Jenn Playford is featured in the October issue of HOW Magazine. In the article, which appears in the SEEN section, Jenn discusses what inspires her, as well as her most recent projects.

Jenn Playford is featured in a video currently posted on furochic.com. The video serves as a tutorial for Wrapagami, a how-to-guide written by Jenn as a companion to her eco-friendly fabric giftwrap. Visit the website for quick, easy ways to wrap everything from a bottle of wine to a bouquet of roses.

Jenn Playford and Red Nose Studio each have a piece in the upcoming Custom Kokeshi 2009 show. The show, which was curated by Christina Conway, showcases kokeshi customized by over 100 internationally respected artists, illustrators and designers and is part of the KOKESHI: From Folk Art to Art Toy exhibition at the Japanese American National Museum. Other artist participating in the show include Amy Sol, Calef Brown, Kukula, Marcos Chin, Pietari Posti, Stella Im Hultberg and Tara McPherson, among many, many others. The show runs from Saturday, July 11th until Sunday, October 4th, 2009.

Japanese American National Museum 369 E. 1st St., Los Angeles, CA

Jenny Wren Paperie’s line of products featuring Jenn Playford’s exclusively licensed illustrations have been getting a lot of press lately. The line has been featured on both Global News and CityLine and in Rockport’s Pattern Design: Applications and Variations and Liaoning’s Stylish Pattern. Also, keep an eye out for upcoming features in Self Magazine and Cooking with Paula Deen Magazine.

Jenny Wren Paperie

Jenn Playford will be exhibiting her work at SURTEX 2008. SURTEX is an annual show for selling and licensing art and design. It features over 400 exhibitors, including top artists, designers, studios and licensing firms in the following industries: decorative fabrics, linens and domestics, contract textiles, wall coverings, floor coverings, apparel textiles, stationery, greeting cards, giftwrap and other paper products, tabletop, giftware, housewares, toys, ceramics, packaging and publishing.

The show runs from Sunday, May 18th to Tuesday, May 20th at Javits Convention Centre in New York City.

Stop by booth #702 in the River Pavillion to see Jenn’s work.

SURTEX 2008

Jenn Playford’s illustrations for Jenny Wren Paperie were featured in the April issue of Canadian Style At Home magazine. The magazine featured her stationery, gold-flecked cards and re-usable giftwrap, Furochic.

Jenn Playford, along with three other Magnet artists, was featured in Taiwan’s dpi magazine. She had a two-page spread in their recent Design Stars Boulevard issue. Thanks dpi!

dpi magazine

Jenn Playford’s patterns are featured in the April 2008 issue of Canadian Home & Country magazine.

Check it out!

Jenn Playford’s cloth gift wrap, Furochic, was featured on Global TV’s morning news on Tuesday, January 5th and again on City TV’s City Line on Tuesday, January 22nd. Furochic is a stylish and environmentally-friendly alternative to paper. It is based on Furoshiki, a square cloth traditionally used in Japan to wrap shopping purchases and embellish important gifts. It is made out of 100% cotton and can be turned into a no-sew handbag, pillow covering, scarf, patchwork quilt or used to re-wrap another gift.

Furochic is available at Great Canadian Superstore locations and online at jennywrenpaperie.com.

Jennifer Playford is featured in the Fall 2007 book Pattern Design: Applications and Variations published by Mao Mao Publications of Barcelona, Spain. Pattern has been going through an important revival in the past few years and this book will be a 288 page compilation of recent projects which rely on, or include, pattern design. The book features well established and novel designers and companies such as Karim Rashid, Helen Amy Murray, Marcel Wanders, Sukie, JB Classics, Bisazza, Demakersvan, Joris Laarman, Mos-Michael Meredith, Dan Funderbergh and Telegramme among others.

The berry pattern Spring Blossoms created for Jenny Wren Paperie and Nova Blooms created for FuroChic are among Jennifer’s published illustrations.

Pattern Design: Applications and Variations will be published in English and Spanish, it will be distributed internationally by Page One (Asia), Rockport (US & Canada), Novedit (France), and Promopress (Spain).

www.rockpub.com

Nova Blooms Bag

Spring Blossoms Album

Spring Blossoms Gift Tag