Esther Cox
25 // Esther Cox is originally from Abingdon, near Oxford, but is now based in Brighton, UK. She studied Textiles and Fashion (Embroidery) at Manchester Metropolitan University and Graphic Design at City College Brighton and Hove. Esther finds inspiration all around her and takes a camera everywhere to capture any interesting shapes and colours she encounters. Twentieth-century art, design and illustration have always influenced Esther, and many current illustrators, photographers and designers inspire her. Going forward, Esther would love to be part of a collective and design a large-scale mural. Her dream commission would be to collaborate with Portmeirion and Marimekko.
Design Heroes: Robert Stewart, Stig Lindberg, Shirley Craven
Hepworth
A layer of coloured motifs duplicated in grey and overlaid gives the impression of depth, like a drop shadow. The sculptural shapes appear as though they are coloured by hand with pencils.
Twinkle Stripe
Thin spidery motifs in black contrast beautifully with rows of fresh pastelcoloured geometric shapes.
Collage
All of Esther’s work begins with an exploration of collage and drawing in Indian ink. She loves the immediacy of the materials, and the happy accidents that can occur during experimentation.
Chadwick
This hand-drawn design – a great study of triangles – has a mid-century feel with its Skylon-style imagery.
Flags
Esther never has a finished idea in her head when she starts a brief; she lets intuition and experimentation with marks shape her work. She rarely works in colour, adding it later in Adobe Illustrator, where she properly organizes and refines her ideas.
All work © Esther Cox