Pattern & Narrative

Pattern, from the French 'patron', is a type of theme of recurring events or objects, sometimes referred to as elements of a set. The most basic patterns are based on repetition and periodicity. Pattern in design terms can be used to depict stories and play out an order of narrative using imagery, or in simplified terms with symbols and semantic connections to understood social facts.

Grow House Grow! are an interior print designers that specialise in narrative wallpapers;

"Our mission is to enliven living space through the marriage of pattern, narrative

and a heavy dose of imagination"

Mary Ward (1827-1869) was encouraged to nurture her love of nature from a young age. Born into to a renowned scientific family in Co. Offaly, Ireland, she was educated at home with her sisters and by the age of three had developed a penchant for collecting bugs.