Why our e-course continues to be a market leader

…until the start of our next class!

Next Monday (February 13, 2017), our hugely inspiring, idea generating, career-propelling, advanced online surface pattern design course – The Ultimate Portfolio Builder starts. Followed by Modules 1 and 2 on February 20.

Over the next few days we’ll share some of the key ways our course has helped propel the careers of those who’ve experienced it and how it can help yours to flourish too.

Today we share a little about who contributes to The Art & Business of Surface Pattern Design so you can see why our acclaimed e-course continues to be a market leader.

6 days to go…

Did you know that The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design probably contains the largest number of surface pattern professional contributors than any other on the market today – and we are constantly adding new partners and resources all the time.

For starters, internationally-acclaimed surface pattern designer and illustrator, Rachael Taylor literally shares EVERYTHING she has ever learnt and continues to learn on her journey to design success with you.

It’s crammed with resources and gives you a comprehensive run through of how the industry works as she draws on her own experience, injecting fun and creativity along the way.

Then, each module contains a range of interviews from experts from across the industry including; designers, trend companies, leading design bloggers, authors, trade show executives, pattern buyers and many more, to help give you an ‘all you need to know’ rounded experience.

Latest partners & collaborations

Over the last year we’ve been out and about working on new projects and developing new partnerships to bring you lots of new content for 2017.

Some of the things to look out for in our upcoming courses include;

MARIMEKKO – we were able to have a behind the scenes factory tour of one of the most famous pattern brands in the world in Helsinki, Finland. We look forward to sharing our report from our trip and lots of behind the scenes pictures. Watch a video of Rachael Taylor at Marimekko on our Facebook page!

ROLAND DG – global leaders of wide format textile and digital printers, engravers, 3D printers and milling machines. We enjoyed a ‘Designer Day’ at their UK headquarters where we wrapped a car in pattern and discovered hundreds of possibilities for surface pattern design with their equipment (we filmed it all too for our course, but you can get a sneak 2 minute peak during our first ever Facebook live here!)

JESS & JULES – if you’re interested in interior design, Rachael’s been hard at work with the fantastic Jess & Jules to create a bespoke sideboard, lamp and two letterpress side tables.

PINK PIG INTERNATIONAL – we collaborated with the sketchbook giants Pink Pig International for our Sketch Doodle Draw events last year, we’ve got lots more exciting things planned with them this year starting with an exclusive interview in MOYO magazine issue 10 out this March!

and many more too such as Fashion Formula, Patternbank, New Designers, Lotta Jansdotter, Ella Doran, Tyler Spangler, Fiona Humberstone, Wraptious … the list goes on!

Rachael Taylor Studio

Rachael kindly shares some new and exclusive work, ideas, thought processes and how to’s based on her 2016 projects including;

a fresh stationery range for Top Flight
a new umbrella collection with Soake
a giftware range for fitness brand Fit For Keeps
a new greetings range for Mpix including adorable kids party invitations
an expanded licensed range for DENY designs to include many new products such as the bed in a bag, bath mats and comforters
a personlised Alphabet Hearts collection from her own design studio
a look at selling work at Printsource New York and Surtex through her agent, Lilla Rogers
a more indepth look at the work of ACID as Rachael is now a member of the ACID Advisory Council
setting up a stand at a show – we share our ‘how we did it’ when Make it in Design exhibited at New Designers
a commission to create a design for a giant snowflake sculpture which would be part of Liverpool city centre’s Snowflake Trail in the UK

Read all about the amazing things Rachael got up to in 2016.

We have some fascinating and exciting things lined up for 2017 to bring you even more insight, opportunities and advice from this exciting world of pattern design.

Join us this February on one of our acclaimed surface pattern design e-course and we will bring you invaluable insight, advice and examples of creative work from some of the most loveliest people.

We are hugely grateful to all of our expert contributors who truly help make The Art & Business of Surface Pattern Design the industry leader it is.

Take a look at some of the other contributors that feature in The Art and Business of Surface Pattern Design course – but note they don’t all appear in each of the four modules!

We hope you can join us

The Ultimate Portfolio Builder does exactly what it says on the tin. Here you’ll grow and refine your body of commercially viable work and strengthen your professional design portfolio in just a few weeks. The course is brought to you in association with Printsource New York to give you the ultimate fast-track to trade show success. It is designed to push you out of your comfort zone and propel you to the next level. Class starts February 13, 2017.

Module 1: Designing your way is ideal if you’re just starting out on this exciting surface pattern design journey, returning after a career break or if everything has just got too complicated and you want to take it back to the basics and fall in love with design all over again. Class starts February 20, 2017

Join us for Module 2: Creating your professional identity you will learn how to develop your brand image, design advanced technical repeats in Photoshop and Illustrator, put a collection together and start your own label. You will also discover how to understand and predict trends, get noticed and attract the press, and protect your work. This is for you if you have a basic understanding of surface pattern design and now want to get noticed and make a name for yourself. Class starts February 20, 2017