Pattern

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The Irish designer Orla Kiely draws the Stem print she created almost 20 years ago and talks about why pattern can make you happy without even noticing.

I was always quite a 3D-minded person, so designing bags was like solving problems and figuring out how things worked. Gain a glimpse of a typical fashion year, including the timing, production and presentation of seasonal collections. Orla Kiely became known for her vintage inspired, bold and colorful patterns, applied to all sorts of materials and from wallets to wallpaper. KS1 All About Orla Kiely Fact File - This eye-catching Fact File, aimed at KS1 pupils, is a great resource to use while exploring colour and pattern.It explains two art printing techniques and invites children to think of other objects which they could use to make interesting patterns. I would find myself visually tracing the undulating swirls on the wallpaper in my bedroom, scrutinising them to discover where the motif eventually repeated itself. Foam Board Printing Step-by-Step Instructions - Another resource that will help your children understand printing.

Kiely is still inspired by nature, by the long walks she takes with her dogs Olive and Ivy, particularly the colours of the Irish landscape – the yellow of gorse, the green of the fields, the red of rowan berries. This year would certainly seem to belong to the 55-year-old, with the publication of a book, Orla Kiely: A Life in Pattern , and a landmark exhibition of the same name at London's Fashion and Textile Museum, which is running until September 23. I love these trademark olive greens, mustard yellows, greys and oranges-in large geometric designs, I really liked this 70's look and I loved her kitchenware. This was our first step along a winding path and the start of a journey filled with challenges and successes in equal measures. Her fashion line has been worn by Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, [13] [14] and celebrities including Kirsten Dunst [4] and Alexa Chung.

When he was small, he loved those little wooden prism kaleidoscopes, where you see everything in endless repeat.

From the intertwined Chanel Cs to the zigzag of a Missoni stripe, from the prancing polo pony of Ralph Lauren to the stirrup buckle of Gucci, these simple motifs (oft imitated but seldom equalled) become an unmistakable mark of distinction.There are artworks from famous printmakers inside, along with information about the artist and the art movement they were part of. The creative world I find myself in now started with a simple idea to design a collection of bags and accessories in a rainbow of prints, always joyful and happy with an emphasis on functionality. She comes across as unassuming and modest, but with a steely determination, too, describing herself as “quietly ambitious”. The subject matter is already familiar territory for babies and toddlers: images of cars, boats, flowers and birds – all familiar first words – adorn the pages and help teach concepts like number, shape and colour recognition. After school she applied to the National College of Art and Design in Dublin, Ireland’s oldest art institution and “the only one in those days.