Color, Patterns & Collage

Whether you’re a fan of bold brights, muted tones, photography or flat design, all of these styles have been combined in the imagery above to create beautiful succinct collages.

The fabric swatch pile-up represents the latest of the season, citing a menagerie of reds, oranges and salmons. The Soho House graphic by Craig and Karl emits an entirely different vibe, while using a similar plaid palette. While the saturation is certainly turned up on the converse illustration, it’s easy to make comparisons between the two worlds – and see how slight variations can translate across fashion and marketing platforms. Which do you gravitate towards?

December 15, 2015 | By: Shayna Kulik

Pattern Designers to Watch

Moving the needle forward and creating fresh work can be challenging. These artists are doing just that. Whether they’re combining illustration and graphic design, collage and paint, or woven threads in tandem with other styles, everything you see here will influence trends and styles in the coming year. Have a look, get to know these characters and share a few of your favorites with us!

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1. Lotta Neinimen’s crisp, flat and precise landscapes.

2. Adam Lister’s modular cubism.

3. Ayaka Ito’s surreal and unexpected combinations.

4. Sandra Nanushka’s floating objects.

5. Grant Gronewold’s pattern collages and illustrative storytelling.

6. Hanna Waldron’s tedious and meticulous woven graphics.

7. Lucas Grogan’s indigo murals turned textiles.

8. Paul Glabicki’s primary expression.

9. Sophie Duran’s figurative and collaged web.

10. Nina Warmerdam’s quirky grids.

December 31, 2014 | By: Shayna Kulik

Retail: Cut & Collaged

This season, I have to admit that I’m a bit behind. I haven’t seen the usual reel of holiday windows- something I truly love and look forward to, mostly because I’ve been head down in work, focused on end-of-the-year deadlines. It’s hard to explain the joy of absorbing something fresh, creative and hand made. I particularly love seeing windows done on a budget, as they get crafty and experimental. For example, this morning, bleary eyed and focused on my phone, I looked up to avoid tripping on the curb and honed in on the doors belonging to Pas de Calais, a French shop in Soho.

I think they’re magnificent in a collaged/marbled/cut-out kind of way. They’re the opposite of minimalism, which is a welcome relief, and feel like the 3D version of Elephant Magazine or a spread in ID or Dazed and Confused. Huge fan. What do you think?

December 17, 2014 | By: Shayna Kulik

Palettes & Mirroring Industries

On Monday, I was sitting in a meeting with a new client in midtown, and couldn’t help but stare at this painting on their conference room wall. The colors and layout had a vintage meets modern mood- something that’s really relevant this season. Fast forward, and as I’m streaming through Pinterest today, Rachel Comey’s collage collection for Fall has been populating the Opening Ceremony feed. Life imitating art and vice versa is the best.

September 17, 2014 | By: Shayna Kulik

Trend: Textural & Tonal Blush

It seems like a funny thing to write that blush is everywhere these days…but in all honesty, it kind of is. The color (also known to many as rose gold) has transcended gender lines and is making it’s way through the fashion, art, home and beauty worlds this summer.

Stylists are putting male models in blush colored t-shirts for insurance ads, just as beauty brands are decorating eyelids in high-end campaigns. Cut collages, ribbed packaging, shimmering surfaces and natural patterns are the markers of variation, and it’s almost fun spotting new interpretations. Here are a few examples that hop between continents and genres, proving the sophisticated seasonal staying power of this minimalist hue.

1. Maison & Object Asia Print Advertisement 2. & 3. Collage: Absence and Rediscovery by Anthony Gerace 4. Brit Rhythm Fragrance by Burberry 5. Volcano Keepsake from Ya Wen Chau’s Heirlooms Collection 6. 3D Printed Housewears by David Steiner of The Royal Academy of Art 7. Plaid floral appliqués for Carven 8. Rose gold Tattoo Eyeshadow by Maybelline for Marie Claire

June 25, 2014 | By: Shayna Kulik

Artist Profile: Chyrum Lambert

I recently got a note from the artist Chyrum Lambert, and subsequently fell into a fifteen minute vortex of collage and muted storytelling. Lambert lives in LA and creates beautiful textured layouts that appear abstract from afar, but get more directive the longer you stare. Using ink, dye, stain, acrylic, wax, epoxy, and oil, the works stand on their own, but simultaneous work as a collective unit. Lambert’s style seems easily transferrable to fashion or editorial…I’d love to see his art grace the pages of The New Yorker or perhaps, even a Marni skirt.

June 9, 2014 | By: Shayna Kulik