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Art created by Alice Lam, United States.

“In creating the Swears pattern, I thought back to the comic strips I pored through every Sunday as a kid. For a long time, I thought the strange symbols at the top of the typewriter were simply used for swearing. I like the idea that punctuation can be used as a stand-in for words that sometimes cannot be written... a fitting visual substitute for extreme emotions. The pattern is also a play on the genre of novelty print designs known as ‘conversational’. I imagine the print itself is actually conversing with the viewer, and/or that it might express something on behalf of the person wearing it.”

Alice is a professional textile designer who creates wonderful designs through her Manhattan-based studio called Circlealine.

Art created by Daniela Duarte, Brazil.

The design process that gave rise to this stunning piece, started with the meticulous research of different trends, themes, and colors, followed by rigorous experimentation on new materials and techniques. This process is what defines Daniela's personal style and what gives the characteristic uniqueness to this specific design. The handmade aesthetic of splashed paint that sparked Daniela's interest, along with her intention to create something that is simultaneously figurative and abstract, was what fostered the idea that became Poppy.

After countless trials and splashes of watercolors, Daniela was able to strike the perfect balance between the abstract forms and the elusive resemblance to Poppy flowers.

Art created by Cathrin Gressieker, Germany.

Last August I spent a couple of days at the Baltic Sea where I grew up. It was the most beautiful high summer, with nature in full bloom, long warm days and nights. With this feeling of pure endless summer, I took out my watercolor traveling set and painted a floral pattern that reflected the blues of the sky and the sea, the warmth and the happiness of these summer days. I kept it simple and abstracted with an almost child-like and simultaneously sophisticated feel. Watercolor is a favorite painting medium of mine, which I love for its playfulness and organic flow.”

Cathrin is a magnificent textile designer and painter who lives and works in northern Germany. Abstract art, vibrant colors, and brilliant textures are the centerpieces of her magnificent artworks and what creates her unique personal touch.

Art created by Cathrin Gressieker, Germany.

Her fingerprints are all over this extraordinary artwork -literally-. Inspired by an urge to redesign the overly classical textile design of animal prints, Cathrin submerged her fingers in bright pink watercolor (apparently it’s her favorite color as well) and started stamping them passionately on a piece of paper. By experimenting with a multitude of layers, blending styles, and opacities, she was able to turn her fingerprint pattern into a stunning piece of art that resembles animal skin, while still retaining a compelling sense of abstraction in its form.

Cathrin is a magnificent textile designer and painter who lives and works in northern Germany. Abstract art, vibrant colors, and brilliant textures are the centerpieces of her magnificent artworks and what creates her unique personal touch.

Art created by Gwyn Marathas, United States.

It may not be immediately apparent, but what you are looking at is a stunning flower bouquet. At least this was the basis for this incredible design by Gwyn Marathas, who started with the intention of creating an ordinary floral pattern from a zoomed-in photograph of a beautiful floral composition. After a great deal of experimentation and many fruitless attempts at creating a worthy artwork, Gwyn realized that the design just wouldn’t work out. That’s when she decided to turn the concept on its head and instead of creating just another colorful floral design, she went ahead and composed Worlds: a mesmerizing achromatic and beautifully abstract line drawing.

Gwyn is a multi-faceted textile artist, with a great passion for nature, that uses digital techniques as much as traditional ones.

Art created by Konstantinos Berios, Greece.

Influenced by the stencil techniques and the graffiti culture of Athens, this unique artwork aims to create an iconic, but simultaneously eccentric aesthetic. The warm yellow background is strongly contrasted against the stylized black figure of the bananana. This specific outline was one of hundreds of pencil sketches, with varying curves, thicknesses, and styles, that were drawn with the goal to strike the perfect balance between a figure that feels wonderfully new, but also intrinsically classic.

Art created by SHK Design, United States.

Almost like being trapped in a state of limbo between an austere geometry and an abstract topic, this captivating artwork resembles an accidentally beautiful digital malfunction. The high contrasting lines, the neon-but-serious colors, and the clear borderlines, almost convince us that this is a structured and predictable design, until they surprise us the next minute as we fail to figure out the pattern behind the uniformly, but randomly arranged artifacts.

SHK Design is the personal surface and pattern design studio of the artist behind Glitch, based in New York.

Art created by Ahmet Senel, Turkey.

This über-geometric funky artwork is part of a Bauhaus art fashion collection that was composed by Ahmet Senel in Istanbul. The riveting design of this piece is a fusion of two different art movements: the structures, shapes, and arrangement of objects are drawn from the renowned Bauhaus movement, while the selection of colors and style of the print come from the preceding De Stijl movement. With an aura of antique design and the bold, pop colors that characterize it, this design fosters an impression of grooviness and culture.

Ahmet is an incredibly skilled graphics and textile designer based in Istanbul, Turkey, with decade- long experience in the placement and design of fashion apparel.