We are welcoming back Brooklyn, NY based designer Maayan Alper-Swan to the Textile Design Lab this September 23rd at 1pm...
*Balenciaga Fall “13 via vogue.com Hi there! This has been a busy week here at Pattern Observer…registration opened for The...
*image via ancient art I am obsessed with the show Radiolab and their latest episode, Help, touches on one of...
Margaret Cowell designs under the brand name Margaret Clavell, which was her great-grandmother’s maiden name. Margaret originally studied graphic design...
Mon Lien Atelier came to fruition in 2022 with a niche product in mind, silk scarves. Mon Lien meaning “my...
Is your artistic style varied? Do you feel like a design chameleon, switching between aesthetics, such as painterly florals and...
Today we welcome international color consultant Susan Fischer of Lisbon, Portugal to share her experience with the wide world of...
In the 2013 Pattern Industry Survey, 508 out of 773 designers answered this question : “How do you market your...
Designing home decor patterns is a nice, happy medium between the more extreme fashion and quilting industries. For example, trends...
Writing isn’t the easiest process for most designers to do. Sure, we can write our blogs (which I highly recommend)...
Megan Johnson is a military spouse, a mom, and a Pinterest marketing expert. She has been working in Pinterest Marketing...
Your portfolio website isn’t just a digital gallery; it’s the most powerful marketing tool in your surface pattern design business...




















