Design Work Life: Cataloging Inspiration Daily

For some rea­son I don’t usu­ally spend a lot of time brows­ing through Flickr. I know there’s a ton of great stuff to be seen, and for a lot of peo­ple it’s their go-to resource for inspi­ra­tion. But for some rea­son I don’t always think of it, so last night I did a lit­tle brows­ing and came across some fun pat­tern eye candy. And, more impor­tantly, dis­cov­ered some new artists to watch along the way.

Alline Luz, of Mopa.

I had heard of Mopa — an amaz­ing design and illus­tra­tion stu­dio — but I didn’t make the con­nec­tion until I checked out her pro­file. Unfortunately Mopa is updat­ing their site right now, but you can check out some of their work in her Flickr Stream.

Jess Gonacha

I don’t know how I had man­aged to miss her work until now. Jess Gonacha cre­ates amaz­ing pat­tern art, with a really del­i­cate, organic line qual­ity that I love. (I’d love to see some fab­ric yardage made out of these.) Until then though, her etsy shop is packed full of fun items — includ­ing sta­tionery, prints and tex­tiles — sport­ing her designs.
Also make sure to pay a visit to her blog, Treasuring, where she posts all kinds of art and design eye candy.

Shelley Lane

Another artist I wish I knew of before now, in addi­tion to some lovely pat­terns Shelley Lane cre­ates the most beau­ti­ful col­lages. And after doing some search­ing I real­ized she has a great blog and two equally amaz­ing etsy shops, one for her orig­i­nal art and one for her cus­tomized vin­tage book­plates. Don’t miss either.