With Valentine's Day slowly creeping up on us I thought I'd share a few of my favourites in the range this year at M&S.
I'm sure you will agree that the Tigerprint in-house designers, freelancers and placements have done an amazing job. Very talented!
Look out for products by the amazing Studio Seed as showcased on her blog.
© Kiley Victoria
© Kiley Victoria
© Kiley Victoria
Kiley Victoria is a UK illustrator who was recently awarded runner up in our Xmas Surface Pattern Competition with the design at the top of the post.
Kiley Victoria has very commercial style which is complimented by the lovely use of colour palettes which evoke a sense of nostalgia in the designs.
Head over here to find out more about Kiley Victoria.
Tammie bennett is a relatively new contributor to our monthly design competitions and she has already proved to be a very strong contender coming runner up in our Xmas Surface Pattern Competition with the design shown at the towards the top of this post.
Tammie blogs about being a mom to 3 cool kids, a wife to one great man, and her quest to become an artist / illustrator / surface designer.
Currently Tammie is taking part in The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design created by the wonderful duo of Rachael Taylor and Beth Nicholls.
Make sure you head over to Tam.Me to check out the latest musings and gorgeous designs of Tammie.
© Polaboy
Like many we love the retro and stylish Polaroid images that are so hard to come by these days.
"Who hasn’t experienced the unique feeling of holding a Polaroid in their hand and watching the image gradually reveal itself, or doesn’t remember the shiny photographic paper, the smell of the developing emulsion and the ninety seconds of anticipation waiting for the instant image to emerge? All photographs, but particularly Polaroids, reflect a desire to record that one special moment forever".
Prepare to be amazed by Polaboy a German-based duo Jirko Bannas and Oliver Seltmann. They take polaroid images submitted by their clients and blow them up to ten times their normal size. Then they create the most perfect wall lights out of them. Imagine having your favourite holiday snaps illuminated on your wall, or a picture of a loved one to light up your night.
© Pencil Paper Scissors
Pencils Paper Scissors are an illustration collective created by Joanne, Maddie and Kerri-Ann who all share a love of handmade illustrations, children’s books and woodland creatures.
Over the past few months, the Pencil Paper Scissors girls have been working away on their first collaborative project - a circus-themed colouring book. They have been inspired by red and white stripes, circus animals and clowns, and now the book is all finished, and is finally about to be printed.
Above is a sneak peak of the book courtesy of their delightful blog which you should head to now and check out.
Good luck girls!
I simply cannot stop looking at these gorgeous shots as shot by famed fashion bloggers and real-life couple Garance Doré and The Sartorialist who pay homage to love in romantic shoot for Tiffany’s latest ad campaign.
"Beautiful couples, Parisian streets, bike rides, matching mugs of steaming coffee, long walks, New York art, love letters and fine shoes - the small, personal details of relationships are all rendered public by the famously in-love fashion bloggers.
Using Instagram filters - the favourite of many a tweeting iPhone user - the photos are given a soft, aged edge, adding to their charm.
The results can be seen on the Tiffany website, where images can be liked and flagged by fans.
The jewellers are now inviting amorous members of the public to send in their own, specially significant snapshots. The best pictures will be featured the Tiffany's True Love in Pictures gallery - and happily for particularly lovestruck, there is no limit on the amount of entry images.
This week, photos are requested that answer: 'You're my true love because ______.'
If you fancy snapping away be sure to check out our latest photography competition Teenage Years.
We thought we'd mix things up a little with our latest photography competition, Teenage Years.
Hopefully you'll find this a really fun brief to work on and don't be afraid of mixing type and illustrative elements with your photography.
What is love is now closed for entries and judging will take place on Tuesday 17th January with live updates shown here and on our Facebook page.
A huge thank you to everyone who has entered the latest competition the entries are amazing and judging day should be lots of fun.
Have a great weekend!
Vic x
Today is the final day to submit your What is love entries as the deadline is midnight tonight.
We've had some great entries so far so why not have a look here and let us know your favourites over on our Facebook page.
A big thanks to everyone who has entered so far and good luck. Keep an eye out for the next competition which we will be launching very shortly.
Have a great weekend :-)
Vic & Laura
My lovely colleague Laura recently came across Hotel Exchange in Amsterdam.
