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Valentines Day is getting closer and its great to see all the ranges available on the high street. Be sure to check out Tigerprint's designs in Marks and Spencer and don't forget you still have time to enter the Valentines Type Competition which closes Sunday 8th February.
We have decided to extend the Valentines Type Competition deadline until Sunday 8th February which gives you an extra couple of days. We have had some great entries so far which you can check out here. The next competition will be officially launched Monday 9th February and the theme will be Mother's Day so getting doing your market research now!
Thanks to everyone who has entered so far and it would be great to get some feedback from you guys on the competition so far.
I have just found this fab site that has great ideas for tablewear, gifting and nice bright design ideas, take a love for some inspiration.
You can now find Tigerprint on twitter here or by following the link on the left hand side of the page. Tigerprinters will give you live feed on everything from the latest competitions, newly discovered blogs and designers and our thoughts on design and trends etc.
Be sure to follow us and let us know what you think!
One of my colleagues at Tigerprint recently received an email from Johanna Basford who did a placement here a few years previous.
Johanna now runs her very own studio creating black and white patterns for a variety of surfaces, from wallpapers, to teapots, greetings cards to beer bottles. Johanna also designs black and white textiles as well as commissions and any other inky hand drawn projects she can get her hands on... (in the pipeline just now are some monochrome wedding invites, a collaboration with Fashion Designer Graeme Armour for London Fashion Week, the Album cover for Danish elctro-pop band TigerBaby and a black and white wonderland installation for Canary Warf!)
Johanna's site is full of lush and beautiful design which you must take a look at here as well as her blog too.
A new craze sweeping the world involves knitters creating huge wool creations to cover public property such as trees and signs etc.
They then take photos of their colourful "art" and post them on internet sites for fellow knitters to view and comment on.
One of the most ambitious pieces of work saw a woman spend an entire week covering a disused single decker bus in colourful swatches.
The phenomenon, called Yarnbombing, is thought to have originated in the US but knitters are now beginning to cover British streets in woollen 'tags'.
Quite often dozens of balls of coloured wool are used to make huge sleeves or cosies which are then stitched onto a fixed object, sometimes done under the cover of darkness.
Artist Sarah Hardacre, 31, from Salford, Manchester, says: "Yarnbombing is all about using the street for making art.
"I have knitted cosies for trees and even covered an entire garden shed in knitted squares before – it certainly put smiles on peoples faces.
"It is about the community taking pride in their surroundings and making it look nice and colourful.
"Yarnbombing is easy to do and can catch the imagination and creativity of so many people."
Read the full article here.
Kiss Prudence had a stall at one of the Leeds Artsmix events and one of the Tigerprint designers had the pleasure of buying an elephant similar to the one above as a gift.
Kiss Prudence has an etsy shop where you can buy lots of pretty things including elephants, cats, rabbits, birds and hearts all hand made in her studio and all original designs. Be sure to have a look as they make beautiful gifts.
By Hannah
Image © Getty
It took a while and personally I think the judges were just having too much fun with this competition. We had some great entries and you all have a witty and topical sense of humour!
There can only be one winner though and the judges selected Hannah's caption above as they loved it with its quite innocent but hugely funny tone. They also felt that Hannah's entry was well pitched for the Marks & Spencer customer - well done Hannah!
The runners up are as follows:
By Bean
Image © Getty
This entry was not too rude for the customer and was very funny and appropriate for the image.
By Big Dave
Image © Getty
A nice slant on a traditional saying.
By Sandy
Image © Getty
Perfect for the current Eco climate.
By Lizzie Bee
Image © Getty
We really loved this and it made all the women giggle.
Well done everyone and a big thank you to all who entered. The judges provided feedback on a few other entries which will hopefully give guidance to everyone. Things to consider with captions are always the customer your aiming at and not to offend.
Be sure to check out the Valentines Type Competition.
Sanna Annukka is an illustrator and printmaker who has a love of nature and folklore which inspires her work. Her wonderful illustrations and prints employ a terrific use of colour and theme.
"I graduated with a BA Hons in Illustration from the University of Brighton in July 2005. My speciality during the final year of university became silkscreen printing. During this time I created a range of limited edition silkscreen prints of my ‘Maiden’ designs (now every year two new ‘Maiden’ characters will get printed as an ongoing range).
I started selling prints at a design shop called Hygge in Islington, London. From one lucky sale to a friend of British band Keane led me to my very first commission which was to illustrate Keane’s second album ‘Under the Iron Sea.’
I have since joined creative agency Big Active and set up my own company printing limited edition silkscreen prints of my artwork. Over the coming years I will look to expand my product range from fine art prints to other printed goods such as fabric wall hangings, other textiles (including clothing), wallpaper and stationary. I’m also working on my first picture book".
I've seen various 'Best Album Covers of 2008' lists on the web but Art Vinyl seem to have the most 'official' as far as I can tell. As voted for by the public, their site shows the top 50. For some larger images of the top 10 click on Creative Review blog which is well worth a look.
