I hope you enjoyed our recent Instagram Pattern Challenge, whether you posted a 'found' pattern or just looked at the patterns others had found.

Some of the patterns we found are deliberate ones - beautifully decorated walls and ceilings, architectural features and so on.

But in many ways the most fun patterns are the 'accidental' ones.  The ones created by shadows, the alignment of a number of features, leaves or flower stalks against the sky.  Sometimes it can be something quite ordinary, seen in a particular way. 

This type of pattern is the hardest to spot 'to order', for a challenge.  You see them when you see them.  But the idea of the challenge was at least partly to encourage you to keep looking.  Look up, look down , look around, wherever you are.  You never know when you're going to spot the next wonderful pattern to inspire your designing.