Experimental Pattern Sourcebook

Product Description

300 experimental patterns at your fingertips. This is a real page-turner of a resource book, a must-have for budding & established designers & creative directors alike. The patterns come from the worlds of graphic design, illustration, textiles, ceramics, landscape, architecture & fine art. Each pattern is a stimulating source of ideas in itself, multiply this by pairing & sequencing of images & you get numerous impressions of complementary & contrasting ideas. Many designers are fusing hidden messages in their pattern designs which ultimately show up in a diverse range of materials, not just dye or pigments on fabric. A pattern can be lovely looking or perfectly fitting on the thing that it covers
- but it gets more interesting if it gives an annotation on the object to which it is connected. This book features patterns from a diverse range of designers from all over the globe who are pushing the boundaries of textiles & printed materials.