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Meet the Mancunian maximalist pattern maker, Patricia Shea

Creative Boom

Patricia Shea doesn't like being pigeonholed, but as a pattern designer, her hand-painted creations within that field are rich and varied. Now back in Manchester, Design Confections brings together Patricia's creativity – she paints her motifs by hand – with her expertise in applying patterns to different surfaces. Blue Denim Paisley.

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Playful branding for new country club summons the spirit of Caddyshack

Creative Boom

From the midcentury script typography to the playful supporting illustrations and colour palette to the custom plaid and argyle patterns, everything is designed with tongue-in-cheek. Eventually, they zeroed in on colours, patterns, and iconography styles that evoked the preppy country club aesthetic. It's pickleball, after all."

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Marimekko Brings Bold Pattern Play to Artek’s Birchwood Classics

Design Milk

Using the natural tones and grains of birch, they translated three of Isola’s archival patterns – Lokki , Kivet , and Seireeni – into quiet, softer expressions that beautifully integrate with Artek’s iconic silhouettes.

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British Airways celebrates 100 years of flying to India through illustration

Creative Boom

The airline commissioned illustrator and pattern designer Martha Olivia to create a suite of six bespoke illustrations for their High Life magazine. For the editorial, BA required a set of six colourful, patterned illustrations to accompany the various sights highlighted in the article. million TikTok posts.

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How&How reinvents Chester Zoo as a 'force for nature' with radical rebrand

Creative Boom

As part of a two-year collaboration with How&How, the conservation charity reinvents itself with a new logo, custom typeface and migration-inspired patterns. Logo, typography and patterns The new logo is a custom 'C' with a hidden counter form inspired by a rhinoceros horn. But behind the scenes, there's a lot more going on.

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Meet the artist behind the cover of this year’s Booker Prize winner

Creative Boom

She is known for her use of watercolour to ink, collage, markers, and gouache to craft paintings, patterns, and illustrations. Its cover—a soft-edged, inky interpretation of space—was designed by Helsinki-based artist Aino-Maija Metsola.

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How to paint fabric and metal textures that bring clothing to life in digital art

Creative Bloq

We’ll explore how texture, colour, and shading help distinguish materials, and how patterns interact with form and light. 05: Plaid This woven cloth has a tartan pattern, consisting of criss-crossed horizontal and vertical thick lines in a myriad of colours. Connect the design pattern with tiny lines resembling treads.

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