oh, what a fabulous post! i love all the work shown here... especially julia rothman's and kate sutton's patterns. thanks for the great post :)

nice stuff.
here's a pattern tiling system designed by a bunch of Portuguese architects

http://www.tilertool.com

not on the same league maybe, but here's a pattern tiling system based designed by a bunch of Portuguese architects

http://www.tilertool.com

Thanks for the list. It's nice to remember there's other people out there creating patterns for a living.

I recognized some these designers from the Rockport Press Pattern Design books. Look forward to seeing Marian's design&designer book. Nice to see the hand drawn joints.

Here are some of my prints to share: http://the-why.com/patterns_01.html

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This is awesome too!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/weeneeds/2302193753/

Great list.

I love last pattern from Banjets.com. Very nice list. Thanks.

I love last pattern from Banjets.com. Very nice list. Thanks.

I must say these pattern designers are awesome.

Great article. Loved the pictures.

Wow. I particularly love the work from Guilherme Marconi. Fantastic list, thanks!

I'm shocked Simone Legno didn't make this list, otherwise very good though.

There are a lot of good resources for this sort of design at http://www.fontcraft.com

Excelent. Very Good selection!