Emma Lawrence-Peattie is a Scottish surface pattern designer specialising in joyful conversational designs. She holds a Textile Design degree from Edinburgh College of Art and has freelanced for clients including Tigerprint, Calvin Klein, and Gap.
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Emma Lawrence-Peattie is a Scottish surface pattern designer specialising in joyful conversational designs. She holds a Textile Design degree from Edinburgh College of Art and has freelanced for clients including Tigerprint, Calvin Klein, and Gap. She now juggles part-time Art & Design teaching with an active freelance pattern design practice, with more recent clients including One Collection, Ensell Taylor, and &so On. She offers licensing and is available for freelance commissions.
Emma specialises in conversational and character-driven surface pattern design - whimsical, narrative-rich prints suited to greeting cards, gifting, and seasonal collections. Selected Instagram images (8 approved patterns) suggest a warm, illustrative approach across diverse motif types. Selected placement images (2) suggest product or presentation mockup contexts. Her portfolio's Christmas collection content ("Fairy Bloom," "Christmas Conversationals," "Ice Princess," "12 Days of Christmas") signals strong seasonal pattern capability.
Trained in Textile Design at Edinburgh College of Art. Produces work in digital design tools consistent with professional surface pattern practice. Her named pattern collections indicate structured seasonal output with coherent creative themes rather than standalone one-off designs.
Documented freelance clients: Tigerprint, Calvin Klein, Gap (early career); One Collection (Sept 2023); Ensell Taylor (March 2022-23); &so On (Jan 2022); Wakefield Design Studio (Jan 2021). Active in industry education communities - twice a runner-up in the Make It in Design scholarship with Print and Pattern, and 2020 Make It in Design Summer School winner. Work featured at Adobe Max 2019 (Design to Print stand).
Textile Design degree, Edinburgh College of Art. Freelanced with major clients (Tigerprint, Calvin Klein, Gap) before transitioning into Art & Design teaching. Has since maintained an active freelance pattern design practice alongside teaching. Ongoing participation in the Make It in Design and Power Sellers Academy communities.
Eight selected Instagram images confirmed as surface patterns. The pattern work spans conversational, botanical, and seasonal categories. The Christmas collection content in the portfolio confirms seasonal repeat pattern production at a commercial level.
Emma Lawrence-Peattie is a Scottish surface pattern designer specialising in joyful conversational designs. She holds a Textile Design degree from Edinburgh College of Art and has freelanced for clients including Tigerprint, Calvin Klein, and Gap.
Style and Aesthetic Emma specialises in conversational and character-driven surface pattern design - whimsical, narrative-rich prints suited to greeting cards, gifting, and seasonal collections. Selected Instagram images (8 approved patterns) suggest a warm, illustrative approach across diverse motif types.
Pattern Focus Eight selected Instagram images confirmed as surface patterns. The pattern work spans conversational, botanical, and seasonal categories. The Christmas collection content in the portfolio confirms seasonal repeat pattern production at a commercial level.
Markets and Clients Documented freelance clients: Tigerprint, Calvin Klein, Gap (early career); One Collection (Sept 2023); Ensell Taylor (March 2022-23); &so On (Jan 2022); Wakefield Design Studio (Jan 2021).
Techniques and Tools Trained in Textile Design at Edinburgh College of Art. Produces work in digital design tools consistent with professional surface pattern practice. Her named pattern collections indicate structured seasonal output with coherent creative themes rather than standalone one-off designs.
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Career Path Textile Design degree, Edinburgh College of Art. Freelanced with major clients (Tigerprint, Calvin Klein, Gap) before transitioning into Art & Design teaching. Has since maintained an active freelance pattern design practice alongside teaching.
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