Wendy Kendall
99 // British designer Wendy Kendall is originally from Essex but is now based in Staffordshire, UK. Wendy studied for a BA (Hons) in Textiles at the University of Derby. She worked as a bedding/nursery designer for more than twelve years for several manufacturers before becoming freelance in 2010. She is inspired by the aesthetics of Scandinavian style, nature and animals. Mid- century design has also influenced her work, along with vintage fabrics and fashion and interior magazines. In 2013 Wendy won Ideal Wallpaper Design of the Year with her ‘Petite Street’ design, which is now licensed with Wallpapered.com. She has also designed fabrics for Dashwood Studio and licensed her prints for homewares with DENY Designs. Wendy is part of the Dotty Wren Studio, a design collective who debuted at Surtex in 2014. Going forward, Wendy would love to have her own branded children’s interior range. Her dream commission would be to design fabric and bedding for Ikea and to illustrate a children’s book.
Design Heroes: Marimekko, Tricia Guild, Stig Lindberg
Totem Triangles
Wendy creates real interest in this design by forming her triangles from a mixture of dots, chevrons and solids.
Teepee Town Stripe
Freely drawn arches and triangles are banded in rows like stylized mountains and tepees.
Let’s Play Stripe
A tribal-style stripe looks fresh and modern in these pastel shades. The imperfect colour in the triangles suggests hand printing.
Petite Street Triangles
Created in collaboration with Dashwood Studio. Wendy’s designs are always hand drawn and scanned into a computer to be digitally worked. She loves using pattern fills and fabric textures in her work, along with quirky outlines.