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A week today will see the opening of London's premier greetings card show - Progressive Greetings Live. One of the artists appearing will be Dublin based designer Shirley Copperwhite. Shirley will be unveiling 50 new card designs, a new range of tea towels all printed in the UK along with lots of artwork available to license. Shirley is also known for her silk scarf designs and has a Society6

Annie Chen is a graphic/surface designer based in Vancouver, Canada and the artist behind Lemonni. The brand wad established in 2013 to bring Annie's patterns and her love of paper and textile together. Her work uses simple shapes inspired by nature, animals and travelling. Her prints such as Acorns, Clouds, and Fish are available on bags, table runners, cushions, tea towels etc. See more from

Jessica Hayman established Rose & Clara Designs in 2013. Previously working as a lawyer she decided to return to her first love : design. Jessica creates her cheerful patterns and illustrations, which are based on hand drawn images, from her studio in London.  Her prints are showcased on her range of British-made homewares, gifts and stationery, which are available from selected retail

The latest designs from Darling Clementine are now online at Artsy Modern. The 'Pickles' range features Tins, Tea Towels, Porcelain, and a 2015 calendar, all designed by the Norwegian design agency founded by Tonje Holand and Ingrid Reithaug. Their playful, modern home décor products are inspired by the past and their Scandinavian design heritage.The products retail at Artsy Modern from between

Another exhibitor at the Home Show at Olympia was Jangneus a collection of Swedish style dishcloths, tea towels, trays and greetings cards. Based in Oxfordshire the company was founded by Swedish born designer Marie Jangneus-Davis who likes to combine the Swedish tradition of form and function and accompany it with original design. All of their designs are made in-house and all are products are

And finally exhibiting at Top Drawer this year was Zoe Atwell. Zoe showcased her range of cushions, tea towels, greeting cards, notebooks and prints. After many years working in editorial design Zoe decided to pursue her long-standing love of colour and pattern. Zoe's design style is mostly hand-drawn, abstract and stylised. Her patterns are happy and cheerful and are designed to bring fun and

Mirdinara Kitchen is a new line of tea towels designed by Dinara Mirtalipova who is originally from Uzbekistan but is now based in Ohio. The designs were inspired by her ethnic background and folklore. The designs feature birds, tulips, horses and 'matryonas'. Each tea towel also comes in a gorgeous box with complimentary recipe card making it ideal to give as a gift. Going forward Mirdinara

For today's Friday eye candy I have looked to online shop Starling Store. New lines include notebooks, tea towels, lampshades and a tote bag from Atelier LZC, Art prints (above & below) by Kitty McCall and kitchenware from the brilliant Darling Clementine. See these new arrivals and more online at Starling Store.

2014 saw the launch of designer Mel Smith's first homeware collection featuring tea towels, lampshades and cushions. Mel launched her designs at Top Drawer in London and the products can be found in various stockists and online via her website here. Her double-sided cushions feature two co-ordinating prints - designed for those that like to have a quick freshen up by flipping the cushion over!

All this beautiful design was spotted on the Korean website 'Common Kitchen'.  This online store has lots for fans of Scandinavian style to drool over and admire. Common Kitchen have their own line of products and stock items from other brands such as Lisa Jones, Robert Kaufman, Polkka Jam, Rifle, Michael Miller and Birch fabrics. The buyers have a great eye so if you want to see a selection of

I have fallen head over heals for this new owl print spotted at Marks & Spencer. The colourful 'Owls' design mixes a lot of print trends such as woodland, triangles, and even tribal navajo styling. Its available on  tea towels, an apron, oven gloves, tins, mugs, cups and a large tray. All spotted online here at Marks & Spencer.

Also snapped at the Habitat Autumn Winter press preview were a selection of ceramics and tableware. Here we saw geometric patterns and textures, some made from pressing fabric into wet clay to create a grid or woven finish on would have otherwise been a plain dish. The 'Savannah' tableware pattern came about after Habitat buyers visited the workshop in Portugal and spotted the colour

Sam Osborne is a UK based designer and illustrator creating bold, colourful, modern, geometric based patterns and designs. Sam has just launched a brand new collection called "Wondercook" which is all themed around food and cooking. The designs have a retro feel and the range includes limited edition prints, greetings card, notecards, mugs and a recipe journal. All items are available at Etsy

These colourful designs are from Love Faith And Hope. Designed by Dimitria Jordan they are part of her Kroma range which incorporate elements of pattern and type. Dimitria is also one of the young designers chosen by the Princes Trust to create a range of homewares for George at Asda that will promote her designs and raise money for charity. Scroll down to see those designs or view online here.

It's Friday and that means we sit back and enjoy some design work simply to admire its beautiful design. Today its all about Finnish design firm Marimekko where we are looking at tea towels, fabrics, bags, cushions etc. So scroll down and enjoy the vibrant colour and fun designs. It is a bank holiday here in the UK on Monday but dont miss Print & Pattern on Tuesday when we go into full Surtex

And talking of Casaideas i have had a good browse around their website and picked out some lovely highlights from their current product range. If you think there is a Scandinavian feel to the designs despite Casaideas being in South America then its worth noting then it could be due to the company sending their design tea to Copenhagen to gather inspiration. Scroll down to see my selection or

Most of today's posts are highlights from fun online store 'The Dot Com Gift Shop' where I enjoyed browsing around their colourful products for home and gift. These Tea Towels with a real vintage flavour caught my eye along with items using retro mod style fabrics. All available now from the Dot Com Gift Shop.

I came across the work of Jonna Saarinen through Kangan Arora (with whom she collaborates) whilst working on the P+P geo book. Joanna is a Finnish textile designer and Central Saint Martins College & Royal College of Art graduate whose work combines influences from "Nordic nature and memories of times gone by, brought together in a range of interior items developed by hand drawing, mark making

Regular readers may notice that on a Friday I like to post some pure pattern 'eye candy' to just enjoy for the pleasure of looking at prints. And today all the images are from the new Habitat Spring Summer 2014 'Now' range. There are tea towels, cushions, mugs, bedding, tableware and mugs in a range of new prints. I especially enjoyed the Arca range of kitchen textiles (above & below) and the

the new design collection from finland based company polkka jam is centred around the theme of a wintry forest. The Talviuniset collection includes organic cotton duvet covers and pillowcases, posters and postcards printed on recycled paper, cotton/linen mix tea towels, and trays made of domestic birch veneer. inspired by walks in Marttisenjärvi, Northern Savonia where walking in the forest

'chicken coop' is a new collection created for the spring season by ashley thomas at debenhams. featuring quirky country chickens -in tweed waistcoats and bow ties it fuses illustrated motifs with contemporary stripes and hand drawn flowers. its exclusively available in debenhams stores or check the whole range online here.

all these lovely works are by kate yorke for her new business called emily pickle. kate designs cards, tea towels and prints for her label which is named after her daughter. recently her tea towel above was named in a top 10 selection by the guardian newspaper and her design below has been shortlisted in a brabantia design competition. see more online at emily pickle.

cats feature again today with this new mr ps new tea towel produced by megan price in collaboration with robert shadbolt. called 'happy cat' there is more info over at the mr ps shop.

renowned food illustrator claudia pearson has just launched her brand new website showcasing her portfolio, projects and shop all in one lovely place. new commissions that you can view their include a collaboration with west elm on tea towels and tableware. you can also get a sneak peak at claudia's studio (below) and see her brand new book for chronicle called 'drawing food' which is a

this fantastic print is from john lewis' 'house' range. this curated collection of 600 items is specifically aimed at the contemporary home, and the featured print is available on cushions and kitchen textiles. see more from 'house by john lewis' online here.