Trends

Mark making mood board by Arnold & Bird

Mark making trend – mood board

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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Five free trend resources Arnold & Bird

Five free trend resources to use in your product development

Five free trend resources   Today I’m sharing my top five free trend resources from some of the biggest authorities in the business. It’s amazing what trend resources you and get for nothing, so I’m hoping you’ll leave this post with inspiring new information you can use in your business – as who doesn’t love […]

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Feather drawings - Arnold & Bird

Decorative feathers trend – product development design ideas

Decorative feather designs   In the last post we dived into the decorative feather trend for inspiration and started exploring how this theme can be applied in different ways.   Today I’m sharing a little bit of my interpretation for decorative feathers – from initial sketches to final designs: Want to see more decorative feather […]

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Decorative feather trend mood board

Decorative feather trend – mood board

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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Christmas decorations mood board

Mood board – Christmas decorations

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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feather and fashion mood board

Mood board – feathers and fashion

Feathers and fashion mood board Feathers – illustrations, beauty and fashion, all mixed together to create beautiful products, looks and images. This feathers and fashion mood board was inspired by the Light as a Feather print by lovelysweetwilliam on Etsy. It is beautifully done and such a nice sentiment as well. This led me to […]

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