A woman sitting at a desk using a laptop to edit a digital portrait of a German Shepherd dog, with a real photo of the same dog on the screen.

About AJD

AJD was created as a lockdown hobby in 2020, by Textile Designer Amber Jordan.

Returning freshly from university whilst living overseas in England, Amber was inspired to start exploring home with a tourists perspective…

Residing at the time in Eglantine Avenue Belfast - lockdown consisted of adventuring around the city each weekend on a Belfast Bike. This gave Amber the inspiration for her earliest “Belfast Series” collection, which consisted of bold graphics and an industrial feel. She started selling a few prints on Etsy for Irish ex-pats across the world, specifically for their “Work From Home” offices. Once lockdown lifted, she was approached by Chat & Chill Café to supply Belfast artworks but with a custom palette to suit their interior (lots of pretty blues!). Bringing this vision together led to Amber’s best-selling series of 2021 which was then picked up by Visit Belfast Welcome Centre. The first official AJD stockist!

A woman with blonde hair holding a cushion with a Belfast fish design, standing in front of a display of artwork and merchandise related to the Titanic, including posters, decorative pillows, and small boxed items.
A blueprint of Titanic Belfast, a building in Belfast, Ireland, with a white border, placed on a blue surface, with a pair of small scissors nearby.

Although from Lisburn, Amber spent her summers growing up along the North Coast (Portstewart in particular). She decided to expand her style into graphic coastal additions and the collection quickly gathered interest from local gift shops such as The ROCK Craft & Coffee, Castlerock.

Digital art or illustration of a beach scene with waves, a distant cliff, and a silouette of a lighthouse or building on the horizon.

From 2020 - 2023 Amber was working as a commercial Textile Designer for a local manufacturing facility in Lurgan. Her passion within her role of product design, paired with her love of Northern Irish adventures and digital illustration… ignited a spark within her side-business. Working directly with both her employers and other local producers to develop end-use goods… her product offerings and list of stockists began to grow!

Visit Belfast Welcome Centre logo with a pink hexagon containing a white lowercase 'i' and the text 'visitBelfast Welcome Centre' in purple.
A table with a coffee mug, travel tickets, printed flyers, and a stack of papers or brochures.
Logo of Belfast International Airport featuring the word 'Belfast' in blue and a stylized blue and green swoosh shape.
An orange circle with the text "we have it wrapped up" written in different styles and sizes of black and white fonts.

Returning home for the final time, Amber appreciated just how important it is in having sentimental mementos of home and wished this was something she had living internationally. During her travels she drew areas across Northern Ireland from her inspiration images of home. She used the time away to explore her style, to improve her skills within digital illustration and brainstorm creative manufacturing processes. With this, her hyper-realistic style was born and has swiftly become her best-selling range which now allows her to create full-time!

After 3 years of sole trading, Amber decided to take an adventure across the world to travel Asia as well as reside in Sydney Australia. There she worked for an Aussie based fashion brand and dove into the world of apparel design. Her admiration of home however never left, with Amber’s mum running her business whilst she explored the land down under. Within this time Amber realised just how much she missed home comforts, beach days (with a wet suit and woolly hat), forest walks (without deadly spiders) and getting to create every evening to grow her business.

Three decorative pillows with maritime designs placed on sand among small rocks and seashells, with dried grass in the background.
A person using a rotary tool to cut and shape materials for a sewing pattern on a large flat surface, with sewing pattern pieces and markings visible.

Amber’s trademarked best-selling Water Repellent Cushion Collection.

Coastal village with mountains in the background, pink flowers and rocks in the foreground, and cloudy blue sky overhead.

The Inspiration Shot, Newcastle Co. Down, 2024

Decorative pillows on a light gray sofa, one with a landscape print of mountains and pink flowers, the other with a solid teal color, near a window with gold curtains.
Display of merchandise including a large canvas print of a scenic landscape featuring mountains, a river, pink flowers, and blue sky, framed photos, coffee mugs with scenic images, and a promotional poster for Amber Jordan Design.
Two ceramic mugs with landscape mountain and flower designs, stacked with gold rims, placed on a woven mat surrounded by red carnations and coffee beans.

Alongside Amber’s landscape illustrations she has a love for seasonal design, of which stems from designing for US client TJ Maxx during her previous employment. She gained knowledge within product functionality, fabric care and began to apply her expertise of Mixed Media Embellishment to her works. Debuting in 2022 her first seasonal range, which has been a sell-out each year every since!

A newspaper featuring an article about Amber's pocket-sized business selling textile prints inspired by England, with images of Christmas-themed cushions and interior decor. The headline reads 'Amber's cushion little number' and includes a smiling woman holding decorative cushions with nature scenes, along with pictures of a fireplace and window displays.

Belfast Telegraph Feature, 2024

 FAQs

  • Inspired by first-hand imagery of her adventures across Northern Ireland, Amber has developed a portfolio of digitally drawn illustrations of which are available as unique artwork prints, and high-quality locally manufactured homewares.

    No AI, no photoshop, no digitalised images. Using a plug-in waccom drawing tablet, Amber draws each shape and fills with complimentary colours to set the scene. Within Adobe Illustrator she layers the individual shapes to create depth and bring the piece to life!

    Alike to fine artists, Amber uses her photography as a reference to capture the correct land formation and colour references of pieces taken throughout different times of the day.

    Her most recent style is the hyper-realistic scenes of which take an average of 1-2 weeks to create depending on detail and extra touches like her signature sea birds.

  • Belfast Locations

    • StoryBox NI, Newtonards Road

    • We Have It Wrapped Up, Castle Court

    • We Have It Wrapped Up, Lisburn Road.

    • We Have It Wrapped Up, Ormeau Road.

    • Doodle & Boom Giftshop, Bangor.

    North Coast Locations

    • The ROCK Craft & Coffee, Castlerock.

    • We Have It Wrapped Up, Portstewart Promenade.

    • No 9 Queen Street, Coleraine.

    • Fullerton Arms, Ballintoy.

    County Down Locations

    • Painted Earth, Newcastle

    If you would be interested in stocking AJD Prints, please get in touch for our wholesale brochure. Thank you!

  • Pending application per show, this is usually where Amber attends and sells her works throughout the year. You can find exclusively framed prints at each event and arrange collection of custom artworks.

    Spring/Summer

    • Love Your Home, Eikon Centre Lisburn (March)

    • Belfast City Council Spring Fair (tbc)

    • Royal Hillsborough Farmers Markets (May - July)

    • Tedberry Market (June)

    • Moira Speciality Food Fair (August)

    Autumn

    • Belfast City Council Autumn Fair, Botanic Gardens (September)

    Winter

    • Tedberry Market

    • Royal Hillsborough Farmers Market

    To stay up-to-date with the latest events, follow us on Instagram @amberjordandesign!

  • Amber works with a family-ran printers in Belfast who provide bespoke printing of all of her artwork, whether it be a unique size or if you fancy a different orientation.

    The great thing about digital illustration is that all designs can be blown up to the size of a building (if you’d like) without any issues of pixelation.

    Feel free to get in touch at ajordandesign@outlook.com to discuss your vision and pricing.

  • Yes! Amber loves working with customers in bringing their creative visions to life. With over 6+ years experience in bespoke digital design, Amber can work from a variety of reference images to create gorgeous artworks of pets, loved ones or your favourite landscapes from across the world.

    For more information feel free to reach out at ajordandesign@outlook.com.

    Prices start at £150.