"Hotel Exchange is a new development in Amsterdam and is a collaboration between Fashion & Architecture. The rooms have all been design by Fashion graduates and alumni of the Amsterdam Fashion Institute (AMFI). The hotel is part of an urban renewal programme in the heart of Amsterdam's Damrak neighborhood. The rooms vary from 1 - 5 star so cater for all budgets and would make for a very interesting stay".
The deadline for our latest competition, What is Love was Friday 6th January. However after some consideration we have decided to extend the deadline by a week to compensate for the busy Christmas holidays. The new deadline is now Friday 13th January - so please make sure your entries reach us by midnight on this date.
Many thanks to all who have entered so far and we look forward to judging which will take place Tuesday 17th January.
Good luck!
By Paula
Judging took place today for the Christmas surface pattern 2012 competition and I was in alot of trouble as I forgot the sweets!
Never mind we got on with our job which was very enjoyable as there were so many wonderful entries.
The entry above by Paula is our overall winner as the judges felt it was very commercial and very transferable across products. Well done Paula!
In addition the judges selected four runners up who will all receive the amazing Donna Wilson book:
By Tammie
Tammie has used a gorgeous colour palette here which is very fresh and on trend for Christmas. Great work Tammie!
Wow an amazing entry with so much detail. The design makes a dramatic and intricate pattern but would also break down into smaller design elements for additional designs. Very clever Suzy!
By Rebecca
Rebecca has used a great fresh colour palette here combined with lovely illustrative elements to create this very commercial design. Well done Rebecca!
It was wonderful to see type elements as a pattern which Kiley Victoria did with two of her entries. The poinsettia adds a lovely seasonal touch too to this vintage style pattern. Great work!
A very big congratulations to our winner and runners up you all did an amazing job. In addition a huge thank you to you all for entering the quality of submissions was very high and it was wonderful to see so many different patterns.
Don't forget you only have a few days left to enter our latest competition, What is Love? which will close at midnight Friday 6th January.
In addition if you fancy something a bit different we have a gift packaging competition which will close Thursday 26th January.
Hope to see your entries very soon!
Above are the Top 20 entries as selected by our judges today for the Christmas surface pattern 2012 competition.
The overall winner and runners up will be announced later today so keep checking back!
Well done and thank you to everyone who took part.
Happy New Year from all at Tigerprint.
We wish you much joy and success for 2012 and look forward to working with lots more of you in the new year.
Tigerprint will resume normal service Tuesday 3rd January 2012.
If you have young children or siblings and you're stuck for activities this Christmas then why not head over to Emily Button our new children's brand. There are lots of fun activities including how to bake carrot cake muffins.
Enjoy!
Today is our last day in the studio and on behalf of all at Tigerprint I'd like to take this opportunity to wish you all a very happy Christmas.
Here at Tigerprint 2011 has been a great year, in particular for our On-line competitions so a big thank you to everyone who has taken part. We look forward to bringing you more exciting competitions in 2012 and some more behind the scenes at Tigerprint.
Below is a summary of our latest competitions and our normal service will resume Tuesday 3rd January 2012 and we look forward to bringing you a sneak peak of our renovated Bradford studio.
Christmas Surface Pattern - Deadline 31st December 2011
Gift Packaging - Deadline 26th January 2012
What is love? - Deadline 5th January 2012
Best wishes and see you all in 2012!
Vic x
Today we are lucky enough to be spending the day at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park for our annual creative away day. It's a fantastic day for us to check out the great exhibitions currently on including Donna Wilson and we also get to find out all about the fun projects we've worked on this past year.
Myself and Laura will be filling in the Tigerprinters on all the wonderful competition entries we've had this past year.
Have a great weekend and were back next week for the final count down to Christmas :-)
I've been trying my hand at a few Christmas crafts this year - I'm very inspired by Kirstie Allsopp.
I thought I'd share a few pics of the process but feel free to share your own or links to your latest projects etc either at vlem2@hallmark-uk.com or our Facebook page and we will pop them up here!
Vic
Visit Macy's website to get you into the festive spirit & write a letter to Santa whilst you are there. The Department store has created an interactive interface for its Christmas audience, great for kids or the big kids in all you adults.
