Daniela Duarte is a Brazilian surface pattern designer and illustrator based in Barcelona, working as a freelancer under the brand DoArt Design. She specialises in fashion and apparel prints - primarily womenswear and beachwear - and brings both in-house industry experience and an active academic research practice in textile arts, feminism, and care aesthetics.








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Daniela Duarte is a Brazilian surface pattern designer and illustrator based in Barcelona, working as a freelancer under the brand DoArt Design. She specialises in fashion and apparel prints - primarily womenswear and beachwear - and brings both in-house industry experience and an active academic research practice in textile arts, feminism, and care aesthetics.
Artistic approach to print and pattern with a fashion-forward sensibility. Selected Instagram images (8 patterns) suggest colourful, expressive all-over patterns with a distinctive illustrative character - consistent with her focus on womenswear and athleisure. A cross-cultural perspective shaped by Brazilian heritage and Barcelona-based working life is evident in the work.
Both manual and digital illustration and surface design. Works across hand and digital modes. Patternbank presence indicates industry-standard digital repeat production. Co-creates with brands to align prints with their visual identity.
Primarily womenswear and beachwear. Has worked with multiple fashion brands as an in-house designer; now freelancing. Open to collaborative commissions. Patternbank listed for direct licensing access.
Brazilian, currently based in Barcelona. Has worked as an in-house print and pattern designer with several fashion brands. Transitioned to freelance with a client base in womenswear and beachwear. Also a PhD student researching collective textile arts, feminism, and care aesthetics - an academic thread running alongside active commercial practice.
The portfolio features bold, fashion-forward surface patterns suited to apparel and athleisure. Pattern types lean toward expressive all-overs and illustrative motif arrangements rather than classic geometric or ditsy repeats.













Daniela Duarte is a Brazilian surface pattern designer and illustrator based in Barcelona, working as a freelancer under the brand DoArt Design.
Style and Aesthetic Artistic approach to print and pattern with a fashion-forward sensibility. Selected Instagram images (8 patterns) suggest colourful, expressive all-over patterns with a distinctive illustrative character - consistent with her focus on womenswear and athleisure.
Pattern Focus The portfolio features bold, fashion-forward surface patterns suited to apparel and athleisure. Pattern types lean toward expressive all-overs and illustrative motif arrangements rather than classic geometric or ditsy repeats.
Markets and Clients Primarily womenswear and beachwear. Has worked with multiple fashion brands as an in-house designer; now freelancing. Open to collaborative commissions. Patternbank listed for direct licensing access.
Techniques and Tools Both manual and digital illustration and surface design. Works across hand and digital modes. Patternbank presence indicates industry-standard digital repeat production. Co-creates with brands to align prints with their visual identity.
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Career Path Brazilian, currently based in Barcelona. Has worked as an in-house print and pattern designer with several fashion brands. Transitioned to freelance with a client base in womenswear and beachwear.
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