What's happening at IONA

PowerPlay mugs - ideal gifts for sports lovers

As the countdown to the London 2012 Olympic Games continues, sports mania is in the air! Building on the success of IONA’s PowerPlay brand, Dunoon'...

Love is in the air…

Love is in the air so fall head over heels with IONA’s beautiful collection of art especially designed for Valentine's Day. The range is a contempo...

Lizzy’s Loving…Tangerine Tango!

Pantone reveals its colour of the year for 2012. Pantone's choice of Tangerine Tango as colour of the year has focused attention on a shade ...

SS12 Key Trends

We have been researching and found three strong commercial trends for SS12. Take a sneaky peek at the wonderful colours and prints that we have pr...

A Very Merry Christmas from the team at IONA!

We'd like to take this opportunity to thank all our clients and to wish them, and you, a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! We look fo...

Christmas is most definitely on its way…

The tree's up, cards have been sent and work is still manic (it's the same every year!). But, we'd like to take this opportunity to thank all our c...

We told you so!

IONA's right on trend with organic structure. Lace has been around for centuries, but it never dates and fashion never gets bored of it. Lac...

Organic structure for home AW12

Floral lace patterning takes a very graphic direction that is strongly influenced by the clear openness of broderie anglaise and filet lace. In...

Organic structure for home AW12

Lizzy has been trending for AW12 again - this time for home and interiors. In brief, floral lace patterning takes a very graphic direction that is ...

We told you so!

IONA's right on trend with digital kaleidoscope We forecast that a digital kaleidoscope theme would come through strong for autumn/winter ...

Digital kaleidoscope for fashion in AW12

Swirling, kaleidoscopic, abstract prints are in concentrated areas or all over the garment in AW12. This trend allows interplay between saturated c...

Lizzy's Trending for AW12

We've been keeping an eye on what's out there in the marketplace, researching, listening, watching and travelling, as well as visiting trade show...

Lizzy's Trending for SS12

Whoops, we promised a couple of week ago that we'd let you see Lizzy's Trending ideas for SS12….we've been so busy with Christmas we've not had tim...

London Fashion Week Highlights

London Fashion Week is the most creative and dynamic event on the international fashion calendar. This year we have seen an array of creativity com...

What we're doing this week

Last week we talked about the Hoopers AW11 magazine and autumn/winter trends - hope you've enjoyed viewing the brands and products from the new mag...

Colour Palettes from Pantone® for AW12

We're still loving Pantone® - we said we would post their visual reference for colour so here we go… Nine colour palettes for 2012 have b...

We're Loving Pantone®

We're loving Pantone® IONA's loving Pantone® at the moment, especially its live webinars.All the trends that our designer, Lizzy McManu...

Signed, sealed and delivered!

DDFA contract is signed! We're happy to report that our contract has been signed with DDFA Licensing, one of the UK's leading artist and image ...

It's Crazy!

We're busy taking AW11 to market, designing, producing and printing, to launch later next month and at the same time our designers are researching ...

Scream for Ice Cream!

A taste of the seaside...in Piccadilly Gardens. Take a look at Lizzy's creative concepts for her Finals presented last month. She was given the...

Welcome to Lizzy!

We're delighted to welcome Lizzy McManus who has just joined the IONA team as Design Account Executive. She has graduated in Fashion Marketing BA (...

Happy Birthday IONA!

It's our 11th Birthday today - a special day. Happy Birthday IONA! We'd like to thank all our wonderful Clients and suppliers for their support ov...

Amazon Feedback Rating 5 stars

As you know IONA sells its images as ranges of greeting cards (click http://amzn.to/m0ERmh to buy), and we have received 100% positive feedback, 5 ...

India Sketches - Preview

Take a quick look at the sketches Dave has been working on today - influenced by his recent trip to India. He plans to do more, bigger, make some p...

Yorkshire Cancer Centre India Trek Complete!

Catriona and Dave, Directors at IONA, are back from their India Trek Challenge, a 5-day trek in the Indian Himalayas as part of a nine-day challeng...

Dunoon Commission More Designs!

Further to the success of IONA's PowerPlay range of fine bone china mugs, Dunoon have commissioned IONA to produce further concepts. As soon as the...

Dave Lyon's Fine Art available as giclée prints or canvas!

Here's a selection of Dave Lyon's art which is available to order as high quality, fine art giclée prints. The giclée process reproduces ...

IONA Images on Amazon! Greeting Cards & Canvas Prints!

Looking for a canvas print? Or a greeting card or notelet pack? IONA's images are now available as a range of greeting cards, notelet packs and gif...

IONA's busy busy busy...

...researching and working on designs for stationery, homewares and wallpaper manufacturers, interior designers and publishers. We're working on ne...

IONA India Trek Update!

Catriona Moore and Dave Lyon, Directors at IONA, have exceed their target again! The total amount raised for Yorkshire Cancer Centre now stands at ...

Spring Fair: IONA's PowerPlay centre stage at Dunoon. Hall 2 Stand No A02.

PowerPlay mugs, produced by Dunoon the market leaders of Fine Bone China mugs, are centre stage. Hall 2 Stand No A02. Mugs for the boys.

Spring Fair: IONA's Birds of Paradise. Selected by Trend House/WGSN, trend forecasted AW11/12!!

IONA's Birds of Paradise selected by Trend House/WGSN, the global trend forecasting service, to sit within Faux Real, Hall 10. Take a look - a uniq...

IONA's All Ready for the Spring Fair!

Hall 3, Stand G40, Birmingham NEC, 6 - 10 February 2011. The IONA team are all prepared and packed up for build up on Saturday, and start of show d...

PowerPlay™ Mugs by Dunoon Launched!

PowerPlay's brand continues to develop with the recent launch of a range of six mugs produced by Dunoon, the market leaders of Fine Bone China mugs...

IONA is officially on Facebook and Twitter!!

IONA is now officially on Facebook and Twitter. Follow our designs, work in progress, stories and interests. Search IONA on www.facebook.com and Tw...

India Trek Challenge Reaches over £5000!

With a huge thank you to all Clients and colleagues, friends and family, who supported Dave's Arty Party, Catriona and Dave have raised an amazing ...

Dunoon Mugs Says Yes!

Dunoon Mugs, market leaders in the production of the highest quality Fine Bone China mugs, tableware and kitchenware, has chosen six designs from I...

Catriona and Dave sign up for charity India Trek!

Catriona and Dave (Directors at IONA) are taking part in a fund-raising adventure of a lifetime, donning their walking boots for a 5 day trek in th...

IONA - A World of Colour at Spring Fair 2011! Hall 3, Stand No G40.

Back to the Spring Fair in 2011 within the Art and Licensing section of Hall 3, IONA will be showcasing the recent development of its 3 key brands....

IONA is ® Registered!

IONA is now the registered trademark of IONA Design Limited. The distinctive blue mark has been registered under 4 classifications - 16 (paper good...

A Decade of Success for IONA

Leeds-based creative design company, IONA, has celebrated 10 years of success by rewarding its staff with a surprise trip to Paris. Managing Direc...

Hungry Jungle® into its 6th year with Navigate

Ray Tagert, Managing Director of Navigate Limited and Licensee of the Hungry Jungle® brand, said, “We have worked with IONA for six years, and...

Hear What Atlas Wallcoverings Say

Atlas Wallcoverings is an international, independently-owned wallpaper manufacturer based in Belgium. The company produces digital murals and selec...