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From the Textile Design Lab: Chelsea’s Challenge –“Earthed”
Chelsea’s Challenge is a monthly post series in the Textile Design Lab, in which we share design ideas and inspiration to help our students build pattern collections their portfolios. During the month...
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Featured Designer: Bryna Shields
You are certainly in for a textural treat today! We are excited to feature the work of Bryna Shields, an illustrator and surface designer based in Portland, OR. Bryna is also a member of our Textile...
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From the Textile Design Lab: Chelsea’s Challenge – “Graphic Statements”
Chelsea’s Challenge is a monthly post series in the Textile Design Lab, in which we share design ideas and inspiration to help our students build pattern collections for their portfolios. During the...
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Photoshop for Designers Featured Alumna: Meredith Haake
Photoshop for Designers is our six week workshop that starts on September 12, 2016. Today we are highlighting the work of PFD alumna Meredith Haake, who took the course when it ran this past February....
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Featured Designer: Tessa Hall
On an exciting trip to Hong Kong back in 2006, Tessa Hall stumbled into surface pattern design quite by happenstance. She’d been browsing the fabric markets and had a pressing question: how does...
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Featured Designer: Zoe Watson
Like most of us, Zoe Watson never imagined that she would find herself “designing and experimenting for a living.” And likewise, many of us can agree with Zoe when she says, “I pinch myself that this...
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Featured Designer: Stephanie Symns
Born in New Zealand and in love with art, no one was more surprised than Stephanie Symns when she ended up going to college for business—earning that more “sensible” degree. From there, she delved into...
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Featured Designer: Cathrin Gressieker
It’s always interesting for me to learn about what inspires different designers. Some designers are inspired by their environment, some are inspired by their families, others find inspiration in other...
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Featured Designer: Molly Fitzpatrick
Today I am proud to feature a Pattern Observer alumnus, Molly Fitzpatrick. I met Molly about five years ago in one of our marketing workshops. Since that time, it has been a joy to see all that she...
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Find Cynthia Jacquette at Surtex2023!
Cynthia Jacquette is a freelance surface designer/illustrator living in Los Angeles. With over 20 years of experience as a graphic designer, she shifted focus into surface design for the love of...
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