Appreciating British Design

Appreciating Britain and everything these islands offer seems to be a theme of much of the design and research work at Vicki Thomas Associates in 2019.   Julie Lavender continues to extend her patterns collections inspired by natural life in the British...

National Parks @ BLE2019

The UK’s 15 National Parks are the most extraordinary landscapes. Visited more than 104 million times each year, they provide inspiration and enjoyment for us and in turn inspire us to care for them. At Brand License Europe, this October, Vicki Thomas Associates (VTA)...

Life is too short – Our Oceans

Life is too short was my cliché of the day. Yesterday, I had rushed to help someone with email invitations in the morning and made an error on my computer, which was quickly pointed out. None of us are perfect. Isn’t there another cliché about good intentions? The sun...

The Golden Thread

I’d like to recommend Kassia St Clair’s The Golden Thread – How fabric changed history published by John Murray 2018). Why? I have enjoyed reading books that others have suggested in the last year. I had read her earlier book on colour. It had a similar format of...

Spring has sprung and gone

The Spring trade show season seemed to last a full three monthsthei year. Did someone say they were dying out? I enjoyed meeting and speaking to firms across a wide range of markets. I still have a number of inquiries and discussions to follow up on. People seem...

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