magazines

a couple of greek magazines i picked up to check out the design scene, unfortunately it seems its not the done thing in greece to publish website addresses as we do, only phone numbers. still i'll go through them and report any interesting stores i can find. if anyone knows any good greek websites i'd love to hear about them.

athens patterns

a selection of bright & funky designs seen whilst on holiday, mainly on sun hats and bags.

ancient paintings

as you know i usually cover contemporary bold patterns, but i hope you'll allow me to indulge myself just this once with my holiday patterns. these are ancient greek paintings , but i think they can still offer inspiration to us modern designers as they are so stylised.

museum pieces

you may be able to draw inspiration from these ancient museum pieces. im thinking of doing something with the spiral design (top right) as very cleverly it has no joins and is continuous. similar to the greek key effect, known in greece as 'meander'.

p.s sorry the pictures are quite dark but the museums are dimly lit to protect the pieces.

summer holiday

summer is here and its holiday time ! thankyou to everyone who has been reading print & pattern over the last 4 months, and special thanks to people who left such great comments.
im off to athens now until 22nd june, and im also touring around ancient greece (delphi, olympia etc). im not sure what to expect as its my first visit to greece, but if i see any good patterns whilst on my travels rest assured i will report them here upon my return. hope to see you all here again soon.

swedish textiles

if you love pattern then chance are you love swedish designed textiles. this great selection of tea towels and table linens, etc, are from form & design. check their inspirational website for the full collection of fantastic designs by ulrika elofsson.

card designs

a selection of bold and colourful cards from the art group. the bottom four use a great teqnique of 'contained pattern' a really useful idea for designers. just choose your motif and fill them with your imagination.

fabric swatches

whilst im away i just wanted to post these lovely denyse schmidt fabrics just to admire & inspire.

vintage pieces

these vintage pieces were spotted on corolla cream

stylish site

iggloo is good little shopping site for contemporary homewares. plus they are stockists of mibo whom i know lots of us bloggers are very fond of.

allegra hicks

this sweet little print on a washbag is a freebie with this months red magazine - designed by the brilliant allegra hicks.

contemporary cloth

theres some good browsing to be had at contemporary cloth.

swedish site

i dont know very much about these designs which are all taken from bluebox, as all the text is in swedish.

i thought these key caps were very cute and ideal for all pattern fans. and below the elephant trays are a great inspiration for childrens design.

summer prints

a few patterns seen on skirts by saltwater - they have a real seaside summer holiday feel.

kitchen brights

i saw these bright prints on melamine trays in a local cookshop and made a note of the name so
i could check them out later. turned out to be a german company called remember products.

printed bags

these lovely linear patterns featuring outline drawings of shoes are from gee how quaint.

swedish style

a selection of patterns seen on the swedish website dixie. printed doormats are really popular at the moment and they have a very stylish collection.

notelets

an interesting collection of floral notelets by sarah hough. i really like the way on the peacock feathers one the same colour is used in diffrent tints from dark to light.

wall decals

wall stickers seem to be very popular in france, and with these designs from domestic featuring on the cover of last months elle deco they could be set to take off here in the uk.

surface pattern designs

i thought i'd have a bit of a ceramic day today starting of with these pieces from debenhams.

the colours are a little dull for my own taste but it shows how red has become a big trend in tableware. i am a big fan of the black & white linear look though, and this is quite a delicate example.