Martin Isaac and his Abject Tesselations

I ffffound this guy while wandering the web. he's not particularly well known, but his work is spot-on inspiring for our current project.

I can't find a link to a cohesive collection of his design work (he's also a very geometrically-themed photographer), so here are two start points for perusal.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/martinisaac/3360991909/in/set-72157594510484111/

http://ffffound.com/image/497ee1095cd65d85c2838e10e2eb3dc78f58e226

Illustrator Shortcuts

I was surfing the web for keyboard shortcuts for Illustrator, and found this webpage, which gives some important shortcuts. Hope it helps!

http://www.webdesignerwall.com/tutorials/adobe-illustrator-shortcuts/

Marian Bantjes

Designer Marian Bantjes  describes her work as “a lot of custom lettering, ornament, sometimes patterns … a graphic designer but also an illustrator of sorts; a typographer.”

Vera Bradley

Ginger Monkey Design

Pattern and Illustration

25 logos with hidden messages

http://www.graphicdesignblog.org/hidden-logos-in-graphic-designing/

Tim Brown on Creativity and Play

This is a video of a talk by Tim Brown, of the design firm IDEO, from the 2008 TED conference Serious Play. Brown talks about the powerful relationship between creative thinking and play—informative and fun to watch. Try it at home!

William Morris, Modern Design Pioneer

William Morris was a leading designer at the end of the 19th century in England, founder of the Arts and Crafts movement and a producer of textiles, furniture, and books.

depth in quilts

Quilt artist who creates some cool depth effects. I guess this is applicable to part 3 of the first projects

Ricky Tims

Alan, The Gallant

Barcelona design studio that produces patterns for a variety of design applications.

Patterns in Design, Art, and Architecture

From the Penn Fine Arts Library Image Collection. Search for Author Petra Schmidt for images from her book.