Tigerprint

Graduate Show Call Out!

Hello all!

It’s getting to that time of year once again when we see so much new design talent out and about at all the graduate shows.

This year we will be once again at New Designers where we will be sponsoring Week 1 and will have our stand with lots of Tigerprinters for both parts of the show.

So if this is your year and you have a graduate show coming up then we want to hear from you!

Please send us the details of your show and include:

* Dates and time
* Location
* Uni/ college and the course
* Links
* Images of your work or the show poster etc


If you could send all this to me at victoria.lem@hallmark-uk.com and one of the team will happily pop a post up on the blog to promote it for you.

It’s such an exciting time of year and we wish everyone exhibiting this year the best of luck and we hope to meet as many of you as possible as we visit the shows this summer.

Lizzie Mackay

© Lizzie Mackay

© Lizzie Mackay
  © Lizzie Mackay

  © Lizzie Mackay
  © Lizzie Mackay


© Lizzie Mackay

  © Lizzie Mackay

The incredibly talented Lizzie Mackay was the winner of our Coming Together At Christmas Competition back in December 2012 with the adorable entry at the top of this post.

Lizzie is a illustrator/designer specializing in Children's Print and Graphics and her portfolio is jam packed with wonderful and colourful designs.

Having graduated with a BA in Illustration from the University of Brighton and now with over 15 years experience in printed textiles, Lizzy has designed for many well known stores including Baby Gap, Monsoon, Pumpkin Patch, Tesco, Sainsburys, Asda, Babies 'R' Us, John Lewis, Mothercare and Vertbaudet to name a few.  

Currently Lizzie is currently freelancing fora variety of clients but is also keen to take on new commissions elsewhere.

 “ I have a passion for colour and love, love, love doing what I do, combining hand drawn, colour and pattern in Illustrator and Photoshop.

I'm lucky to work from a little home in the Somerset countryside, along with my lovely hubbie and two children, a couple of bunnies and a handful of fish”.

 

Be sure to find out all about Lizzie at the following links:

http://www.lizziemackay.com

http://lizziem-lizziem-lizziem.blogspot.co.uk/

http://www.etsy.com/shop/pompadoo

Decorque

Decorque are a family run company who create original unique designs on cork, Opaline placemats, coasters, art prints and greetings cards which are produced using digital printing.

"A creative touch combines the traditional English look with ethnic and tropical themes. Our home décor, tableware, dining range, indoor or outdoor, make ideal gifts. The coordinating prints, stationery, cards and gift tags are suitable for birthday or any occasion. Decorque is a web-only retailer, presenting unique, high-quality decorative products for the home that combine our textile and graphic design".

The Decorque blog is a great place to find out more about this company and what inspires them and you'll find some brilliant pattern eye candy!


Decorque details:

http://decorqueblog.com/

http://www.decorque.com

https://twitter.com/Decorque

https://www.facebook.com/Decorque

http://pinterest.com/decorque/

Pattern and Co

  © Pattern and Co - Michelle Drew
  © Pattern and Co - Michelle Drew

    © Pattern and Co - Michelle Drew

Pattern and Co is the creation of Michelle Drew, "a freelance mixed media CG texture artist, surface pattern designer, enthusiastic blogger and happy photographer who loves colouring in whilst exploring the world".

This very talented and busy lady has a portfolio of work jam packed with gorgeous and colourful pattern. So much so that it took me a while to select my favourite examples for this post.

Recently Michelle has enjoyed well deserved success and recognition and consequently will be published in an up and coming pattern design book. In addition our regular readers may recognize Michelle's pattern as a runner up for our recent Male Fashion Icons and Symbols competition.

Find out more about Michelle and her work at the following links:

http://patternandco.com

http://patternandco.com/blog/

Irene Gruber

Image © Irene Gruber


Image © Irene Gruber

Image © Irene Gruber

Image © Irene Gruber

Irene Gruber is a Greetings Card/Gift Wrap designer, with an agent based in London. Irene has been selling work for many years to Companies in the US, Australia, UK and various European countries.

Irene has also started blogging as an outlet to share for her more personal illustrations. The blog is predominantly based on her love of fashion, fabrics and fashion accessories. It shows a mix of fashion illustrations and photographic images from various websites that inspire her.

For more information visit Irene's blog.

 

P.S if you'd like your design to feature on our website carousel please take a look here. In addition we are always on the look out for designers to feature in our designer spotlight so please email details, links and examples of your work to Vic at victoria.lem@hallmark.com or Laura at laura.towers@hallmark-uk.com

Rachel Gresham

© Rachel Gresham

© Rachel Gresham

© Rachel Gresham

© Rachel Gresham

© Rachel Gresham

Rachel Gresham is a surface pattern designer & illustrator based in Tennessee, USA. 

Rachel currently works as a Freelancer and Licenses her work, and is keen to take on new projects. Lately Rachel has created designs for a publishing company with their stationery range, and she's working with a textile design studio creating patterns for their baby collections. 

Rachel has shared 5 images from different collections within her portfolio.

Her website is currently being completely renovated, but here is the link so keep an eye on it for future developments

P.S if you'd like your design to feature on our website carousel please take a look here. In addition we are always on the look out for designers to feature in our designer spotlight so please email details, links and examples of your work to Vic at victoria.lem@hallmark.com or Laura at laura.towers@hallmark-uk.com

Moyo Magazine

Image © Do What you Love & Rachael Taylor Designs

The brilliant design duo Rachael Taylor & Beth Nicholls, founders of "Do what you love" have released an on-line magazine, Moyo, dedicated to Surface Pattern. The 'zine' features designers, colour, how to tips & student profiles to name a few topics. Its jam packed with ideas, inspiration and behind the scenes information. Its well worth a read, click here for the link.

Madonna Truth or Dare Collection at Selfridges

  © Selfridges

  © Selfridges

  © Selfridges

Exclusive to Selfridges is the Madonna Truth or Dare Collection.

The collection showcases designs that embody power and feminine beauty.The retail experience provides a sense of drama and theatre.

Find the collection exclusively at Selfridges London and Selfridges.com.

Paper and Scissors

© Sarah Evans

© Sarah Evans

© Sarah Evans

© Sarah Evans

  © Sarah Evans

  © Sarah Evans

Paper and Scissors is the creative endeavour of designer Sarah Evans specialising in surface print for greetings and gifts.

Sarah loves creating beautiful designs from handmade keepsakes to beautiful digital files.

Above is just a small selection of Sarah's stunning work but do head over here to check out lots more eye candy!

DanYELL

  © DanYELL

  © DanYELL

  © DanYELL

   © DanYELL

  © DanYELL

  © DanYELL

I was thrilled to receive such a lovely email from Danielle today who is a printed textile designer based in Glasgow with a love of all things pattern!

Danielle has created her own business called DanYELL for which she creates surface patterns/illustrations for greetings cards, brooches and scarves.

Danielle's style is very 'on trend' and fun and fresh so check it out now here.