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Yorkshire based surface pattern designers Jessica Hogarth and Jules McKeown are making their debut at Surtex this year with an exciting collection of contemporary designs under the name The Pattern Social. The duo will be based in booth 546, which promises to be inviting, eye catching and full of colour. Jessica has been working on a freelance basis from her coastal studio since 2011 as well as

Jeanetta Gonzales is a designer and artist from Los Angeles who loves using different mediums in her feminine and energetic art style that is influenced by classic and ethnic patterns. She creates vibrant and stylish art that is found on home decor items, ceramics, women's apparel, greeting cards and more. She will be exhibiting her newest collections of everyday, tropical, floral and word

Tracy Cottingham is an illustrator based in London  who specialises in design for children. Tracy represented by The Bright Group and brightartlicensing.com who will be showing her work at Surtex in Booth 433 and also at PG Live stand 148. Tracy has recently updated her website, and you can see more of her work online here. 

Also with the Bright Agency at both Surtex and PG Live you will find Suzanne Washington. Suzanne is also currently also available for commissions and freelance work.

Melanie Chadwick will be exhibiting for the first time at Blue Print Show with her agents at Pure Illustration on 12-16th May at the Metropolitan Pavilion, New York. Melanie is based in Falmouth. Cornwall where she has her own design and illustration studio creating everything from pattern designs to brand logos. Previous clients have included The National Trust and Mollie Makes. Since January

Natasha Kirby is a freelance surface pattern designer based in London and Kent. Her work is inspired by the beautiful Kentish countryside and all its flora and fauna. Natasha's designs are created using a technique of pouring, dripping, manipulating and mixing gloss paints and glues together to create a variety of effects. She recently graduated from ABSPD modules 1-4 where she learnt the

Designer and illustrator Hollie McManus is very excited to be exhibiting at Surtex this year with design collective Dot & Flow, in Booth 244. Hollie takes her inspiration from nature, animals, people and texture to create fun, whimsical, colourful patterns, typography and illustrations. 

Zesti - aka designer Ine Beerten) will be exhibiting at Blue Print in booth 35. Ine is very excited to be doing her first solo show after exhibiting with the Forest Foundry Collective at Surtex for the past two years. If this colourful kitchen collection (above & below) is anything to go by then you will see wonderful things from Zesti at the show and Ine's portfolio is certainly not to be

We are sticking with Blue Print for this next post with a selection of single flyers for designers who will be represented at the show by the Cinnamon Joe Studio, who are also the organisers of Blue Print. Here we see gorgeous designs from Balakrishna Madana, Rachel Westhead, Rosie Maddocks, Helen Black, Kim Hawes and Luan Thomas.

Harriet Mellor is a British artist and designer based in Germany who will be exhibiting for the very first time at both Surtex and Blue Print and is represented by Brenda Manley.

The wonderful Jennifer Nelson Artists are going to be showing at Surtex and Blue Print in New York this month. So expect lots of wonderful new art from designers Bee Brown, Jill McDonald, Lauren Lowen, Jessica Swift, Anisa Makhoul, Jennifer Orkin Lewis and fab new arrival Jill Howarth.

Jane Farnham will also be showing new designs at Blue Print this May via her agents Cinnamon Joe. The show runs just before Surtex on 12th-16th May at the Metropolitan Pavilion in New York.

And if you are attending Blue Print you will see new designs from Tiffany Laurencio. Tiffany started the  Designastration Studio just a couple years ago and has since had several successful shows at Printsource New York and is looking forward to exhibiting for the first time at Blue Print.

I am continuing with Surtex posts this week as we look at who will be showing what in New York at surface designs' top showcase this month. First up we have Carolyn Gavin who will be showing her latest and most fabulous design work with Lilla Rogers in booth 220. Carolyn creates the best painterly florals and is a wiz with colour so if you are visiting the show you will not want to miss her

Carolyn is of course one of the designers with the Lilla Rogers Studio and in this post we have a few more fab artists who will be represented by Lilla at Surtex. Here are beautiful flyers from Sarah Walsh, Flora Waycott, Zoe Ingram, Rachael Taylor, Hsinping Pan, Rebecca Bradley and for the first time the 2015 Global Talent Search winners Clarice Gifford, Katie Vernon, and Kate Mason. Lucky

Our final Surtex artist today is Courtney Beth Keller who will be attending for the first time with the Finch & Foxglove art collective.  Courtney works under the studio label one little printshop and will be heading to Surtex next month with a full book of collections and patterns. She feels there is so much to learn and explore; and is incredibly inspired and thrilled to be invloved. Courtney

Jocelyn Proust will be exhibiting at Surtex for the first time this year and will be in Booth 229 with three other members of Four Corners Art Collective, (Emma McGowan, Beth Schneider and Kevin Brackley). They are a group of seven designers from around the globe. Two others in the collective, Pippa Shaw and Jules Anson will be showing their work at the Blueprint Show in May. Jocelyn's work

Everyone heading to New York in May for Surtex and Blue Print can now add another show to their list. A group of established designers have got together to create Field Trip a new pattern and illustration event with a small, curated group of group of talented artists including Ampersand, Lotta Jansdotter, and Victoria Johnson. It will take place on Monday, 16th May (the same time as Surtex,

Fizah Malik is a freelance designer based in Sydney, Australia. Fizah has been working as a freelancer for almost three years now and is exhibiting at Surtex for the first time with the Nerida Hansen Agency this year. She has a love for bright colours and intricate patterns this can be seen in her portfolio collections. Nature is Fizah's biggest inspiration and says florals are her real

Yesterday we looked a flyers for the Blue Print Show and today we turn our attention to Surtex. One of the many highlights at this top New York exhibition will surely be the Pink Light Studio who will be showing new designs by 20 talented artists. Scroll down to enjoy their varied and colourful flyers... Read the rest of this post

OnaHonour Surface Pattern Design & Illustration Studio will be exhibiting at Surtex with the Dot & Flow collective in Booth 244. OnaHonour is the studio label of designer Egle Petrauskaite and she is really excited as  this is her first time exhibiting at the show.

Vicky Yorke is very excited to be exhibiting for the first time this year via her agents, Jewel Branding and Licensing - booth 417. Vicky creates hand drawn illustration, surface pattern design and typography from her home studio in the Worcestershire countryside. She is obsessed with colour and pattern and has been applying this passion to create beautiful products for over a decade. She is

The Print & Pattern Designers for Hire Directory has gained a new entry this week in the form of Kristen Balouch who has a studio website called 'Little Blue Mushroom'. Kristen is originally from Chicago but now bases herself between her Brooklyn Apartment and farmhouse in the country. Her previous clients have included Hallmark, Papyrus, Disney, The New York Times, and Penguin. Kristen would

This is the very last day of Surtex promo posts as the show is now open and in full swing. Our  final artist is Barb Chotiner who will be making her Surtex debut and showing work with her agents Astound.us Barb is inspired by cities, details in nature, and Scandinavian design. Her designs often start as simple doodles and end up featuring numerous organised layers on the computer. If you are

Surtex - the world's best known show for selling and licensing surface designs opens in New York tomorrow, I still had a few last minute flyers come in to P&P so decided to post on a Saturday in order to get them up in time for the show. Surtex runs from May 17th - 19th and you will find Marta Berk who is exhibiting for the first time in booth 260.