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I was going to wait till Friday to bring you this but it's too exciting to wait. We are holding a Tigerprint Open Day at our West Yorkshire HQ Wednesday 19th September.
So if you've ever wondered what it's like working in our Bradford Tigerprint studio take a look at the details below and submit your proposal!
The deadline for proposals is midnight Friday 10th August following which we will select ten lucky designers to come to our open day.
Best of luck!
1. Anthropologie Antiquitarian Wallpaper
2. Urban Outfitters Pillow Set
3. Not On The High Street- Pair of mini moustaches rubber stamps by Skull and Cross Buns
4. Bodie and Fou - Mini and Maximus’ ‘One Must Dash’ print
It seems that the moustache trend has been around for quite some time now but they are still plenty of designers refreshing the look. Above are a few of my favourites.
However I do wonder what will be next - what do you guys think?
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.
Bethan Janine Westran is a freelance Surface Pattern Designer based in Sheffield who was one of our runners up in our recent Design a Print Competition.
Lots of beautiful surface pattern designs with delicious eye candy colour palettes - so so lovely so be sure to check out more about Bethan here.
Today's dose of gorgeousness comes courtesy of designer Katie Fitzpatrick from Leeds College of Art.
Katie's floral designs are bursting with beautiful detail, texture and colour. You may also recognise the design at the top as one of our favourites from the Design a print competition.
Make sure you head over here to find out more about Katie.
© Cara Holland
© Cara Holland
© Cara Holland
A gorgeous collection of surface pattern design from Cara Holland. Beautiful colour palettes applied to variety of patterns. Check out more here.
© Laura Kiteley
© Laura Kiteley
Laura Kiteley is an illustrator who recently graduated from Leeds College of Art in Printed Textiles and Surface Pattern Design.
Laura loves to draw funny animals and there is a small selection above for you to take a look at.
This September, Rachael Taylor is showing at Top Drawer but as well as showing Rachael's amazing range of designs there will be an interactive doodle wall for the public to watch live as it develops.
This big doodle extravaganza will then, with the help of Rachael and Wallpapered.com, be produced into wallpaper with all the proceeds going to the very deserving Cancer Research UK.
Rachael has invited an esteemed group of designers and artists to draw with her on the charity project throughout the show. You will be able to see updates of the wall as it progresses from Rachael's design blog here.
Meanwhile if you'd like to donate for this very worth cause then head to the just giving page - any donations will be so greatly appreciated.
Good luck to Rachael and her team of designers and artists - we can't wait to see the doodle wall!
By Susan www.theprinttree.com
It's perhaps an understatement to say we were thrilled with the entries for the recent Design a print competition as we were overwhelmed with the outstanding quality of designs that were submitted. Well done - you certainly love your pattern!
Apologies for keeping you waiting for the results but with over 900 designs to look though it took us a little while to get through them all - but it was so much fun!
Therefore I am happy to announce that our overall winner is Susan with the butterfly design above. Butterflies are always very commercial but we won over by the very different treatment Susan adopted in this design along with the pop of bright and exciting colours. Well done Susan your design has really caused a stir in the studio :-)
The judges have also selected four runners up:
By Alice D
The design by Alice above is simply stunning! Gorgeous line work and injection of colour. Well done Alice!
By Bethan Janine
Gorgeous eye candy of a pattern here by Bethan Janine. Beautiful line work and such a fresh and fun colour palette. Well done Bethan Janine!
By Dalbir
The judges loved all of Dabir's entries but this was there favourite. We are always looking for beautiful classical florals and these are stunning. Very talented artist Dalbir!
By Stakkacarn
This is such a wonderful new take on florals - very innovative. Great use of colour palette too to offer something different to the consumer. Well done Stakkacarn.
We are so thrilled with all the entries so much that we are hoping to work with more of you on future briefs so we will be in touch! In the meantime please do check out our latest competition; Male Fashion Icons and Symbols.
Lastly a massive thank you to everyone for taking the time and effort to submit your entries. It really is such a priveilege to look through your entries and hopefully work with some of you.
Have a great afternoon!
Vic
We've been wowed by the amount of entries we've had for the Design a print competition. Absolutely gorgeous designs coming through!
Today is the last day you may submit entries and all entries must now be in by midnight (Thursday 5th July) - good luck!
