Vicky Yorke Designs

Happy 2013 everybody! And with the start of the new year I have decided to add a new banner to the blog to bring it up to date with my new branding! Over the coming year I have a variety of exciting new projects to show you - some of which will feature this updated branding, so I hope you like it! The banner also contains contact information, so please do continue to send me emails and tweets! I have decided to keep my floral border though, as this will be featuring on new products for VYD in 2013 - keep checking back if you want to find out more! (A screen shot with the old banner is above).

It's been quite a while now since I last published a post on this blog. That's because last September I was lucky enough to be offered my dream job in-house with an amazing kitchenware and tabletop company called Kitchen Craft . I was asked to design exclusively for the company, so therefore I had to sadly leave my agent and have been concentrating on designing lots of lovely new products for the kitchen and home. The amount of different products I have designed has been so exciting and rewarding. However, unfortunately I was diagnosed with a form of leukaemia around 18 months ago and although I loved working in-house, the daily commute was really taking it's toll on my health, so I have recently had to make the decision to leave the role. Luckily, Kitchen Craft will remain a major client for me in my business as a freelancer, so I will still get to work on their lovely products, while hopefully managing to get some much needed rest! Of course the other change is that I h...

I've finally ventured onto Twitter and am enjoying finding my way around! There are lots of lovely designers on there to discover as well as amazing and useful information that I would never otherwise have found! - I'm wondering why I haven't signed up before! Follow me @vcroydon