, so if you are still looking for yours do check them out in stores and online here.

Below : Some of the diaries spotted this week in UK stationers WH Smith.

And finally if you need a well designed bargain look no further than Oliver Bonas who accidentally printed a date twice in their 2019 diary meaning it is now being sold at half price.