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Renata Rubim is a great designer from Brazil. And I am grateful to her for sharing knowledge over four weekends. Thank you! Learn more about her work here

A hand painted flower has become a nice detail for a printed dress.

Tibor Reich, a designer who uses nature to inspire his designs for fabrics and pottery.

Pattern print for a dress by Ursula Beltrame. Detail of laser cutting drawing. Photo: Tiago Capelini, Studio ME Model: Taís König

     

Some microscopic structures are actually quite complex. The exercise of submitting forms in the direction of simplification, reveals certain primary forms. And the subversion of natural colors by solid shades, gives a new starting...

Photo: Studio ME, Porto Alegre, Brazil Model: Taís König

Here are some experiences playing with fhand-drawn flowers together with its vectorial versions. When working with drawings made by hand my intention is to let its features very perceptive.

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