Ladies & germs, the work of Lou Mendel, who I randomly met at two weeks ago at the Show ‘N Tell Show. Hand-drawn patterns, Lou!! YES. Do more of these, they make me happy.

Wide and varied design and conceptual projects by Dutch studio, Raw Color. All in involving, you guessed it, color in a rainbow (pun intended, heh) of ways. Via Art Hound.

Wouldn’t you love to fly on an airline that’s this quirky and playful? Maybe some day when flying is fun again! By Monina Velarde, whose work I’m thrilled to discover and she hails from Chicago too. RAD. Via Quite Strong.

An assortment of happy and bizarre imagery from new-to-me tumblr Barrio Bajero.

Beautiful, beautiful work by Dutch/Australian design studio, Toko.

If you follow Marrimekko at all then you’ve likely heard of Sanna Annuka. Pattern-Designer Supreme, this chick is not messing around. See more at Notcot, they’ve got a nice little write up in their archives.