Mark Hearld - Birds & Beast

Image © Laura Towers at YSP

Image © YSP

Image © YSP

I recently saw an exhibition by Mark Hearld at the YSP. The work on show was a mixture of collage, prints, pen and ink and 3D pieces. I really like his illustrative style and depictions of animals in their habitat, the hare's a lovely.

Utility at Christmas

I received this lovely message from design store Utility today. I do like a good santa and this retro styled one made me smile, nice illustration! Check out their stores in Liverpool & London (near Kings Cross) or online here.

Double the Goodness

Image © Oliver Jeffers

Two of my favourite things - chocolate & Illustration. I spotted the lovely ad campaign on sky tonight for Kinder chocolate and upon googling it I found that the wonderful Oliver Jeffers is responsible for the beautiful illustration, good work!

Four Seasons

Image © Bailey Doesn't Bark

Image © Bailey Doesn't Bark

Image © Bailey Doesn't Bark

Contemporary home & gifts company Bailey Doesn't Bark has created a beautiful range of products called Four Seasons. The series of products all feature a simple illustration that changes as the seasons do, lovely pen work.

Lucy Eldridge

Image © Lucy Eldridge

Image © Lucy Eldridge

Image © Lucy Eldridge

I love the playful style of illustrator Lucy Eldridge. She uses watercolour & pencils to create beautiful characters and scenes, one of my favourites is the Sea Otter above, he looks very cute and the placement works well with the choice of hand-drawn font.

Scouts Honour

Image © Souts Honour

Image © Souts Honour

Image © Souts Honour

Image © Souts Honour

 I like the style of illustrator Scouts Honour. Their website showcases a variety of work from paper engineering, surface pattern, illustration to advertising. The colour palette is really vibrant and bright too, something to perk you up when its raining.

Kirath Ghundoo

Image from Kirath Ghundoo website

Image from Kirath Ghundoo website

Image from Kirath Ghundoo website

I really this range of mix n match wallpaper by Kirath Ghundoo. The colours & patterns she's created are beautiful as stand alone pieces or work really well side by side, creating a bold statement in any interior space. I love the different themes & inspirations in each pattern, from Aztec to geometric to stacking.

Folksaga

A selection of stories, image from Caleb Heisey website

Image from Caleb Heisey website

Image from Caleb Heisey website

I've always liked this style of illustration since the days of the Metz Judderman advert. This collection comes from designer Caleb Heisey. The illustrations are based on Swedish folk stories and vary per bottle, I think I'd like to try one of these.

Sentimental Prints

Initials Heart Love Anniversary Wedding Print Poster by Nutmegaroo, Etsy

You Look Lovely Today by Hayley & Lucas, Achica

A lovely find on Pinterest

It's Wedding season amongst my friends & family this year and I've been on the look out for some inspiring words of romance & love. I've pulled a selection together on Pinterest and here are a few of my favourites (they all make me smile)

Mini Moderns Festival Range

Festival Porcelain - Tea cup set, image from Mini Moderns website

Lovely packaging, image from Mini Moderns website

Interior brand Mini Moderns has teamed up with design studio Magpie to create a range of porcelain tableware to celebrate the festival of Britain's 60 year anniversary. The range "Festival" features highlights of the 1951 festival and includes some of the iconic landmarks and geometric shapes of the era. I might be adding the range to my wishlist.

Jacqui Lee

Wedding Stationery for Hello Lucky, image from Jacqui Lee website

Illustration from Captain's Log series, image from Jacqui Lee website

Movie poster for Big Fish, image from Jacqui Lee blog

Illustration from the Jules Verne collection, image from Jacqui Lee website

Another find from website Hello Lucky is illustrator Jacqui Lee. She has a new collection of wedding stationery on the site which I think is beautiful, the example above shows a really nice approach to florals. Crossing over to her website you can see a lovely illustrative style & a lot of collaboration and variety of work. I've added a few of my favourites above.

Lab Partners

Visit Seattle by Lab Partners, image from Hello Lucky website, £3

Admissions Poster, RCAD, image from Lab Partners website

Hunt & Gather - Pipe, image from Lab Partners website, $20

2011 Calendar, image from Lab Partners website

I came across Lab Partners on the Hello Lucky website. The site specialises in letterpress printing & design across wedding stationery, greeting cards & gifting. The welcome to Seattle card really stood out at me, I really like the style of illustration and colour palette. Hello Lucky states their designers so I was able to find out more about Lab Partners by hoping over to their website. And I equally loved that too. They have a mixture of their work & prints to buy, I have posted a few examples above - I hope you like them.

Lazy Oaf

Lazy Oaf Bonjour Bebe Card

Lazy Oaf Party Beard Card Ginger

Lazy Oaf Intimate Card

Lazy Oaf Squeeze Card

I really like Lazy Oaf's range of cards (just one string to their bow). I love the sentiment, illustration & colour (where applied), the cards are really silly & funny, if you know my sense of humour you will know that I've giggled reading all of them. I think H will especially like the bonjour card at the top. Lazy Oaf also produce t-shirts, accessories and lifestyle products. The brand was started over 10 years ago on a market stall in East London but its now grown and they sell their work in over 150 stockists worldwide.

Eva Juliet Atelier

Print Designs by EvaJulietAtelier

Magnets Designs by EvaJulietAtelier

Print Designs by EvaJulietAtelier

Card Designs by EvaJulietAtelier

I can't remember how I stumbled across Eva Juliet Atelier but I'm glad I have. The Candian desginer seems to be able to turn her very talent hand to anything. Her website shows amazing examples of graphic design, illustration, print, photography & plush.  I have posted a few of my favourite pieces above - I especially like the 2 prints - one for me & the other for H. I love her colour palette & materials, its very soft and easy. May have to add her shop to my Etsy favourites.

All image from EvaJulietAtelier

Alex Westgate

Grown Up Soda by Alex Westgate

Rainy Days by Alex Westgate

2012 Calendar by Alex Westgate

I really like the graphic stlye of Designer & Illustrator Alex Westgate. His choice of colours are a simple mix that compliment one another and each other project throughout his portfolio. He is really playful and very commercial, I'd love to buy some of his prints or his lovely calendar above. Check his website out for more info & have a read of his blog too.