MOYO / / 1 Million Readers!

We are so excited to share the news that our free design magazine MOYO has been viewed by over 1 MILLION people! As we are busy working behind the scenes on our anniversary issue (due out in late August), we just wanted to take a moment to thank everyone who has helped make MOYO - the world's first magazine dedicated to surface pattern design - such a roaring success! We look forward to bringing you more inspiration, business advice and opportunities to showcase your design work over the coming months. In the meantime, if you have missed any of our previous issues, check them out here:

 

Issue 1

Issue 2

Issue 3: The Fabric Issue!

Issue 4: The Paper Issue!

If you are interested in ‘The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design (the e-course)’ we are thrilled to announce we are running a new series (starting on August 19th 2013) Register here. Also, don’t miss out on our next run of Module 2 ‘Creating Your Professional identity’ which is running 19th August 2013! Brought to you by Rachael Taylor and Beth Kempton.

Rachael on Twitter: @rachtdesign Beth on Twitter: @DoWhatYouLoveXx

You can also read some magic words from some our past students who have gone on to achieve some amazing things!

PLAY - University of Leeds Design Show 2013

We recently visited the University of Leeds Design Graduate Degree Show, entitled 'PLAY' & the amount of talent within the BA(Hons) Textile Design & BA (Hons) Graphic & Communication Design groups was so impressive! It was a wonderful show, showcasing the up & coming talent of the design industry & as Rachael & myself are former students it was great to have a catch up!
It was great to see the amount of strong pattern work coming through which is especially relevant to our e-course we are currently running, so much unique & commercial potential!
Below are a selection of images from the show and I hope you enjoy them as much as we did! 
Kelly :)

Laura Jeffreys

Catherine McCole

Chloe Kerr

Paisley Lewis

Sophia Precious

Natasha Brown

Rebecca Clapham

Sasha Plummer

Jessica Googe

Natasha Purnell

Alice France

Charlotte Langstroth

Amy Nicholls

Jessica Kennedy

Bobbi-Rae Gastall

Abigail Sims

Nathalie Ward

Marie Stenton

Bianca Sinclair

Geneva Stanton

Verity Wheatley

Michael Greenhalgh

Adam Knights

Victoria White

Issue 4 of MOYO Magazine (The Paper Issue) Is Here!

The fourth issue of MOYO is here and it is all about paper (yum!). Your FREE copy includes:

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• Behind the scenes with top art agent Lilla Rogers
• An interview with stationery designer Carolyn Gavin
• Papercutting with Mr Yen
• Rachel Hazell on patterns in paper
• Hannah Nunn reports from a wallpaper factory
• MOYO learns to make paper
• …and much more!

We also have design tips, a designer diary, a brief for you and more - see inside for details. Being a team of paper lovers you can only imagine how much fun we had putting this together!

Get your FREE copy of MOYO Issue 4 here!

MOYO is the world’s only online magazine dedicated to surface pattern design. Packed with interviews, design briefs, colour challenges, art reviews, student showcases, design tips, inspiration, trends and more, this free resource is published quarterly. You can see the our back issues here.

MOYO is free and we want to share the wonderful world of surface pattern design with as many people as possible – please help! You can share it on Facebook, Tweet about it (@surfacepatternd #moyomagazine) or email a link to your friends. Please also feel free to blog about it or share it in your newsletter and inspire even more people to dive into the exciting world of surface pattern design!

Module 3 Exciting Announcement - Part 1!

Mitas & Co are a company founded by Rachel Mitas who has more than decade's experience within the home furnishings industry. The business was set up to promote new talents & designs & they offer bespoke services.

This fantastic company, for the second time during the run of 'The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design (the e-course)', has created a live brief for our students to get stuck into! We are thrilled that Mitas & Co are one of our many contributors that will be offering a chance for our students to get their designs in front of some of the design industry's leading practitioners!

Don't miss out! Sign up for Module 3 'Monestising Your Designs' which includes the know-how on freelancing, licensing, selling outright, manufacturing & more!

Or you can join us for our next launch of the full ABPSD e-course where you can register for Module 1 - 'Designing Your Way', Module 2 - 'Creating Your Professional Identity' or finally for Module 3 - 'Monetising Your Designs'!

Diamond Dust by Georgia Simmonds

St Paul's Cathedral by Sam Wingate

Queen of Diamonds by Polly Alizarin Harvey

Lady Bird by Binita Trivedi

Oh, Sweet Pea! by Alice Thompson

The Pequod by Alix Bigois Jeambrun

Trend Research: COLOUR!

Recently we have been looking into trends & we were dazzled by the gorgeous colour we spotted around Leeds city centre! What colours have YOU been seeing out & about?

Peter Maturi

Harvey Nichols

Accessorize

Clarks

Wilkinson

Rachael Taylor Designs in 2013!

Happy New Year!

Lots of exciting things are in store from the studio this year. We are simultaneously exhibiting at TWO shows! We will be exhibiting at Home, London (stand E47) from the 13th - 15th January as well as through the fabulous Lilla Rogers Studio at Printsource, New York  (booth B14) which runs on the 15th & 16th of January 2013.

We can't wait! 2013 is going to be an exiting & busy year for us, wish us luck!