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UPPERCASE #65
April-May-June 2025

cover by Sarah Matthews
Dear Reader,
On a neighbourhood walk, you may observe a variegated leaf, fallen petals strewn on the sidewalk, a spotted cat, the plumage of a bird and the sun casting late-day shadows of tree branches across the lawn. Stepping through a puddle, your damp shoes leave prints of their soles, tracking your return home.
Inside, you remove your shoes on the lattice-embossed floor mat and hang your plaid jacket in the closet. You smooth your gingham shirt and place your backpack on a chair, noticing that its pattern clashes pleasingly with the padded cushion. The living room welcomes you with a woven carpet, pretty wallpaper and a couch upholstered in soft texture. Sitting down to read, you pause to appreciate the endpapers of your book. Putting your feet up on the ottoman covered in vintage fabric, you wiggle your toes, admiring the stripes of your socks. You drape a throw blanket over your lap; it’s a patchwork quilt. You are enveloped in a kaleidoscope of pattern and colour.
Patterns are applied to the surfaces of our daily lives. From fabrics, clothing, papergoods, wallpaper and our furniture, there are many dimensions of surface pattern design. It’s a form of creative expression and personal style, and, as shown in this sixth edition of the UPPERCASE Surface Pattern Design Guide, it can become an encompassing career.
If you may permit me the pun, patterns are all over!
Janine Vangool
publisher / editor / designer
UPPERCASE is entirely supported by its subscribers.
No advertising, no sponsored content, no government grants.

Front cover by Sarah Matthews. Surface Pattern Design Guide cover by Lisa Deighan.
Subscribers (as of March 10) will receive these printed patterned papers as a bonus with their copy of issue 65.

Sophie Dufresne, Rachel Kroh, Ouss Mezher, Janine Vangool
Make an UPPERCASE kraft by using these patterned papers and subscriber mailing envelope.
(Click the link to download some free patterned papers.)
Thank you to these companies for providing opportunities to our SPDG6 entrants.
GUIDE COVER COMMISSION

UPPERCASE Publishing
Selected entrants will receive commissions from UPPERCASE for the Surface Pattern Design Guide cover and the patterned paper subscriber bonuses.
Bonnie Christine
Surface Design Immersion
Tuition
Bonnie Christine is offering free tuition to her Surface Design Immersion Course in 2025
Halfpenny Postage
Greeting Card
Licensing
Halfpenny Postage will select 3 nominees and choose 1 to offer a licensing agreement
Lilla Rogers
Creating Collections
for Home Décor
Tuition to Lilla Rogers' self-paced course on creating a professional Home Décor collection