I started at Longina Phillips Designs as an intern in 2017 and ended up staying for four years! I had very young children when I began and was fortunate to find a workplace that was flexible and supportive of my role as a mum. Much to my delight, after finishing my internship I was offered a job. I think my most memorable moment would be selling my first design… pretty sure I cried!
The regular in-house workshops held at Longina Phillips Designs were a great way to learn new skills and when Tannya...
Photo: This is from about 2014 I think when I did some freelance design work for Longina Phillips Designs.
I worked at Longina Phillips Designs in the mid nineties after studying graphic design and working in-house for a fashion designer.
The LPD studio was an exciting place to work with an abundance of reference materials from around the world and plenty of space to create. No day was the same, every brief and every client was different. I think we only had one computer then and I mostly did the illustrations for placement print designs, storyboards and logos. I do remember the first print design I did that sold.
Photo: This...
and really make a piece of clothing shine. I have my own slow fashion brand, Simply Mayd, and the pieces themselves have very simple shapes so I really wanted the fabric to stand out. To be 'compliment-stopping' to a stranger in the street.
I loved learning textiles at school as the design process is so intricate, and I think it just makes designing clothes feel more complete when the fabric is your own too.
trying water colors, gouache paints and digital. In the end I found what worked best for me was to sketch my elements in black and white – not worrying about...
My design journey started 8 years ago when I left my corporate job and went back to art school to study visual arts and a diploma in surface design.
I have always been creative and my childhood was filled with days of drawing and creating, so it was going back to my roots.
I love to paint and draw nature using mixed media, but particularly watercolor animals. I love the intricacies of their little faces and giving each of my animals a unique personality.
My work has a strong Australian influence and I love to inspire others to bring the essence of nature indoors through my designs.
I mostly...
I originally studied fashion design at Northumbria University in the UK and worked in the fashion industry as a designer for about nine years.
focusing on womenswear. I loved working with trends and seeing how those trends can be translated into something that works for that particular brand. It's always exciting to see your designs in store!
and very nearly studied Illustration! Most of my illustrations were fashion-focused which is what led me into the industry.
Working in the fashion industry I always worked very closely with the print designers and loved what they did, so I made the decision to gradually transition over and could not be happier!
As I try out new mediums and use different inspiration...
We would go to see the beautifully decorated department stores. She also an artist and loves floral prints and when we'd find a dress with a print we'd analyze it and we were very particular about what we liked. So I think this is actually where my journey began looking back.
I photographed products and created catalogs but wound up designing packaging mostly. After about two years I felt I could do much more creative-wise. I always loved fashion and art and really wanted to pursue a job I where I wouldn't count the hours...
Even back [when i arrived in Australia in my teens] I was so into decorative, patterned design but there was no such thing as 'surface pattern design' and I never fit 100 percent into the mold of fine artist. As I [got older] and started to work in the real world I was drawn more and more to commercial art so studied a certificate in illustration. The course introduced me to the world of Photoshop and digital art, which I continued to develop my skills in with a certificate in graphic design.
and so I am constantly inspired by the world around me. I think I am a typical creative, often trying all sorts of new things and ideas. And I just love to create!
from freelancing internationally, working for a print design studio in LA and then starting...
Before, I was in clinical research and my background is biology. I primarily work in home interiors, designing wallpaper, soft furnishings and cushions.
I don't think homewares were a conscious choice.
I developed a style over the years and it seemed to naturally fit more for home textiles than it did for fashion or greeting cards. I remember trying my hand at lettering and I was just terrible! It took a few years of doing different courses and trying things out [to] hone my style and it naturally fit into interiors. I have a general interest in interiors too, so it probably went hand in hand.
It all started seven years ago...
I was an Australian expat in the US after I had my first child. It's a little cliche, but when you're on maternity leave you have time to reassess what will work with your new lifestyle. I came across surface pattern design and I thought, “Of course, it makes sense.” For...
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