Pattern Design: Applications and Variations

289 Pages·2007·119.917 MB·English

by  Lou Andrea Savoir

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Copyright © 2007, 2011 by maomao publications
First published in 2007 in the United States of America by
Rockport Publishers, a member of
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Contents
Introduction 6 Japanese Garden JB Classics 92 Vigne Lacat:;on et:; Vassal Por Crapt:; 184
Two Savant:; 94 "Say What?" "Nickelodeon
Perforated Fleur-de-Iys Miller St:;udio 8 Designens Hus Jakob Elmgren 96 Magazine" 123 Cait:;lin Keegan 186
Obey Bloke E. Marquis 10 Twenty Five Savant:; 98 Green Queen Ost:;wald Helgason 188
Green Oasis Jo Meest:;ers 12 Boating IVANAhelsinki 100 Ivy Michael Meredit:;h I MOS 190
Perforated Argyle Miller St:;udio 14 Floral Pattern Gabrielle Lewin 102 Techahedron Telegramme 192
Fishscales HelenAm\:jMurra\:j 16 Apple Field Plast:;isock 104 Chickadee Am\:j Ruppel Por
Damask Mar\:j Brogger 18 Ratatateeee Paulo Cast:;ro Por Evgenia Tamora Henriques 194
Furtherland Paulo Cast:;ro Por Evgenia Ost:;rovska\:ja 108 Pebblecones Julio Rot:;hman 196
Ost:;rovska\:ja 20 Cirkus Plast:;isock 110 Wheels Julio Rot:;hman 198
Star HelenAm\:jMurra\:j 24 Manhole Don Funderburgh 112 Wall Decoration Lene Toni KJeld 200
Lace Fence Demakersvan 26 Architectural Red Zaishu 114 Village Lena Corwin 204
Prickar Jakob Elmgren 30 Little World Lula 116 Organic Lene Toni Kjeld wit:;h Dort:;e
ASCII Nouveau Shroom Swigg 118 Mandrup Archit:;ect:;s 206
Mat:;t:;hew Birt:;ch I Vest:; Collect:;ive 32 Spoon Spoonped 120 "We've Found a New World and It's
Beautiful Florencejohann 34 Fifteen Below Post:; Creat:;ive 122 Far From Here" St:;even Harringt:;on 208
Menu 4 Karim Rashid 38 Tails Ellen Berggren Oberg 124 Why? Sweden Graphics 212
Vege Mikko Laakkonen 40 Plaits Ellen Berggren Oberg 126 Fasan IVANAhelsinki 214
Crow's Feet Cute Medical Print Barnbrook 128 Wallpaper Spoonped 216
Bisazza b\:j Carlo del Bianco 42 Costa Rica Redst:;r/collect:;ive 130 Buggin JB Classics 218
Floral Folk Lamp Mart:;a Piet:;rz\:jk and Crab Damask Don Funderburgh 132 Birds Ost:;wald Helgason 220
Mat:;t:;hew Birt:;ch I Vest:; collect:;ive 44 Trophy 1 Sigrid Colon 134 Loan Sharks JB Classics 222
Lips Tunt:;o 46 Angyle Angr\:j Ret:;ail 136 Silent Spring Sweden Graphics 224
Grafik 2 James Owen 48 Jewel Stripes Ost:;wald Helgason 140 88 Lot:;t:;a KOhlhorn
Spots WOODlondon 50 King's Forest Birgit:; Amadori 142 Noon Lot:;t:;a KOhlhorn 228
Flow Dots Markus Benesch 52 Fox Pattern Birgit:; Amadori 144 Folded Caroline St:;r6mgren 230
Porcelain Doorknobs Delo Lindo 54 Red Flora Lena Corwin 146 Dutch Eldorado Pet:;er Zuiderwijk 232
One Savant:; 56 Supermarket Codes GVA St:;udio 148 King's Court Birgit:; Amadori 234
Krenkerup Amazed 58 T Logo Sigrid Colon 111 Star Structure SEW 238
Heatwave Joris Laarman 60 Podium Femina 06 GVA St:;udio 154 Loose Cannon Bandana
Marcel Wanders for Puma Manhattan Storage Don Funderburgh, Port:;ia Wells 242
Marcel Wonders 64 Don Funderburgh 156 Spring Blossom Jenn\:j Wren 244
Breakestra Bloke E. Marquis 66 Piggy Henrik Vibskov 158 Feasting at the Berry Bush
Birds'n Trees Am\:j Ruppel Por Alexandria Julio Rot:;hman 162 Deadl\:j Squire 246
