Sometimes it's good to get away from the screen and make. I have a new found respect for screen-printers - it's really hard manual labour! These are my first samples but next week I will be rolling out a batch of these prints - white ink silk-screen on beige-grey A2 with hand painted red hearts. Only a very limited number will be available so if you want to get your hands on one, drop me a line here.

Screen printing

I have just finished designing this poster to screen print on Sunday. Then maybe it will be for sale...

Moonstruck design awards!

I just received an email from my friends at Sandstrom Design, telling me some exciting news from the US. Above is the latest addition to the Moonstruck/Kate Forrester chocolate collection - purple foil, soft touch coated metallic silver ink and embossed high glass white ink. I'm so pleased with the result. Not only that, we have been chosen to win a Rosey Award (Advertising and Design Award Show) for best packaging design of the year in Portland and also have been awarded number 28 in The Dieline's top 100 Package designs of 2010! For those who don't know it, The Dieline is an international packaging design website, showcasing the best packaging design from across the globe. Here are a few of my favourite winning entries from the list:

Cocoa Jars for Moonstruck

Here is some more of my work for Moonstruck Chocolate - yummy!

Tiffany Holiday Lettering

Happy New Year! I want to start this year with a very exciting project I have been working on for Tiffany. Their New York design department asked me to create some hand drawn lettering for the window displays and signage in Japan and London, as well as the flagship store in NYC. Here are just a few pieces from the range, cut from paper and vinyl and even one painted on a sandwich board for their London 'tuck shop!'

Design: Lucy-Ann Bouwman/Sightgeist Design, Inc.
Photography courtesy of: ©2010 Chris Akelian/Pax Whitfield

Have yourself a merry little Christmas!

I am really feeling in the Christmas spirit now after completing another delightful festive job. London based design studio fivefootsix asked me to create some illustrative, hand drawn lettering for a very special poster to send out to their clients this Christmas.

WRG Christmas Card

International creative communication agency WRG asked me to design their Christmas card this year.

Waitrose Christmas Packaging

I can finally reveal some delicious festive packaging I have created for high-end British supermarket, Waitrose. I was asked to design a series of illustrated Christmas letters to be used in store on packaging, point of sale, bags, Christmas cards and various festive gifts and homeware. So next time you are wandering the aisles of Waitrose, be sure to stock up on some yummy food and colourful gift ideas, illustrated by Kate!

Financial Times Illustrations

Here are a couple of the illustrations I created for the FT which were featured in their Life and Arts section (last weekend and next) to illustrate their Christmas reading lists.

Edinburgh Sparkles Advertising Campaign

The festive season is fast approaching and I have lots of Christmas illustrations to shout about this year. First up is a brand new ad campaign, created for the Edinburgh tourist board alongside Touch Studio in Scotland. Keep a look out for billboards and posters, adorned with my festive lettering and a lovely animated version here.