Carol Robinson
12 // Carol Robinson is originally from Canterbury but is now based in London, where she works as a freelance surfacepattern designer, illustrator and painter. Carol studied Fine Art at Brighton University, and it is this background that inspires her design and illustration work. She likes to hand draw, paint or print her work to give it an off-kilter handmade look and then enhance it on the computer. Carol is influenced by mid-century modern design, bold patterns, colour and shapes. Her ambition for the future is to produce her own range of greetings cards and homewares, and her dream commission would be to design a stationery range for Paperchase.
Design Heroes: Lucienne Day, Marian Mahler, Sonia Delaunay
Balloons
Carol’s fine-art background inspires her design and illustrative work. Here there is a clever mix of solid, cross-hatched and striped balloons.
Slices
A bold repeat featuring hand-drawn motifs that are reminiscent of fruit.
Blue Leopard
Carol mixes the soft natural line of animal stripes with the harder edge of the triangle. Spots add extra movement and enhance the hand-drawn appeal.
Pots and Pans
Carol’s love of mid-century design shines through in this piece, where retro shapes hang like mobiles.
Frontier
Off-kilter arches decorated with lines are topped by striking black ‘flowers’.