TDL News 4-29-19

Recorded Presentation: Sisters Gulassa

Sisters Lise and Cyrille are the creative duo behind SistersGulassa, an international design house that produces art, patterns, products, and trend forecasting. Their VividLiving™ lifestyle brand of prints and products is recognized for its vivid color, vibrant energy and bold pattern-mixing.

In this recent presentation they shared how they get inspired and begin their creative process.

Members can grab the link here.

Sellable Sketch Group Study

Mark your calendars! Our popular Sellable Sketch Group-Study starts on May 13, 2019.

In this course you’ll bring clarity and focus to your collection development process and take the guesswork out of what to design each season by picking appropriate trends for your target market while staying true to your own artistic style.

You’ll also have free access to WGSN, the industry’s leading resource for trends and design direction.

Members can register here.

Design Challenge: Kitchen Textiles

We are back to our regularly scheduled programming for this month’s Chelsea’s Challenge, no client requests or studio briefs! 😉 Michelle had the fun idea to focus on a specific product for this month’s challenge. Kitchen towels and linens are such a fun opportunity to explore various motifs, colors, and techniques, and allow lots of room for your own personality and artistic style!

In this robust post you’ll find helpful tips from our TDL team, links to tutorials and courses and two trends that we think are a perfect fit for this market!

Read more HERE to get started with this Chelsea’s Challenge.

Upcoming Events

* New Chelsea’s Challenge: May 6th

* Round One Première Vision Briefs Released: May 13th

* Round One Première Vision Briefs Due: June 3rd

* Round Two Première Vision Briefs Released: June 3rd

* Round Two Première Vision Briefs Due: June 24th

* Print Studio Workgroup: June 10th

Weekly Art Critiques. Please join the TDL community on THURSDAY at 1 PM EDT for a live art critique. Our art critiques are fun events where Lab members come together to review artwork and ask questions about pattern design, marketing and sales. A registration link will be emailed the morning of the critique and will also be posted in our Weekly Art Critique forum. Textile Design Lab members can watch past critiques here.