Kalla Surface Pattern Design Blog

12 February 2012

More New Stuff

Please check my new blog site if you are not subscribing it ;)

http://kalladesign.com/blog/

19 January 2012

I would like to thank you all for reading my blog posts and today I want to let you know that I have recently renewed my website and a new blog page is now within the site.
The latest blog post is this.
(http://kalladesign.com/2012/01/20/experiment-with-paper-ink-and-coloured-pencils/)

I hope you continue to enjoy my posts and any comment is appreciated as always!

All the best,
Hitomi

5 January 2012

Something To Carry With You

Around the end of last year, I received those iPhone cases carrying my pattern designs. I am very happy with the way they turned out and love those little extras - each set consists of coordinated buttons, protective film, designers introduction brochure and multi-purpose tray.

They were made as part of LAB.C's +D Project led by rapidly growing Korean company Plus X. There are many other great designs available here (in Korean) by talented artists from around the world.

5 November 2011

Back in Class

I was so happy when I received these images. A graphic design student from America kindly sent me this work, developed as part of her editorial design project. I really like the neat way of presenting my pictures (the cover is not mine), thank Emily for picking me and keep up the great work!

25 October 2011

Colour Like Warp And Weft

Another colour combination sample.

10 October 2011

Lemon And Ash

I started colouring the circle pattern but don't really like the colourway...

Cutting out and getting rid of the colour I don't want in it.

Stuck pieces of yellow paper underneath.

I used several different shades of yellow and grey instead.

- and the mess!

8 October 2011

Journey And The View

Creating
= Experimenting
= Sampling
= Designing

“The journey is the reward.”

Happy experimenting!

29 September 2011

Designing with Numbers

I'm not a weaver. But I always admire weavers for their intricate job and creativity to produce such beautiful fabrics with tight restrictions compared to printed textiles.

And I purchased this book "Designing Woven Fabrics" by Janet Phillips from UK last month. The book is full of colour pictures of gorgeous fabrics which were designed and hand woven by the author.

The most interesting part for me so far (maybe because I cannot weave) is in the section "Design Criteria" and on "Designing Stripes and Checks". I found the author uses Fibonacci number sequence when designing stripes and checks! Does every designer use this as one of those golden rules? I didn't know how you could apply this mathematical formula to designing because I didn't take official design course? Anyway, this small discovery made me happy because I don't want to trust my sense all the time. Now I have another guideline to follow :)

3 September 2011

Rich in Colour

I've been experimenting colourways and it's always one of the best parts of having this job.

22 July 2011

Attractive Infinity

I've been fascinated by beautiful checks/plaids recently, and tried designing one myself. I liked the soft and delicate colourway and hope you like it too.

Check is such a simple and classic pattern and yet the possibility of colour combination and line arrangement is unlimited. I sometimes feel overwhelmed and stuck when I have too many options available (generally) but it's a good fun if I have a colour palette on a certain theme.

20 July 2011

Anniversary on Stamps

I got some stamps at post office today and found the graphic design interesting.

15 July 2011

Looking for Mr. Red

These pictures are from when I was looking for the right “Red” for one of my customers. But I have been so lazy recently, if I'm allowed to make any excuse, because it's boiling hot in this studio... maybe Japan is becoming a tropical island... what should I do. I cannot survive.