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Meet the artist behind the cover of this year’s Booker Prize winner

Creative Boom

She is known for her use of watercolour to ink, collage, markers, and gouache to craft paintings, patterns, and illustrations. Her work on the illustration and lettering of book covers began with novels by Virginia Woolf, some of which were published in 2016 as a paperback series.

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Video: How To Create Topographic Map Patterns in Photoshop

Spoon Graphics

I’ll show you how you can quickly create a detailed pattern with a combination of Photoshop Filters, then show you how the parameters of those filters can be adjusted to customise the effect. Download my Free Topographic Map Patterns from 2014 – [link]. ? Download my Free Topographic Map Patterns from 2014 – [link].

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World of Wearable Art: a magical event fusing art and fashion in unique ways

Creative Boom

However, I couldn't have been wider off the mark: it's actually a tribute to the strength and resilience shown by New Zealanders in the wake of the 2016 Kaikōura earthquake. A sculptural creation that appeared to be made out of paper, this clever design represented the resonant sounds of deep earth through its rippling patterns.

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Artist Adam Bridgland pays tribute to rock lyrics with intense colours and visual attitude

Creative Boom

In a new show at London's Jealous Gallery, artist Adam Bridgland brings together wild hues, dynamic patterns and the powerful pull of nostalgia in an alluring visual display. We sometimes forget how much of a role lyrics play in our love of popular music.

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Overlooked 2.0: Inspired by London’s utility hole covers

Creative Boom

In 2016, Pentagram’s Marina Willer unveiled a fascinating series of silkscreen prints made from brass rubbings of utility hole covers all over London. The series celebrates the diversity of London through its industrial patterns. Pentagram partner Marina Willer has announced Overlooked 2.0, Overlooked 2.0

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Angel & Anchor's identity for a Bristol coffee brand is a triple threat

Creative Boom

is a Bristol-based speciality coffee roaster that launched in 2016. The main pattern on the packaging is influenced by oil spills and fluid motion and brings playfulness and vibrancy to the brand. So we were excited to see what they'd come up with for their latest project. Back in the day, Triple Co.

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Patterns are good

UX Collective

Source: Tidbits A design pattern is a document that describes a common solution to a recurring design problem. According to Tibor Kunert (2009), using design patterns allows designers to quickly find solutions to problems using proven designs, rather than starting from scratch each time. Welcome to Design Patterns.

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