When MacPeople Lite in Japan featured my Soon Spring icons in their Spring 2008 issue I revisited the collection and decided to update the set to include fresh new versions for Mac OS X Leopard and Windows Vista for this weeks release of icons at the Iconfactory.

But it was so much fun to work with these icons that I expanded the collection with five bold, new spring flowers! Inspiration was literally on the doorstep, with a few late Snowdrops and a sea of Scilla on the grassy slope outside the studio. Iris, Daffodils and Pheasant's Eye saluting the sun from the flowerbeds.

When I was designing these flowers I studied them and was fascinated by things I found out. That Iris, in Greek mythology, was the goddess of the rainbow and messenger of the gods. The optical phenomenon iridescence is derived from Iris' name and the fleur-de-lis is a stylized Iris...

Then I read that Pheasant's Eye daffodil, is also called Poet's Daffodil or Narcissus poeticus in latin... Isn't that just irresistable!?

And if you want to get it on paper, that spring is here, you might be interested in the Tulip card over in the shop where there are several cards inspired by spring.

Soon Spring icons come with a companion wallpaper: A Sea of Scilla. This desktop picture is available in several sizes for different types of monitors. There are fullscreen, widescreen, iPhone and iPod Touch versions so take your pick!

Last but not least, members of Club Marmalade Moon receive a bonus collection of Soon Spring icons and images for personal use on your blog or website or as avatars for your computer user account, forums, instant messenger and social networks such as Facebook, Twitter or MySpace! Join the club to get your free April release of limited edition desktop art!

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Today I was happy and excited to get my copy of Swedish Illustration, a book that I am being featured in!

"The guide to the most exciting and innovative illustrators in Sweden today. The book illustrates the current trends – offering uniquely Swedish insights about innovation and creative interpretations."

Swedish Illustration will be presented at The London Book Fair in April and at The Frankfurt Book Fair (Frankfurter Buch Messe) in October.

The book will be distributed in several European countries as well as in the USA, Asia and Australia.

Tags: design, art

I was recently interviewed by SvD Näringsliv, if you speak Swedish you can read the interview here: Design i digitala rum.

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I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Jonas Hållén at Dagens Teknik. Alexander Ruas was the photographer.

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