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Sam Wilde's complex patterned worlds explore the tension between organic & human-made

Creative Boom

Precarious Pangolins – Carnival (Detail) © Sam Wilde In the four years since graduating from the Royal College of Art in London, Sam Wilde has won numerous prestigious awards for his intricate fine art patterns and enjoyed collaborations with brands such as Apple, John Lewis, Liberty and the Turner Contemporary.

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Ensemble: Paintings by Susie Stone celebrate our return to freedom, fashion and self-expression

Creative Boom

On show at Eames Fine Art Gallery in London next month, the striking artworks feature women who meet us posed, positioned and postured in a dazzling array of attire that invites us to consider that most portable form of expression – fashion. But they beg the question, what to wear? From the series, Ensemble © Susie Stone.

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Fangyu Ma encourages a new way of seeing in her eye-catching still life illustrations

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"My grandfather was skilled in pen and ink, and my grandmother enjoyed drawing simple floral patterns that she would stitch onto insoles," Fangyu tells Creative Boom. It's likely due to their influence that I began drawing at a young age."

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The Glyph Collection Is a Typographic Textile Masterpiece

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Six unique textile patterns were created based off of the pound sign, tilde, parentheses, a lowercase i, and an x. The creation of letters and numbers for House has always wandered somewhere between fine art and function. “The All of the patterns within the Glyph Collection – including the velvets – are bleach cleanable.

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Yuchen Lu creates dreamlike illustrations inspired by Greek mythology and Chinese folklore

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She even lived very close to China's top art school, the Central Academy of Fine Arts, which further nurtured her appreciation. I was lucky to have more access to art than most Chinese children," she tells Creative Boom. One piece that Yuchen feels sums up her work perfectly is The Moon, which can be seen directly above.

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Constanze Bachmann's groundbreaking UAL project redefines what fashion means

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I am working with a synaesthetic and speculative design process that focuses on transforming visual information into sonic materials, patterns and shapes that stimulate various sensations as emotions and a haptic experience as traditional clothing would do. I extract information from my environment but use my resources in a non-invasive way.

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Three free archives of Victorian illustration to inspire you

Creative Boom

William Morris's illuminated script and borders, created for this edition, represent some of the finest examples of Arts and Crafts organic patterning anywhere to be found. However, while this is not fine art, by and large, the illustrations are highly rendered, and the visual storytelling is often strong and compelling.