Eine Kleine Design Studio

www.einekleinedesignstudio.com

19 //   Liz Ablashi, a designer from Maryland, USA, runs Eine Kleine Design Studio. Liz worked as a corporate graphic designer for many years until discovering surface design. She fell in love with the industry and has been learning the ropes and building her portfolio over the past few years. Her inspiration comes from nature, vintage illustration, Scandinavian design and folk art. Clients have included Modern Yardage, Minted and A Fresh Bunch. Liz’s ambition is to become an established designer across many markets, especially homewares and gifts. She would also love to illustrate a children’s book.

Design Heroes: Helen Dardik, Angie Lewin, Charley Harper

Dixieland

Elongated black triangles are arranged in jaunty rows and peppered with pastel colours for a sharp yet animated look.

Free Jazz

Liz likes to experiment with colour and subject matter, so many of her patterns are happy accidents. Here, some of the triangles have been left in hollow outline to give the design space.

Dizzy

A rectangle filled with striped triangles is repeated in a half drop for a vibrant optical design.

Optical

Three-dimensional linear cubes with one corner sliced off, creating an extra facet in this clever pattern.