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Josephine Kimberling is the founder and designer behind the beautiful patterns, unique design work and on-trend colour palettes of the Josephine Kimberling brand. Josephine began her career as a textile designer and colour and print trend forecaster for the junior girls' clothing line at Nordstrom. She then designed in-house for Hallmark cards (stationery and giftwrap) before setting up her own art licensing company in 2008.

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Andie Hanna is an emerging designer who recently won a high profile competition with Robert Kaufman/Fabric8. We talked to her about her winning collection, and the dreams she has for her growing business.

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Marie Perkins is author of the world's number one pattern blog, Print & Pattern, and three books: Print & Pattern, Print & Pattern 2 and Print & Pattern: Kids. Marie also designs herself through her label Inkjet Designs. Marie talks to us about the changing face of surface pattern design, and what designers must do to succeed in this increasingly competitive industry.

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Khristian A Howell is a design and colour expert, bringing her design collections to a range of licensed products including fabrics, stationery, wallcoverings and more. Experience as an in-house artist with Nordstrom Product Group has given her a keen understanding of product development. Her passion for travel, balance and colour comes through in every project she touches. Khristian has been lucky to work with amazing and varied clients including Better Homes and Gardens, Tiny Prints, Andrews McMeel Publishing, HGTV and more.

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