So we all know digital textile printing has almost had its day right?... but wait!

Natalia Grzybowski has printed stunning botanical designs straight onto super structured neopreen synthetic fabric in her latest Hybrid collection.

LOVE.

Keeping it in the Cross Stitch mood LOOK at this! Fun for your phone!

-Same idea as the Fendi bag I spoke (? wrote? blogged?) about earlier.

EEEkkk I don't know how to turn the picture around! but you get the idea right?

Nice wee blog about PATTERN

GO THERE, REALLY.

H E R M I O N E

Went for a wonder through Liberty's today -walked with confidence but am pretty sure all the shop assistants knew I didn't belong! Came across a designer I'd not heard of before -Hermione de Paula. Beautifully floral digitally printed garments! Silky and lux with a price tag to match, but oh so worth it!

C A R R I E

LAST ONE!

Saved my favourite for last!

Carrie Osborne won the TigerPrint award at the New Designers Expo and surely deserved it.

She's created some refreshing playful, quirky illustrated wallpapers and fabrics which were quite different to most of the other designs I saw today.

Quite jealous really.

S U M M E R R

okay I promise I'll stop soon! only two more to go...

Summer Morgan -Illustrator with crazy narrative prints and textile pieces! Her website is pretty neat too!

T O N I

Toni Lake -Amazing digital fabrics but you'll have to go to her Carbon site to see more! (I don't usually post images the artist has specifically popped a label over but I wanted to share as it truely is some beautiful work).

B L O G

Leanne Ward -Textile Grad has some beautiful designs that you have to look closely at or you'll mistake the images for colour. Very subtle.

Lucy Alice Porter -had quite a different approach to her textile designs and worked more with mixed media and charming animal silhuoettes, LOVE.

.....G R A D S

Nicola MacArthur -Gorgeous wallpaper designs incorporating hand drawn prints with embroidered cross stitch. Very pretty!

Sophie Bard -Digital mix with laser cuts focusing on light, stunning prints.

And M O R E...

Amy Marie Bowness -(okay am giving up on the uni...) Very cool digitally collaged scarves! Rebecca Rawlings -LOVED her illustraitions! Very quirky and tongue-in-cheek!
Adam Slade - Stunning monotone interior prints. Beautiful lamp shades!

M O R E !

Catherine Beaumont -Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design grad. Absolutely loved Catherines work in person, beautifully digitally printed fabric with traditional embroidery technques. Pastel colours!
Louise Tiler -(Can't remember what Uni!) Hand drawn, mark making explorations creating beautiful surface graphics.
Olivia Clifford -(uni?) Beautiful hand drawn imagery showing movement.

G R A D S

BeckyLouise Cooper -Wincester School of Art grad. Digital printed for the apparel market, love the colour combo of the first print with the golden honey yellows and royal purple.

Kerry Mcveigh -Leeds University of Art grad. Great hand rendered illustrations mixed into digital repeats.

Natalia Maghdoori -LoughBorough University grad. Laser cut mixed media embellishments.

A S H L E I G H Smith

First up I'm going to gush about Ashleigh Smith grad from Heriot Watt Uni and her colourful contemporary digital patterns. LOVE THEM.

One thing that was glaringly obvious with all of the universities -they have really pushed the boundaries of Digital design which is great but it actually made you think oh no there's too much of it, everyone is doing the same thing! So I found myself drawn more towards the simple digital repeats like Ashleighs above which tend to focus on vector geometric imagery rather than the collaged photo techniques many employed. (However I'm not going to bash it too much as there were some AMAZING pieces of the latter).

NEW D E S I G N E R S

Trawling though the net late last night and came across the New Designers webpage. They showcase graduate designers from around the UK and just happened to have a showcase running this week with the last day being today! So I quickly snapped up a ticket online and got super excited for the day ahead and rightly so!

WARNING! excessive posts to follow!

J E W E L S

London Jewelry week started today! It's being held at Spitalfields Markets -I may/will have to go two weekends in a row! There are some very talented designers showcasing their wares including Xiomara Orriols (above) from XI Designs -originally a textile designer she makes some stunning pieces incorporating her textile skills.

I K E A

I've never been to Ikea... I'm going to go tomorrow, I think I should leave my wallet and credit card at home though! They have some great fabrics I need to buy okay don't need as such but want!

TO M A R K E T TO MARKET...

Last one for today I promise. Sacha Allen is another contemporary designer I stumbled upon at Spitalfields. She creates beautiful handmade leather bags and clutches as above. Check out her Etsy store if you can't make it to the market!

J & P

Another fab designer duo selling their wares at Spitalfields, Jenkins & Power. All fabric for their bags and clutches are hand screen printed by them. Stunning! espcially as they print on leather, suede, pvc, all sorts!

C L A R A

I've been visiting the markets today -Specifically Spitalfields. Came across a couple of very talented crafty designers. Take a looksie at Clara Francis -she makes these crazy beaded necklaces and has become pretty famous for them selling them all over the world however she won't forget her roots where it all began at Spitalfields.

C O R O F L O T

Some more fabulously talented designers from Coroflot (online design portfolio hub).