DESIGN CONTEXT

Friday, May 7, 2010

Kitchen and Nursery wear.
'Products for design conscious parents.'

Colour drew me into these products. Also they use of plain space within the designs. The designs aren't afraid to be spread out. They're simple and bold and have a consistency that also runs throughout. Very modern, but good inspiration for tea towels and aprons :)

http://www.olliandlime.com/uk/shop.html

BHS Oven Glove Design - Hovis Research

I'm not so sure how much I like the embroidery technique to these patterns, but it was the pattern and use of colour that really caught me eye with these shots. Quite quirky and homely, something I would regard as being a bit 'busy' but yet they still work really well. It's nice to see another way of applying designs to products. I'm really interested in the application of putting designs onto products. I'm currently experimenting with finding the best way to apply my work to different products.

http://printpattern.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2010-03-19T07%3A59%3A00Z&max-results=20

Laura Ashley - Hovis Research

'Botanical Birds.'

A new range of kitchen-ware at Laura Ashley. Again as inspiration for my Hovis brief. I picked these out as an example of how they work as a set. I'm really not keen on much else about them however. The illustration and colour pallet isn't really my cuppa tea, but the products and the way the design runs consistently through them is a helpful example.