Saladrons

As you will know, I like making designs intended for wall coverings since this was the way in which I first came into contact with pattern making and creating walls for interior spaces is still a large part of what I do.

This design takes for its inspiration the motifs produced in the early part of the mid-century in the UK along with the aesthetic behind the patterns produced during the early years of the 1900s in Europe. This was a time when ideas and fashions changed and a lot of very inventive work took place. The colours that I used have been chosen both from the palette used in the 1900s as well as colours from the mid-century choice.

I use Cinema 4D for producing interior architectural visualisations and I have been informed that the next version of this software will have a slightly different method for creating textures. This is a method that I particularly want to use and for this reason I am being careful to update my work ready to use the new software this next month.

If you wish, you can also see larger versions of this and, of course, my other designs and patterns for interiors on my Flickr page, a link to which is here.

Novelty

I have to be honest, I created this design as a wallpaper pattern for the walls of the large dining area which you have already seen but, once the design was finished and I had an image to look at, I decided that it was very unsuitable. As I often do, I spent a few moments messing with the design to see if I could quickly change it into something that looked better and as I did so I began to realise that there was the beginnings of a very novel and unusual design that I could create.

Is this design mid-century? No, it is mostly the product of my own imagining and of whatever sense of design, colour and form that I possess. Having completed it, however, and produced a final image I could not help but feel that it was a design that I should keep and that I may find a use for. Did I enjoy creating it? You bet!

If you wish, you can also see larger versions of this and, of course, my other designs and patterns for interiors on my Flickr page, a link to which is here.

Penning

We have a change of pace and something of a change of style today with this pattern, which is a much more relaxed and easy-on-the-eye design intended for wallpaper.

Quite often a wall, for example a bedroom wall, needs a wallpaper which looks cosy and warm and which catches, but does not hold, the eye. From the first stage of design, I could see this as wallpaper on, for example, a bedroom wall.

The design must be influenced by mid-century designs since I research and see so many of them while the colouring, although taking its roots from the colours used mid-century, is designed to look modern and suitable for use today.

If you wish, you can also see larger versions of this and, of course, my other designs and patterns for interiors on my Flickr page, a link to which is here.

Anglise

The wheel, as so often happens, is turning full circle and this pattern is not unlike the patterns I began producing about five years ago as 3D textures for wallpaper when I was unable to find anything suitable on the internet.

It was through this door that I entered the realm of surface pattern creation and became fascinated by the look and the texture produced by patterns. I was, and still am, lucky in that I can use my patterns to wrap around 3D objects and thus see them the way that they would look in the real world.

This design is, like many of my design, a simple one intended to look good as a soft furnishing fabric and, once I am able to get started, I will use it as a 3D texture. The actual design is my own but, of course, it cannot but be helped by my interest in, and considerable research of, mid-century designs and patterns. The colouring, as you can see, is very mid-century.

If you wish, you can also see larger versions of this and, of course, my other designs and patterns for interiors on my Flickr page, a link to which is here.

Preventy

We still have a green theme – I rather like the colour green – for this design which was intended once again as a design for soft furnishings.

The inspiration for this pattern looks back to the designs produced in the 1900s and at the way they inspired the patterns produced mid-century in the 1950s and the first half of the 1960s. The colours are representative more of the mid-century colours than colours that were used earlier.

The scale I have used is quite large although I did experiment with using this at a fairly small scale since it has a quick repeat and I was pleased with the result. In my mind, I could see this being used as curtain fabric but I also wondered how it would look as a furniture design when used at a small-scale. When I have the opportunity to do so, I will try this with a 3D model and bring you the result.

If you wish, you can also see larger versions of this and, of course, my other designs and patterns for interiors on my Flickr page, a link to which is here.

Domise Gren

I do tend to play with patterns after they are finished and I often make colour or shape variations and this pattern uses the elements in the pattern that I posted yesterday but in a different way.

Normally I only do this for my own amusement but sometimes the pattern comes out looking as though I ought to use it as a design in its own right, particularly since I think that this may be good commercially.

This pattern has a relatively large-scale and colours that do not have too much contrast between them and I could see this as a soft furnishing fabric.

If you wish, you can also see larger versions of this and, of course, my other designs and patterns for interiors on my Flickr page, a link to which is here.