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Patternbank brings you the key print highlights from the recent Paris Fashion Week catwalk shows. In this report we’ve edited down the strongest print trend highlights for Spring/Summer 2013. Dont miss our final complete SS 2013 Print trend report, covering New York, London, Milan and Paris Fashion Week which we will be live next week.

Tsumori Chisato S/S 2013

Paris Fashion Week   Spring/Summer 2013   Print Trend Highlights catwalks

Painted Expression – Hand Painted Landscapes -Native American Visual References – Painted Zig-zag patterns – Deep Saturated colour – Free Spirited Illustration – Colour blocking

Tsumori Chisato photos via Fashionising.com

 

Chalayan S/S 2013

Paris Fashion Week   Spring/Summer 2013   Print Trend Highlights catwalks

Photo Fractured prints – Large Scale Digital Prints  - Abstracted Pattern forms – Intense Colour blasts – Futuristic Edge – Folded Fabric patterns – Overprinted Floral statements

Chalayan photos via Fashionising.com

 

Cedric Charlier S/S 2013

Paris Fashion Week   Spring/Summer 2013   Print Trend Highlights catwalks

Refined Brush Marks – Geometric Form – Engineered Pattern placements – Stripes and Bold brushed pattern  - Texture through Brushed paint – Light Grounds

Cedric Charlier photos via Fashionising.com

 

Hermes S/S 2013

Paris Fashion Week   Spring/Summer 2013   Print Trend Highlights catwalks

Linear and Subtle Hawaiian Landscape Visuals – Geometric and Optical plays – Tropical Palm and Plant life studies – Mosaic Prints – Tropical Scarf prints

Hermes photos via Fashionising.com

 

Dries Van Noten S/S 2013

Paris Fashion Week   Spring/Summer 2013   Print Trend Highlights catwalks

Printed Organza – Clashing Plaid mash-ups – Midscale Faded Florals – Non Digital Screen Prints – Layered prints – Large Brushmark floral motifs – Pattern Mixes

Dries Van Noten photos via Fashionising.com

 

Kenzo S/S 2013

Paris Fashion Week   Spring/Summer 2013   Print Trend Highlights catwalks

Japanese Jungle prints – Oversized Leopard Skin references – Botanical and Tiger print statements – Photographic Junglescape – Abstract Animal prints

Kenzo photos via Fashionising.com

 

Manish Arora S/S 2013

Paris Fashion Week   Spring/Summer 2013   Print Trend Highlights catwalks

Embellished Jewel pattern prints – Bracelets and Necklaces visuals - Photo-Printed patterns – Tiger and Temple Visuals – Ornate &  Decorative – Ceramic Painted Imagery – Indian and Middle Eastern pattern plays

Manish Arora photos via Fashionising.com

 

Paris Fashion Week   Spring/Summer 2013   Print Trend Highlights catwalks

Imperfect Printed Charm   Charlotte Farmer inspiration

These beautifully crafted screen prints are the work of fine art print maker Charlotte Farmer. Charlotte studied Fine Art Printmaking at Cheltenham and Gloucester college, followed a few years later by a masters degree in Communication Design, specialising in illustration at Central St Martins, graduating in 2006. She describes her work as a combination of low tech printing methods, small intense detail, contrasted with mistakes, imperfections & a bit of more gestural mark making. See more of her work at charlotte-farmer.co.uk

Imperfect Printed Charm   Charlotte Farmer inspiration

Imperfect Printed Charm   Charlotte Farmer inspiration

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Imperfect Printed Charm   Charlotte Farmer inspiration

Fantastical Bio scientific Thoughts   Katie Scott inspiration

Patternbank are loving Katie Scott’s surreal anatomy and scientific illustrations. A recent Brighton University illustration graduate, Katie uses scanned watercolor swatches to create these amazing studies. We love the subtle blue and green hues that gel the illustrations together in a truly natural way. See more of her work on her portfolio site katie-scott.com

Fantastical Bio scientific Thoughts   Katie Scott inspiration

Fantastical Bio scientific Thoughts   Katie Scott inspiration

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Fantastical Bio scientific Thoughts   Katie Scott inspiration

Kateryna Bilokur   Detail in Folk Art Florals inspiration

Kateryna Vasylivna Bilokur was a Ukrainian folk artist born in the village of Bohdanivka, Kiev region in 1900. Kateryna loved to paint flowers and you can see from these paintings how she became known for her interest in nature. The intricate detail of her paintings and subtle colours that appear to fade into the distance are just beautiful. Katerina Bilokur died June 9, 1961. Her creativity has won her general recognition and she was given the honourable title of Peoples’s Artist of the Ukrainian. For more stunning floral inspiration see wikipaintings.org

Kateryna Bilokur   Detail in Folk Art Florals inspiration

 

Kateryna Bilokur   Detail in Folk Art Florals inspiration

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Kateryna Bilokur   Detail in Folk Art Florals inspiration

Secret Gardens   Moon Beom inspiration

From a series titled ‘Secret Gardens’ these ghostly, almost other-wordly paintings reflect the spontaneity of nature and landscapes – as well as echoing traditional Korean figurative painting. An endless space is created by organic flowing structures and soft washes of primary colour floating and falling off the canvas. See Moon Beom’s amazing paintings for yourself, at the Saatchi Gallery – currently exhibiting in ‘Korean Eye’

Contributed By Sarah Bishop

Secret Gardens   Moon Beom inspiration

Secret Gardens   Moon Beom inspiration

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Secret Gardens   Moon Beom inspiration

Embroidered Wonderland   Laura Mckellar inspiration

Illustrator, photographer and graphic designer Laura Mckellar, has captivated Patternbank with her quirky 50’s style black and white photographs, embellished with colourful appliqué and embriodery. With Melbourne roots and born into a family of artists and photographers, her childhood was spent experimenting with photography and art which lead to five years of training as a graphic designer. See more of her work on her website.

Embroidered Wonderland   Laura Mckellar inspiration

Embroidered Wonderland   Laura Mckellar inspiration

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Embroidered Wonderland   Laura Mckellar inspiration

Bio Digital Complexity   Tatiana Plakhova inspiration

With brave new worlds and tropical wonderlands, two key trends coming through for Spring/Summer 2014, Patternbank wanted to share the amazing work of Russian graphic artist Tatiana Plakhova. Her complex and mesmerizing digital paintings trace natural floral forms and biological studies in intense mathematic linear state. Check out her portfolio site for a glimpse into her science fiction-like botanical garden complexitygraphic.com

Bio Digital Complexity   Tatiana Plakhova inspiration

Bio Digital Complexity   Tatiana Plakhova inspiration

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Bio Digital Complexity   Tatiana Plakhova inspiration

Mysterious Assemblages   Eva Eun Sil Han inspiration

Layering materials hides the original identity of photographs, transforming them into these mysterious, collaged assemblages. Flashes of colour, from found papers, add depth and contrast  in the bold monochromatic mood of the collection. Layers and repetition of shape create an inherent sense of pattern and control – as well as adding a 3D element to a flat image. The recurring circular form has become a signature of Eva Eun-Sil Han – find more of these intriguing pieces at evahan.weebly.com

Contributed by Sarah Bishop

Mysterious Assemblages   Eva Eun Sil Han inspiration

Mysterious Assemblages   Eva Eun Sil Han inspiration

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Mysterious Assemblages   Eva Eun Sil Han inspiration