“The most noticeable trends are those that are inspired by the world of Matisse’s cut-outs. The non-interacting abstracted shapes both reference and subvert the natural with Surrealist colour palettes and compositions.”...
In-House International — Austin, USA / Barcelona, Spain
What do you see as a current trend in pattern design? “Botanical prints of all kinds — from pastel flowers to lush tropical greenscapes — are showing up both a lot. Marbling that looks almost psychedelic also seems to be having a moment. In graphic and brand design, the last few years have been good to geometric blobs and hand-painted-looking...
Latin American Design Awards 2022 — Winners Announced — Lima, Peru
LADAWARDS 2022 (6th edition of the Latin American Design Awards) presented 1,150 registered projects from different Latin American countries, such as Brazil, Chile, Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Costa Rica, Paraguay, Ecuador, Peru, and more, in its ten categories: Graphic Design, Product Design, Animation, Packaging, Illustration, Type Design, Typography, Digital, Editorial, Branding, and more than 100 subcategories. LAD is one of the...
Nick Barclay Designs — Sydney, Australia
What makes a good pattern design? “I personally like something that is eye-catching, geometric and bold. I like seeing new takes on classic Swiss design patterns or new uses for them.”...
Anna Gugutishvili — Tbilisi, Georgia
“We meet certain forms of patterns every day — visual ones, audible ones, life events, and our nature itself. Patterns are hidden in our environment and in our habits, too. I always try to find consistency in everything and express my emotions visually, with abstract shapes or rhythmic or repetitive symbols.”...
Mehman Mammedov — Baku, Azerbaijan
“A good pattern design makes people feel something about art. People are simply amazed when they see the elements of their lives everywhere in a neat and logical sequence. The human brain learns from everything that moves a person’s feelings. They enjoy looking at visuals and trying to understand them by combining shapes they have previously visually experienced.”...
Estúdio Daó — Guilherme Vieira, Giovani Castelucci — São Paulo, Brazil
“When we create patterns in the studio, we always think about rhythm, whether it is more orderly (where the pattern composition rules are clearly visible) or more disordered (where we create space for randomness). Composition rules can play with the basics of design such as positioning, scale, colours and rotation to achieve the desired rhythm.”...
Mohamed Samir — London, UK
“Uniqueness and consistency. The most interesting patterns always make you want to wander around the entire system in a given image, searching for the rhythm and looking for pieces that look alike or have similarities. Having some sort of rhythm in the pattern to avoid making it another form of art. But consistency does not necessarily mean repetition.”...
Golden Pin Design Award 2022 — Design Mark Winners Revealed! — Taipei, Taiwan
The 2022 Golden Pin Concept Design Award (GPCDA) announces the list of Design Mark winners as well as the candidates for the Final Selection! This year saw a record number of submissions — 5,114 works from 29 countries/regions worldwide. Among all submissions, 43 cames from Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Japan, Russia, Germany, and Turkey — stood out among fierce...
Ada Zielińska — Warszawa, Poland
What makes a good pattern design? The right choice of material to print on and the design itself. The sizes of individual elements, appropriate colors, contrast. And finally, proper preparation for printing, which is crucial to making the final design look good....
Studio Maud Vantours — Paris, France
“I see a trend revival of the seventies in fashion and decoration. The colours in 2022 are a bit softer than the bright psychedelic colour combinations of the ’70s. For example in France, Monoprix did a rendition and retrospective collection of their iconic designs, furniture and objects from ’70s — and I love it! Another pattern trend is optical-illusion prints...
Vanzyst — Ivan Kamzyst — Kiev, Ukraine
What do you see as a current trend in pattern design? “The trend seems to be towards courage and and emotionality. I like the boldness of the decisions on how to use patterns in design nowadays.”...