Beci Orpin
08 // Beci Orpin is a designer and artist based in Melbourne, Australia, where she studied Textile Design at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology. Her work is inspired by nature and the change of the seasons, as well as by her family and friends, nostalgia and unearthing treasure from unexpected places. Beci often exhibits her work in galleries and has designed for clients such as Urban Outfitters, Visa and the Melbourne International Film Festival. Beci has written two books, Find and Keep and Home, and illustrated a third, Compendium of Me. In 2014, she worked on a homewares project called Arro Home. In the future, Beci would love to illustrate a children’s book, work with more people around the world and create exhibitions with larger-scale pieces. Her dream design commission would be to work with ceramics and furniture.
Design Heroes: Dick Bruna, Patricia Urquiola, Nathalie Du Pasquier
UO Kilim Rug
Designed by Beci for Urban Outfitters with a theme inspired by the Native American Navajo culture. Bordered geometric designs with central terraced diamonds are used in bold colours set against a neutral background that evokes the colours of the desert.
MM
An eclectic mix of geometric forms and shapes is created as Beci explores her art through mark making, geometry, collage and pattern.
Cone
Digital illustration created as a giclée print for the Design Files Open House 2013, an art and design showcase event in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia.