Maike Thoma
63 // Maike Thoma is originally from Germany, where she studied for a BA in Fashion Design in Hamburg. Now based in Switzerland, Maike runs her own studio, Pattern Jots. Maike finds her inspiration in nature, art, furniture, technology, science, and mid-century and Scandinavian art and design. She has designed for many fashion clients over the years but would love to be commissioned for stationery, wallpaper, interior fabrics and dinnerware. Some of Maike’s patterns are currently licensed by Keka and her work has been featured in Moyo magazine.
Design Heroes: Lucienne Day, Bjørn Wiinblad, Sanna Annukka (see pages 248–51)
Lace Circles
Maike wanted to produce a new, modern take on lace. Here hand-drawn decorative elements in delicate white lines cover an underlying background of solid spots.
Biomolecular
Inspired by scientific elements, this design was created for a Tigerprint competition calling for patterns designed for a male. Maike used a free graph-paper image from Webtreats for the background.
Floating Circles
Maike’s goal here was to create a pattern with depth using layers of hand-drawn elements over solid colours.
Journal cover
Designed as a journal cover for the Lilla Rogers Global Talent Search, this piece has the theme ‘playground’. Created using hand-drawn elements and photos taken on Maike’s camera, then edited on the computer.