Natures contours have fascinated me since London Design Festival about five years ago, so this mood board is dedicated to the innovative designs that celebrate this natural topographic trend. Natures contours create form through curves and lines in mountains and lakes, as well as undulations in the ground. Although not from nature, I also love […]
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The moody tropical trend evokes a sense of escapism, lush abundance and falling deep into those dark hues. I love the contradition between the tropical vibes and how this totally lifts moody colours into something upbeat, friendly and fun. Palm, fan and ferns leaves have been popular for a few years and pushing the tropical […]
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Greenery trend mood board The Pantone colour for 2017 was released at the end of last year and if you haven’t heard yet…. it’s Greenery! I’m late to the party writing about this, but my painting this week reflects the mood of this trend so I had to feature it in this greenery trend […]
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Mark making mood board When mark making is used on patterns, products and art, I find it never fails to inspire. This theme can seem so simple on the surface but when you dive into it there is wealth of little details you can keep discovering. Marks can create texture, depth, pattern and layers […]
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Decorative feather trend My first mood board had to be about feathers as I LOVE them! There is a feather in my logo and this motif is really important to my brand identity. The word Arnold comes from my Grampy who was a pigeon racer, and Bird comes from my Gran’s maiden name. I love […]
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Iridescent. The property of certain surfaces that appear to change color as the angle of view or the angle of illumination changes. Bubbles, butterfly wings, sequins, glitter all sum this up perfectly. Shimmery and beautiful. Images: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, background More of my iridescent findings on my Pinterest board http://pinterest.com/joannegriffin/iridescent/ Save
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Holidays are coming! Yes the Cocoa Cola advert is here, it is November and Christmas is well on it’s way. So I have created a mood board of some of my favourite Christmas decoration ideas. I made decorations for my house last year and I can’t wait to do it again this year. I am […]
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I have been a bit slow getting the details from the brilliant Mr Brainwash exhibition up on the blog. However I have now put together a mood board of all of the pieces I love, along with a few more below as well. I love the prints, they looked like screen prints however the details was […]
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I was (slightly obsessed) with taking photos in Venice and Rome of all of the signs they had. From the street signs (loved all of these) to signs for shops, door numbers, on buildings… The list goes on. While I was in Italy I felt it would be a perfect material to create a mood […]
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