London Review of Books

Sometimes, especially on a rainy day, there's nothing better for the soul than a wander around a good bookshop. A friend recently subscribed me to the fortnightly issues of the London Review of Books (makes a great present for a bookworm like me) and mentioned that there is a London Review Bookshop plus tea and cake next door. With a spare hour after the busy PG Live show this month I popped over. I very much enjoyed perusing the shelves especially the art, illustration and poetry. I appreciated the well curated collection and it made a welcome break from screen time + scrolling through over stuffed amazon listings. Lovely pot of earl grey too.

LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS | EMILY HAUCK KARIKA NOVA

above clockwise from the top left: on the shelves of the london review bookshop, the lovely shop front, after such a busy run up to pg live I'm looking forward to working my way through my little stash of london book review issues, snap of the shop floor.

#londonreviewbookshop #londonreview  #lrb #londonreviewofbooks #creativespaces #shopspot #bookshop #booklove #paperlove #cakeshop #london @londonreviewofbooks 

Cobalt AW19

Following on from Father's Day at the weekend, it seems like a good time to talk about the latest additions to the best selling super stylish men's collection Cobalt I designed for Cinnamon Aitch. With its signature modern colour palette and natural textures, Cobalt's original style picks up on traditional paper collage techniques that I love and contrasts this with contemporary graphic lines + zingy foil.

I hugely enjoyed creating these new additions for AW19. The new designs follow on from the SS19 release and embrace our love of the great outdoors and also those lovely times together at home. The latest release features icons of landrovers, yachts, football, birthday cake and wine. Each card is packed with a unique bespoke concrete patterned envelope. The new designs launched this month at PG Live are now available in the shops and direct from Cinnamon Aitch.

COBALT AW19 | EMILY HAUCK KARIKA NOVA

above: a selection of aw19 additions to the popular cobalt men's range I designed for cinnamon aitch, launched at pg live 2019, available now direct from cinnamon aitch. 

#cobalt #cinnamonaitch #emilyhauck #newlaunches #pglive2019 #pglive #pglivelondon #greetings #stationeryshop #aw19 #greetingcards #design #illustration #paperlove #contemporarydesign #concrete

Great to see a little mention in PG Buzz yesterday from Papilo for the Father's collection Chrome!

Tiger Lily

Hot off the press, excitingly here is Tiger Lily, a fabulously eye catching greetings collection I created in a new collaboration with Portfolio Cards. The everyday range features a rich, vibrant colour palette with accents of neon and flourishes of gold foil - perfect timing to brighten a gloomy June day. Lush illustrations inspired by the natural world portray wild, exotic flora and fauna. The design style embraces a flamboyant, elegant and painterly approach. Each design is printed in the UK and is packed with a pearlised envelope. Launched at Progressive Greetings Live 2019 and soon to be available in the shops!

TIGER LILY | EMILY HAUCK KARIKA NOVA

above: a selection of designs from the tiger lily collection I designed for portfolio cards, launched at pg live 2019, available to stock now direct from portfolio cards. 

#tigerlily #portfoliocards #emilyhauck #pglive2019 #pglive #pglivelondon #greetings #greetingcards #design #illustration #paperlove

PG Live 2019

Ah, what a fantastic day at PG Live yesterday. It was so lovely to catch up with everyone and fabulous to see the amazing new projects up on the walls. 

Hugely exciting to find the beautiful little new range Aurora designed for Cinnamon Aitch shimmering delightfully with it's special gold foil. We have added some fantastic new designs to the Cobalt range which premiered at last year's show. In a brand new collaboration with Portfolio excitingly two wonderful new collections launched, the richly colourful Tiger Lily & the very lovely sparkly Pearl Drops. More on the fabulous newness soon, in the meantime here are some snaps from the show.

PG LIVE 2019 | EMILY HAUCK KARIKA NOVA

above clockwise from the top left: brand new aurora cards in their fab dispensor on the cinnamon aitch stand, my lovely coordinating pink gfsmith show pass cover, a peek of the cobalt range, the view from the balcony at the business design centre, photo of the wonderful new tiger lily collection on the wall at portfolio, close up of a sparkly new pearl drops card, fantastic new cobalt designs, the fabulous show bunting by louise tiler, my favourite tiger lily card.

#pglive2019 #pglive #pglivelondon #greetings #greetingcards #cinnamonaitch #portfoliocards #emilyhauck #design #illustration

Heartwood Forest

It's a buzzing week ahead for many with the PG Live Show opening on Tuesday so I thought I'd take a moment out to share some photos from our visit to the beautiful Heartwood Forest last weekend. Admittedly it doesn't look very forest like at the moment because it is a new project set up by the Woodland Trust to reforest agricultural land. 600,000 new trees have been planted with plans for many more including an orchard. I recently watched David Attenborough's program Climate Change - the Facts (28min30 for the forests) which certainly brings home how important these reforestation projects are. It is something we are aware of in the Greetings industry. I'm always happy when I can add the FSC (non profit organisation promoting responsible forest management) logo on a new design and when using specialist eco papers. It's a double win for me, by supporting projects such as these we help the environment whilst at the same time gaining the health benefits of forest bathing. We certainly had a lot of fun at Heartwood.

HEARTWOOD FOREST | EMILY HAUCK KARIKA NOVA

above: little miss G and mr J taking in the wildlife in heartwood forest - pinecones, poppies and dandelion clocks were definite favourites. 

#heartwoodforest #woodlandtrust #forest #reforestation #fsc #climatechange #forestbathing  

Luminaire Christmas

Just as the summer weather is kicking off I have received fab new samples of Christmas Luminaire. As quite often happens in the world of greetings whilst many are booking their beach holidays I've been having fun drawing Christmas trees! Following on from the lovely everyday range, we have added 30+ new festive designs. Here's a sneak peek of what to look forward to this coming festive season in the Luminaire collection from Katie Phythian Design.

LUMINAIRE CHRISTMAS | EMILY HAUCK KARIKA NOVA

above: a selection of cards from the luminaire christmas additions I designed for katie phythian design, available now for trade direct from katie phythian design. 

#paperlove #luminaire #christmas #katiephythiandesign #katiephythian #contemporarydesign #painterly #new #iridescent #crystals #fresh #independentshops #exciting #stationerylove

Spring Adventures

Well that was a longer spring break than I intended! It's been a fast paced few weeks with extra projects to fit in. Happily it does mean that there will be lots of exciting news in the coming weeks of new designs, a good portion of which will be launching at Progressive Greetings Live! Can't wait!

SPRING ADVENTURES | EMILY HAUCK KARIKA NOVA

above: I did manage to sneak out from the desk to the great outdoors and took this lovely pic of mr J wading through flowering wild garlic. 

#spring #wildgarlic #adventure #excitingprojects #pglive