Pattern Pulp

Meet the Newest Contibutor!




I’m super excited to introduce the newest contributor to Pattern Pulp. Chelsa Skees and I met at the Smile one Sunday afternoon after taking a cue from our mutual friends. After the fifth person tells you, “you have to meet this girl, your creative worlds overlap,” it’s a heads up to heed life’s roadmap…

Skees has an ever-changing sense of style which is derived from her decade-long experience in the fashion and beauty industries.  Her creative sensibility comes from working alongside powerhouses like Francisco Costa of Calvin Klein Collection and stylists Karl Templer and Camilla Nickerson as well as her passion for working with emerging talent such as Julian Louie and Satya Twena.

Most recently, Skees has brought her talent as a merchandiser and buyer to the buzzy Chelsea shop, Story. Currently she works as a freelance stylist, model, and blogger. She’s also been known to advise fashion startups from time to time.

Her weekly PP column will focus on the many textures that feed her styling assignments and the role they play in the photoshoot. From inspiration to execution, follow along as she shares her visual stories.

 

April 11, 2012 | By: Shayna Kulik

Trend: Patterns in Advertising




When you consider the advertising industry at large, it’s simply a means to sell many messages. Regardless of the need versus want factor, it’s interesting to follow the creative thinking behind various campaigns. At least, from a trends perspective.

This Kobe Bryant portrait for Turkish Airlines highlights the brand’s unlimited amenities (flat beds, realtime entertainment, chef services) through the technical mechanism of an info graphic. Infusing similar texture into a more journalistic illustration, this New York Times pie chart assesses college debt through the lens of perception and worth.

Keeping in tune with the graphic nature of these layouts, Diane von Furstenberg’s recently launched home collection highlights the brand’s coveted archival duvet covers- a partnership recently launched with Bloomingdales. Sharing a similar color palette and graphic layout, Adobe’s Touch for the iPad app gets playful with tiger-striped typography.

Since we’re sharing the softer side of tech in today’s round up, it seems relevant to showcase GE’s Imagination at Work campaign, highlighting the microscopic organisms that lead to innovation. The palette mimics this vintage American Express Departures cover in a global-fabric kind of way.

 

April 10, 2012 | By: Shayna Kulik

Meg Hunt




Illustrator Meg Hunt considers herself a jack-of-all-trades and with good reason. With a list of passions that include printmaking, cartooning, an avid zest for exploring new things and continuously branching out from her comfort zone, it’s no wonder she’s an interesting person who likes to get her hands dirty. Fortunately, she has heaps of talent to back up her passions, and her work has shown up in a variety of print and product mediums with clients such as The Disneyland Resort, Cartoon Network, Plansponsor, Radiolab/WNYC, Monoblock, Storey Publishing, Oxford University Press, Junior Scholastic, HOW Magazine, Jamie Magazine, Utah Valley University, BeerAdvocate, Vegetarian Times, BUST, Brown Alumni Magazine, Fantagraphics Books, Image Comics, Brand New School, Las Vegas Weekly, Portland Mercury, Seattle Metropolitan, the Stranger, Threadless, Time Out New York/TONY Kids, Utne, the Washington Post, and Yale Alumni Magazine.

Her goals are “to fill the world with my creations, and make people happy in the process.” With her beautifully exuberant creations and ever growing portfolio and skill-set, we’d say she’s well on her way to accomplishing just that.

April 10, 2012 | By: Shayna Kulik

Textile Inspiration & Handmade Shoes




I find when I’m searching for inspiration for patterns or textiles I often start by looking at objects rather than the actual patterns on things. I love to find a collection of objects with a similar purpose or hand that I can group together to discover a new shape or texture. Here’s one of my recent inspirational collections:

Handmade Shoes:

These shoe images are such amazing shapes. I don’t think too much about color here, more the texture of the wool in the boot or the smooth hard lines of the wooden clog. The wide chunky shapes of the shoes brings me somehow back to line, maybe it’s that one pointy toe too?…and I want to work up some really oversized windowpane plaids!

Coverage by Kimberly Hall

 

April 10, 2012 | By: Shayna Kulik

Trends in Jewelry




We’re kicking off this afternoon with a guest post from our good friend Elizabeth of Swipely and Frost Yourself. She’s examining jewelry trends and sharing her thoughts.

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Who remembers the accessory trend reports from 2009? (Frost Yourself does!) Those were the tabloid glory days when Micha Barton and Olivia Palermo’s necks were decked with collar-hugging jewels. The bib necklace was a mainstay and interestingly, is continuing strong throughout the rest of the year.

The recent crop, which has been making appearances around the web, sits closer to the collar and emphasizes varied tribal textures as well as jewel-toned colors. Some showcase a central vertical drop while others span an even 2″ to 3″ circumference all the way around.  

So what’s different today? Styling. While the 2009 vintage were often featured against bare skin, under a crisp button-down or to perk up a scoop neck dress, today we’re seeing these necklaces layered over a tee, or even other necklaces for a fresh, maximalist take. What do you think? Will you be layering your bibs over a heather gray tee this summer?

  1. 1. Frieda & Nellie
  2. 2. Janis Savitt
  3. 3. Dannijo
  4. 4. Lizzie Fortunato
  5. 5. Tom Binns
  6. 6. Fenton Falon

Coverage by Elizabeth Ducoff

April 9, 2012 | By: Shayna Kulik

Friday Quick Links!




  1. 1. Gorgeous color dripped photographs by Markus Linnenbrink via design-milk
  2. 2. Lindsey Bull’s eye-catching paintings via booooooom
  3. 3. 90’s grunge style with sequins – lots of them via Krisatomic
  4. 4. Digging this DIY ombre chair via design*sponge
  5. 5. Dancing through color in OK Go’s latest video ever via Plenty of Colour 
  6. 6. Interesting ceramics at Marre Moerel’s studio in Madrid via Poppytalk
  7. 7. Send mail in style with these aerogram notes by The Hungry Workshop via Oh Joy!
  8. 8. Kristi Malakoff creates sculptures out of paper money from around the world via My Modern Met
  9. 9. Mega swooning over Kawachi Fuji Gardens’ Wisteria Tunnel in Kitakyushu, Japan via jeannie jeannie
  10. 10. A colorful interior design concept after my heart via Trendland
  11. 11. Brilliant mash up of art and street style photos via Miss Moss
  12. 12. Oh hey! Markus Linnenbrick creates pretty trippy installations, too via  The Audacity of Color

Coverage by Emily Gup

April 6, 2012 | By: Shayna Kulik

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