Malin Gyllensvaan is a textile designer and illustrator known for her intricate designs featuring flowers, animals, and plants. She primarily works with gouache and graphite pencil and enjoys painting designs with an abstract element, it allows her to feel more free while she creates.
Malin Gyllensvaan, a Stockholm-based textile designer and illustrator, creates intricate designs featuring flowers, animals, and plants. Passionate about gouache and graphite pencil, she combines the two to produce lush, ethereal pieces evoking calm and natural beauty.
Malin, with a degree in printed textiles from London's Central St´Martins and Chelsea College of Art and Design, worked in-house for twelve years before freelancing. Her creations, inspired by vintage botanical illustrations and the Arts and Crafts Movement, reflect a profound love for nature and meticulous attention to detail.
Over the years, her creations have adorned everything from art prints, stationery, puzzles, packaging, textiles for both home and fashion, as well as illustrations for books. Her clients include IKEA, Anthropologie, Eeboo, Bespoke press, Amber Lotus, Design House Greetings, Holt Renfrew, Running Press, Smith College, ARTEZA, Galison, H&M, Åhléns, Cappelen Damm and Berghs förlag to name a few.
