Designer Spotlight: Erin Dorholt
Today, Erin Dorholt is in the spotlight and talks with AFB and founder Jenny Morgan about designing through AFB and more.
Jenny: Erin Dorholt is an amazing Chicago based designer who has a fun, bright style and until this week, was a full-time in-house designer for Sears. Erin is taking the brave leap into the world of full-time freelancing, and she is looking forward to devoting more time to AFB projects. We’re excited about this, too. Erin designed our very own Liza + Leo, our cracker-jack pattern scouts we introduced in last week’s post, and we can’t wait to see what else Erin has up her creative sleeves.
AFB: Favorite Project You’ve Worked on with AFB?
Erin: Designs for the AFB Art Marketplace! I’m really excited about this new avenue for buyers to see our work.
AFB: Design(s) Your Most Proud of that you’ve done for AFB to-date?
Erin: The designs I’m most proud of thus far are patterns I’ve designed for the Art Marketplace–for the Summer, Birthday, Nature and Geometric categories and my first photo card (something I haven’t done before and is still a work-in-progress)
Designs for the AFB Art Marketplace
“Take a Bike” pattern designed for the SUMMER category
“Birthday Fun” pattern designed for the BIRTHDAY category
“Feathers” pattern designed for the NATURE category
“Triangles” designed for the GEOMETRICS category
Photo Graduation Card
“Choose Your Path” design
More About Erin
Erin’s favorite candy: “pretty much anything combining dark chocolate and coconut”
Erin at work…in her home studio
Erin’s feet, showing off her Swedish Clogs
Erin and her boyfriend, Jeff
Erin: “My dog, Maesie, is my main inspiration. I don’t think I’d ever be able to create a product or pattern as adorable as she is!”
Erin’s dog, Maesie, out enjoying her favorite season
Maesie, basking in the Vermont sun
You can see more of Erin’s work here.