Knowing Me, Knowing You A-Ha! Home to legendary fictional DJ, Alan Partridge, the Norfolk city of Norwich is also well-known for its rich artistic heritage, particularly in the painting, literary and printmaking professions. And there can be no doubt the city’s creative legacy was colouring the greeting card stands at Top Drawer Autumn last month,
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Giddy for gingham or tender for tartan, plaid and chequerboard have cornered greeting card designs in 2025. From the bonny Highlands to Dorothy on the Yellow Brick Road, square and criss-cross patterned weaves, infused with rustic overtones, homely nostalgia and grassy picnic lunches, are currently angling to add a touch of whimsy and playfulness to
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Gale Astley reports on the greetings card and gift trade: For many years sales of Halloween-related products in the UK have been the skeleton in the cupboard, leaving shop tills rattling and retailers howling as the chilling event of the autumn season left British mortals cold. However today, from out of the darkness, Halloween has
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Baking news! There’s finally a design trend you can get your teeth into! The flaky and buttery crescent-shaped croissant is currently a craze in the food world, with bakers reinventing the billowy pastry with delicious flavours and inventive shapes. However, card designers have been peeking into the Parisian patisserie parlour window and snaffling inspiration too.
In 1985, the imaginative spectacles of Live Aid, Back to the Future and the first episode of EastEnders enthralled audiences of millions – yes, 13 million watched the initial soap opera’s screening. In the same year, airing visual concepts from accomplished design creatives from universities and colleges across Britain, the inaugural New Designers show was
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Drifting onto the design shores for 2024 is the Be Jelly trend hypnotically gliding onto catwalks, home decor, prints and of course greeting cards. From the watery, iridescent jellyfish to the nostalgic and wobbly pudding, the jelly aesthetic is mesmerising, translucent, shimmering and squishy. Touching on the tendrils of this trend and discovering the shape
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