Our next Field Trip event is so close! It’s happening next Monday, May 20th, 2019 from 1-8pm in New York, in a beautiful, light-filled loft not too far from the Javits centre and many other NYCxDesign Week events. It’s is a pattern and illustration event conceived of by a small, diverse group of established artists. This our fourth show and we are so excited! Every year we try to make it special, and this year is no different — we have a pretty magical little giveaway we’ll be giving out to all guests which I can’t wait to share. And we have a mix of past artists (Ampersand Design Studio, Bikini Sous La Pluie, Carolyn Suzuki, me, Kelly Ventura, Nottene, Suzy Ultman, Sara Boccaccini Meadows, Monika Forsberg) and 3 new ones we’re really excited about — Lillian Farag, Carrie Shryock, and Jessica Nielsen!
When I started this event four years ago with a group of other talented, motivated women, I had no idea how well the concept would be received or how it would grow into something so special… it’s truly one of the things I look forward to most in the year. It’s a chance to connect with clients and the artists-turned-friends I plan the event with, and it’s also this wonderful punctuation point in my year — it gives me something to work towards, some structure, a deadline for my work and really forces me to move things forward, in the best way.
This year I’ll be debuting my newest collection, Good Vibrations. It’s a groovy collection with themes of optimism and joy, and inspired by 60s and 70s aesthetics.
The event is invite-only. If you’re an Art Director or potential collaborator and will be in New York on Monday, there is still time to request an invite! Just send us a request to invites@fieldtripshow.com. Hope to see you there! Otherwise, if you think we’d be a good fit for a collaboration and would like to see the collection online, please give me a shout and request access to my private portfolio.
Sending out so many good vibrations to you all!
good vibrations, my newest collection
I’m delighted to introduce my newest pattern collection, Good Vibrations. If you’ve been following my work for a while, you might know that when I moved to Portugal about a year ago, I took a good long look at my work and realized that I was really craving more depth and meaning in what I was producing. Through that discovery, I adjusted the way that I worked — instead of producing handfuls of small, quick collections, I dove deep into themes I wanted to explore, producing a quality-over-quality collection that I felt I truly explored and fully poured myself into. What I produced was something that fulfilled me in that way I’d been craving. And it’s the way I’m choosing to move forward. And this new collection is my latest application of the approach. I let it simmer, I explored it fully, and I filled it with heart and soul.
Good Vibrations is an homage to the 60s and 70s, the ideals and esthetics that groomed me for a life as a pattern designer, but with a fresh, modern twist. A groovy utopian world infused with love, endless summertime soul, radiant sorbet sunshine, and eternal optimism, where we crown ourselves with daisy chains, chase rainbows and hold hands with strangers. I like to think that, if you got on a magic carpet, this is where it would take you. This was a collection where I exceeded my own goals in terms of the amount of work I produced because the ideas just kept coming, and I felt I needed to follow the ideas to fully flush out the concept, and ended up producing work that feels like me in a classic sense, but also a version of me now. It reflects how I feel about life and about the world, and is full of sunshine, optimism and joy.
There are some sample images below but I have been and will be sharing more of it on Instagram but if you are an Art Director or potential collaborator, please get in touch — I’d love to share it with you!
Peace, sunshine and rainbows, my friends!
Thanks for following along.
— Elizabeth
baby books for mix book
I’m excited to announce my latest collaboration with Mixbook! I lovingly designed some baby books — one for wee boys, one for wee girls — and I’m so pleased with how they turned out. The books are ready to go — you just have to add your own photos (the Mixbook editor is seriously easy to use!) — and voila, a lovely little keepsake from those precious early days with your little one.
The boy books is loosely themed around bird nests, and the girls book integrates lots of cute florals, both in soft, pretty palettes. Check them out on my Designer page on the Mixbook website and if you use one, please share with me on Instagram — I would love to see them in use in your lives!
Here are some pics! Thanks for reading.