For this year’s Summer of Creativity, we welcomed Brooke Ashley, founder of marketing agency Flowstate11, as our guest expert. Brooke...
A small business isn’t limited in its scope of who it can reach. With social media platforms, talented designers and...
A Textile Design Lab designer recently posted a series of beautiful patterns which all had a stained glass look and...
Contrary to belief, you do not need to have hundreds of pieces developed before launching and promoting your portfolio website....
Over the weekend I had the pleasure of interviewing Kim Kight from Trueup.net (website now defunct.) In this interview we discuss her...
If you are looking to land your first job or internship it is important to thoroughly know the company with...
It’s an honor to welcome Four Corners Art Collective to the blog for this three-part guest post series on the workings...
Trend research can be a difficult skill to attain. It can feel abstract, vague and subjective. To help calm your...
We have a number of new readers in the Pattern Observer community so I wanted to repost my call for...
Sometimes it is difficult to know how you want to grow your business. You know that you want to be...
Pappenpop is a print design studio that sells artistic patterns for all markets: fashion, home decor, packaging, art installations, ceramics,...
It’s exciting to have dreams of quitting your job and starting a freelance business. The big question is: when do...
