Welcome to Pretty.Simple.Things, the design studio of Emily Sontag.
Emily’s professional background in design is both deeply focused and diverse. After earning an Associates Degree in Fashion Design from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, Emily went on to earn her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Fashion and Textile Design from the California College of the Arts and Crafts. She worked for California-based fashion designer Erica Tanov for several years, while continually exploring her love affair with textile design, silk-screening, and graphic design, before moving from the Bay Area to Savannah, Georgia, with her husband and daughter in 2008. Emily’s love of textiles and hand printed stationery evolved into the business of Pretty.Simple.Things when she began using a Japanese silk screening method to create invitations, custom stationery, and birth announcements for a select clientele. These initial projects eventually expanded into a line of textiles and paper goods. Having also studied graphic design in college, Emily began catering to small businesses in need of marketing materials and brand development.
Emily’s work features original art, and each piece carries the mark of distinction that is born when the hand of the artist is directing the printing process. Although Pretty.Simple.Things can cater to any aesthetic, whether it be traditional letterpress, streamlined offset printing, or more imaginative hand silk-screening, all of Emily’s work reflects a marriage between old-fashioned sensibility and artistic innovation, with the intent that every piece is varied and original.
Emily’s professional background in design is both deeply focused and diverse. After earning an Associates Degree in Fashion Design from the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, Emily went on to earn her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Fashion and Textile Design from the California College of the Arts and Crafts. She worked for California-based fashion designer Erica Tanov for several years, while continually exploring her love affair with textile design, silk-screening, and graphic design, before moving from the Bay Area to Savannah, Georgia, with her husband and daughter in 2008. Emily’s love of textiles and hand printed stationery evolved into the business of Pretty.Simple.Things when she began using a Japanese silk screening method to create invitations, custom stationery, and birth announcements for a select clientele. These initial projects eventually expanded into a line of textiles and paper goods. Having also studied graphic design in college, Emily began catering to small businesses in need of marketing materials and brand development.
Emily’s work features original art, and each piece carries the mark of distinction that is born when the hand of the artist is directing the printing process. Although Pretty.Simple.Things can cater to any aesthetic, whether it be traditional letterpress, streamlined offset printing, or more imaginative hand silk-screening, all of Emily’s work reflects a marriage between old-fashioned sensibility and artistic innovation, with the intent that every piece is varied and original.