Modern Twist:; 68 Gooh 2 Sweden Graphics 164 Reykjavik Henrik Vibskov 248
Insignia At:;elier Blink 70 Yakuza Reddish 166 Nova Blooms Jenn\:j Wren 250
Liaison Bisazza b\:j Carlo del Bianco 72 Pause 2x4 168 Zeigen Ariane Spanier 252
Dammasch Db cla\:j 76 "Say What?" "Nickelodeon Zeigen Ariane Spanier 254
Destructive Deco Tjep. 78 Magazine" 122 Cait:;lin Keegan 170 Moths Sukie 256
Ant'ique Gam"plus"Frat:;esi 80 Ankarsvik Hanna Werning 172 Protozoa Sukie 258
Valleycats Post:; Creat:;ive 82 Polar Circulations Ariane Spanier 174 Find Your Luck Olga Cudakova 260
Out of the Ordinary Mike Perr\:j 84 Camping IVANAhelsinki 178 Lace Paving Slabs Jet:;hro Mace\:j 262
Tell it Like a Story Mike Perr\:j 86 Tree Angr\:j Ret:;ail 180
Dressed Minale-Maeda 88 DCam Post:; Creat:;ive 182 Directory 264
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When we t:;ouch on t:;he subject:; oP pat:;t:;ern, our old but:; ever resurPac
ing arises: Porm and cont:;ent:;, somet:;imes even rePerred t:;o
dichot:;om~
as Porm versus cont:;ent:;. Pat:;t:;ern, and it:;s repeat:;ing celebrat:;ion oP
Porm, regularl~ get:;s relegat:;ed t:;o t:;he rank oP simple (and t:;hus almost:;
sinPul) sat:;isPact:;ion. Pat:;t:;ern is t:;he e~e cand~ oP t:;he West:;ern world
and t:;here have been t:;imes when t:;he upper crust:;s oP t:;he art:; and
design world t:;hought:; it:;s pract:;it:;ioners were giving in t:;o a base Porm
oP sensual abandon. OP course, some designers Pocus on sidest:;epping,
or ignoring t:;he well-ingrained and not:;ion t:;hat:; seduct:;ion is
h~pocrit:;ical
at:; t:;he root:; oP all evil.
No mat:;t:;er how "over it:;" we are, t:;he West:;ern world is st:;ill in t:;he t:;hroes
oP t:;he post:;-modern era: t:;he age oP t:;he seIP-conscious.
seIP-consciousl~
In design, t:;he rout:;ine is t:;o embrace t:;he problemat:;ic issue,
nowada~s
because t:;he embrace it:;selp has been relegat:;ed (or elevat:;ed depend
ing on who ~ou ask) t:;o t:;he Punct:;ion oP comment:;ar~. It:; can't:; be a coin
cidence t:;hat:; most:; oP t:;he designers who make ornament:;al pat:;-
purel~
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tJerns claim natJural, Asian, and Middle-EastJern inpluences, and tJhatJ, on
tJhe contJrar\j, all oP tJhose using VictJorian lace, damask, and otJher clas
sic WestJern patJtJerns putJ a tJwistJ on itJ, or contJextJualize itJ,
--...... In tJhis book, \jou will see tJhatJ tJhere are tJwo main tJendencies: designers ..
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who embrace tJhe ornamentJal, and designers who tJackle tJhe patJtJern
b\j imbuing itJ witJh contJentJ (as opposed tJo meaning, as one would rePel"
tJo tJhe intJrinsic, m\jstJical bearing oP Middle-EastJern patJtJerns, POI"
example), SometJimes, tJhese tJendencies blend especiall\j in tJhe case oP
illustJratJion-orientJatJed designers.
PatJtJerns have gone in and outJ oP stJ\jle POI" centJuries, and arguabl\j,
tJhe\j never reall\j disappear The PascinatJion tJhe\j exertJ on human
beings, whetJher m\jstJical, pS\jchological, or sensor\j, has never reall\j
PaltJered-tJhere are simpl\j tJimes when itJ is deemed more acceptJable
tJhan otJhers.
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