DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY

PANGAEA

2017

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Collection portfolio, created for my BEHANCE profile, exhibiting the development and final outcome of the interior collection Pangaea.

PANGAEA – A supercontinent that existed during the late Paleozoic and early Mesozoic age. It began to break apart about 175 million years ago.

For this collection I looked back in time at plants from this era, ones that still exist and some now extinct. Pulling this together with the upcoming trends of bringing the outdoors in, overgrowth, drawing in rich deep tones of indigo.

Exhibition at New Designers, Business Design Centre, London.

Initial Mood board. To develop a moody, misty atmosphere for the home, pulling up lost and forgotten plants, researching into the prehistoric era and glasshouse tropics. Constructing a need to experiment with different material thicknesses and weights.

RITTA GAWR

2016

Final Collection Papers & Fabrics.

Progressing through one of my large scale designs.

Images of development throughout designing the collection.

Bringing The Outdoors In. Designed for Autumn/Winter 17/18 interiors, taking inspiration from Japanese Woodblock printers and Mount Snowdon, North Wales. The collection involves textural marks and a large scale mountainous wall mural.

GARDEN GATHERINGS

Inspired by gatherings from the garden, using light and airy colours for a Spring/Summer 17/18 interior. A speedy collection designed in the timescale of 2 weeks, using a mixture of observational illustration, photography and CAD.

CARDS & WRAP

Illustrative prints available at Society6 on a wide range of products.

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Fun, bright, character based designs created for cards and wrap, marketed towards parents of children aged 3-10. Sparking a sense of adventure and imagination outdoors, looking at careers children aspire to be at a young age.

CHILDRENSWEAR

Print available to purchase from Society6 on a wide range of products.

A live, digital print childrenswear collection produced for Nutmeg.

OLD MASTERS

Interior collection developed from the idea of tradition, old masters paintings and English florals. Using quirky details such as hands inspired by the famous painting ‘Ophelia’ by Sir John Everett Millais, the collection displays the strong presence of my love of hand drawing techniques such as hatching and stippling. Completed with a 3 metre, 3 colour, silk screen printed fabric length using pearl and pigment binders for colouring.