Pattern People: Print & Color Trend Guide AW 2016

We know what you really love doing–art and design! And while creativity is your passion, you also want your work to sell. So, how can you make your designs more marketable? Understanding what prints and colors are trending is essential as this will dictate what will sell in the future. Here’s where we come in. With many years of trend research under our belts, and countless hours spent combing through runway shows, interiors magazines, art exhibits, websites, and more, we present you with the research you need to get started in our easily digestible trend guides released each season. When you work with our guides, you can skip the designer’s block, forgo the research and get straight to the fun part–drawing, painting, and designing.

For Autumn/Winter 2016, we present you with eight key print stories and eleven color directions in our Print & Color Overview Guide Winter 2016. The clarity of these layouts will allow you to focus on your own translation while staying current and on trend. Lush graphics and inspirational photography laid out in magazine style spreads provide valuable and easy to interpret information for all types of designers. Receive technique and application suggestions, color palette forecasts featuring Pantone reference numbers, as well as ideas on updating classic designs. This definitive guide is one tool you won’t want to be without as it sets the tone of what’s to come in the world of surface design. Whether you are an independent designer, a small studio, or a corporation, this guide will help you get started on all of your Winter 2016 creative pursuits.

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Pattern People
Founded in 2007 by designers Claudia Brown and Jessie Whipple Vickery, Pattern People is an industry leading print studio known for producing innovative and forward-driven patterns. Merging their backgrounds in fashion, art, and graphic design, the duo brings a unique and multi-faceted perspective on print and pattern design.