Quincy Lampshades - Designs Wanted!

Ruth McAllister set up Quincy Lampshades "to banish boring lampshades for good". Ruth sources "gorgeous fabrics" & offers her lampshades in a range of varying sizes.

"We make each lampshade by hand to ensure that our big, bold and bright designs are perfectly placed on every shade".

We love Quincy Lampshades as Ruth looks after producing our very own limited edition British lampshade collection which you can buy on our shop!

Ruth is currently designing a fresh, new, design-lead range & is looking for a designer to create some fab new patterns. The patterns could be inspired by geometrics, floral or novelty patterns! So if you want to see your design on a gorgeous lampshade send in your design by the 17th May. Read below for more information.

Visit the Quincy Lampshades website or follow her on Twitter or Facebook. Good luck!

Spoonflower 'Retro Kitchen' Competition - Loni Harris

Good morning everyone!

Some more exciting news about one of our 'The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design (The E-course)' students. The good news just keeps coming!

E-course student Loni Harris, a graphic and surface pattern designer, has reached the top 10 of the Spoonflower 'Retro Kitchen Competition'! We are very proud here! You can see her lovely submission below or click here to go to her website :)

Pattern course Module 3 to include live briefs from industry leaders!

We are absolutely thrilled to announce that Module 3 of The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design 'Monetising your designs' (which begins on Monday) will include live briefs from three leading companies in the world of surface pattern design: 

- Wallpaper company Wallpapered.com 
- Design studio Lemon Ribbon 
- Design studio Tigerprint

This is an extraordinary opportunity to get your designs in front of some of the industry's leading buyers and design studios - don't miss out. Join us! 

 
But hurry, class begins on Monday!  

Graham & Brown

I had a great start to the day yesterday with the postman dropping off these lovely three canvas samples. I wasn't expecting them at all so when I opened the package it was really nice to see my designs actually printed. This design was commissioned early in the year by from the lovely team at Graham & Brown UK. I really enjoyed working on this one & it was such a lovely brief to do!

I'm going to hang them in my newly decorated dining room they actually fit with my colour scheme perfectly!