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Autumn/Winter 2014/15 Print Trend Report Part 1 PDF Download

By Patternbank On May 23, 2013 · In Trend Forecasts

Patternbank brings you the eagerly awaited Part 1 of our essential Autumn/Winter 2014/15 print trend direction for the new season. Our trends forecast team have been busily researching the globe for the strongest directional print trends. In this report we aim to supply and inspire you with the key print trends for Autumn/Winter 2014/15, making these reports indispensable intelligence tools for your seasonal print developments.

10 key print trends for Autumn/Winter 2014/15
Over 50 pages of inspirational print forecast intelligence
Over 300 on trend hand-picked colour images
Seasonal print mood & print direction pages for each trend
Colour breakdowns for each 10 print trends with TCX Pantone references
Clean and visually inspiring layout
£30 (approx. $46) via PayPal

This 53 page report includes 10 inspirational print trends :-

Sculptured Organic / Revived Tradition / Reflective Future / Plastic Pop / Sacred Calm / Delicate Isolation / Dark Alchemy / Mono Graphic / Dotted Texture / Inverted Colours

Whether you are a small print studio, independent freelance designer, manufacturer or clothing line, this extensive report will give you a real insight into the most important print trends for Autumn/Winter 2014/15. This indispensable report will be your essential seasonal aid for your new print developments and colour direction.

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Francisca Prieto – Between Folds

By Patternbank On May 21, 2013 · In Print + Pattern

Chilean artist Francisca Prieto originally trained and worked as a graphic designer, before moving to London to study an MA at Central Saint Martins. Working from her studio based in London, Francisca takes pages from rare periodicals, sheet music and even the insides of envelopes and transforms them into 3d paper masterpieces. Her mathematical attention to detail creates a textural grid revealing glimpses of illustration and pattern. Francisca will be exhibiting at ‘PINTA’- The Modern and Contemporary Latin American Art Show, at Earls Court London from 4th-7th June 2013. See her website for more

The Fragility of Time – Ignacio Canales Aracil

By Patternbank On May 16, 2013 · In Inspiration

Patternbank love these delicate sculptures from Spanish artist Ignacio Canales Aracil. The project titled, “The Fragility of Time”, involved collecting plants from gardens and nurseries then pressing them into these fragile sculptures. In return for using the flowers the Charity Foundation of each garden receives a percentage of the sales and each nursery and garden is credited when the sculptures are displayed. The process involves a certain amount of physical effort to press the flowers together without the use of any glue, a tradition although fragile that is made to last, some ancient collections of dried pressed flowers date from 500 years ago. For Aracil tradition is important in his work and the idea of preserving the flowers beauty through death. We think their beauty is certainly captured in a new form for years to come!

Wild About Flowers Nursery, Devon, UK

Pick Me Up 2013 – Illustration and Contemporary Graphic Art Trends

By Patternbank On May 3, 2013 · In Graphics, Inspiration

Patternbank were at Pick Me Up, UK’s first annual contemporary graphic art fair at Somerset House, London. In it’s Fourth year now the show has grown to be a great place to spot new and upcoming talent with original works and prints available to purchase. Not only that there are various events and workshops to get involved in so altogether a great inspiring day out.

Patternbank highlights the strongest Illustrators, graphic artists and studios seen at the fair this year.

This year was another mass of creative workshops and inspirational content. Pick Me Up packs together the most exciting international talent from the wonderfully diverse field of graphic arts for an 11-day extravaganza of creative workshops, late-night art and music mash-ups, quirky family-fun events and interactive shopping spaces with original, affordable artwork and limited- edition prints.

Fatherless were on hand creating one-of-a-kind hand-printed images especially for Pick Me Up crowd, as well as creating prints, t-shirts, broadsides and handbills each day. Formed in 2010 and hailing from Rockford, Illinois, Fatherless is a collaborative print posse of artists, designers, graffiti writers and educators. All of their work consists of hand-screened, limited edition prints, and can best be described as, “a visual mixtape of creative shenagination.”

Katie draws inspiration from traditional scientific illustrations. Katie’s original work was made especially for this years Pick Me Up. Patternbank loved her whimsical studies of biological studies and scientific drawings.

Bristol Affordable Art Fair 2013 – Artist Highlights

By Patternbank On April 30, 2013 · In Inspiration

The Patternbank team visited Bristol’s Affordable Art Fair at Brunel’s Old Station last weekend. The Affordable Art Fair’s formula is simple, yet unique: a relaxed, inspiring environment and lots of good quality contemporary art. In this post we give a quick snapshot of our favorite finds whilst walking the show. Check the website for more information on exhibiting artists and galleries and dates for other cites the fair is visiting.

Antlers Gallery

Charles Emerson – Rose Sanderson @ Antlers Gallery

Harlequin Gallery and The Marle Gallery

Clare Schimdt Norris @ Harlequin Gallery, Emma Forrester @ The Marle Gallery

Fourwalls Contemporary Art

Myung Nam An – Becky Blair @ Fourwalls Contemporary Art

Gregory Euclide – Fragile Environments

By Patternbank On April 29, 2013 · In Inspiration

Gregory Euclide produces these miniature landscapes with complex detail using graphite, acrylic and ink in traditional landscape painting fused with found plastic bags, foam, pinecones, sage, moss and paper. The elements are encased environments illustrating their vulnerability where words like wilderness, natural and sustainability come to mind. Euclide’s work is on show at the Martha Otero Gallery, Los Angeles, CA until 11th May 2013, definitely worth a visit if your in town. The black and white paintings also featured here were produced by Euclide while he taught at Minnesota River Valley School. Using Japanese Sumi ink, whiteboard erasers, paper towels, spray bottles, brushes and any other objects he could find lying around in the classroom, he would create directly onto whiteboards only to casually erase them away at the end of the day. The students were so affected when he erased the beautiful creations that Euclide decided to release a series of prints of the temporary ink designs. “In our culture, there is a strong emphasis on reproduction and the original seems less important,” says Euclide. Euclide relates this concept to societyʼs impact on the natural world by stating, “When people get to know nature and spend time in it, they start to realize how their actions affect it.”

Meadow Sweet – Harpers Bazaar May 2013 Photographed by Elena Rendina

By Patternbank On April 23, 2013 · In Inspiration

Patternbank just love the recent limited edition of Harper’s Bazaar May 2013 issue. A collaboration with the V&A museum, with an exclusive cover featuring the model Sophie ‘Hirschy” Hirschfelder, the Meadow Sweet fashion story was shot by photographer Elena Rendina and styled by Bazaar’s senior fashion editor Cathy Kasterine. The fantastic flower-themed issue takes lush English gardens as its inspiration, just what we need right now!

The Ultimate Spring/Summer 2014 Print Trend Report Collection – 3 x PDF Bundle

By Patternbank On April 19, 2013 · In Trend Forecasts

We’ve taken all 3 of our popular Spring/Summer 2014 Trend Reports and bundled them up into a handy PDF Download. The Collection contains Spring/Summer 2014 Print Trend Reports Part 1 & 2 plus the Première Vision + Indigo Spring/Summer 2014 Print Trend Report at a great value price of £55 / $84 – a saving of £10 / $15 over buying them all separately, highlights include:

28 print trends for Spring/Summer 2014
Over 100 pages of print forecast intelligence
Over 380 inspirational hand-picked images
Only £55 /$84 (£10 / $15 Saving) via PayPal

Whether you are a small print studio, independent freelance designer, manufacturer or clothing line, this bundle of extensive reports will give you a real insight into the most important print trends for Spring/Summer 2014. These trend reports will become your essential seasonal aid for your new print developments and colour direction.