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Design Challenges · 26. October 2022

30FlowersInMyStyle Pattern Design Challenge - 2022 Edition

Here are some of the participants of the challenge. Let's meet them and finally see the face behind the patterns.

Surface Pattern Design · 10. December 2021

Pantone Color of the Year 2022

It's here... That time of the year... No, not Christmas! Well, that too. But I'm talking about the first week of December, the time of the year in which Pantone announces the Color of the Year. Many designers and color-lovers start analyzing, making guesses and bets the days prior to the announcement. And since color is so subjective and personal, many will love the announced color, many will hate it.

Behind the Scenes · 24. November 2021

Creating & Motherhood

This blog post will be a bit different. It won't be about techniques, patterns or collections. I am writing this to share my point of view as a mom & designer or designer & mom.

Surface Pattern Design · 16. November 2021

Patterns and Alleys

Creating a balanced pattern can be quite challenging. Especially when the repeat is obvious or we see "alleys". What are these? In this blog post, I'll tell you a bit about them and show you ways of fixing or avoiding them.

Surface Pattern Design · 10. November 2021

Patterns & Scale

Scale is another big aspect you have to consider when you see, create or present patterns. It's also a pain point for some, taking us back to those dreadful math lessons at school. And don't even get me started with inches and centimeters conversions! There are several factors to consider before you set the scale of a composition though. Nothing is written on stone, as always, but here are just a couple of things to know about scale.

Design Challenges · 06. October 2021

30FlowersInMyStyle Pattern Design Challenge - 2021 Edition

Here are some of the participants of the challenge. Let's meet them and finally see the face behind the patterns.

Behind the Scenes · 30. December 2020

10 of the biggest lessons I learned in 2020

When the end of the year arrives, many start making a balance of the year. This year was a surprise for all of us. But in challenging times, there is always a lot of learning and growth. Reviewing this year, here are some of the biggest lessons 2020 taught me.

Surface Pattern Design · 23. December 2020

5 Ways to level-up Patterns (Part II: Composition)

In this blog post, I show you some ideas to work with the background such as background texture, filling gaps, adding shadows, a simple and a complex pattern-in-pattern technique and why not, combining some of them.

Surface Pattern Design · 16. December 2020

5 Ways to level-up Patterns (Part I: Background)

When I first started making textile repeating patterns, I was just happy when they repeated perfectly. After a while my expectations got up and wasn't happy anymore with "just a pattern". I decided to experiment different ways of adding something *extra* to the pattern to make them more special and eye-catching. Here are 5 ideas worth trying.