Download or read book Style Book II Pattern and Print written by Elizabeth Walker and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long-time fashion editor and style maven Elizabeth Walker navigates fashion devotees through an inspired selection of images showcasing the recurring themes that define the essence of style. Following the success of Style Book: Fashionable Inspirations, this volume offers a fresh take on the iconic patterns and prints that are renewed and recycled year after year, from the runways to street wear. Fashion editor Elizabeth Walker draws on eclectic influences from around the world: embroidered kimonos from Japan, batiks from Indonesia, paisley from India and France, animal prints, bold op-art geometrics in black and white, bright kangas from Kenya, Hawaiian-print hibiscus, or bold splashes of color combining Schiaparelli pink with tangerine and turquoise. From Grace Jones in a zebra-print jumpsuit to a flapper’s scalloped swimsuit, or from Marc Jacobs in a Mickey Mouse T-shirt to Nicolas Cage in a snakeskin jacket, you can take your cue to liven up the gray workday commute in a jewel-toned ikat print or a jaunty African tribal fabric. The striped mariner’s pullover that looked great on Picasso is still in style, and houndstooth checkered trousers will turn heads and add bounce to your stride. The images selected here—featuring both celebrities and more proletariat fashionistas—spotlight the striking prints and patterns that add panache to any look.
Download or read book Print Pattern Geometric written by Bowie Style and published by Laurence King Publishing. This book was released on 2015-01-19 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest book based on the popular Print & Pattern website, Print & Pattern: Geometric celebrates beautiful surface designs, patterns, and motifs made from geometric shapes such as circles, triangles, hexagons, etc. The patterns included reflect current trends for tribal, Aztec, and Native American designs, along with Scandinavian influences and more mathematical and scientific looks. Product areas covered include stationery, cards and giftwrap, fabrics, wallpaper, rugs, ceramics, homewares, gadget skins, and more. Documenting the work of the best designers in the field, the book is an invaluable source of reference and inspiration for surface designers, designer-makers and craftspeople, graphic designers, illustrators, and textile designers.
Download or read book Print Pattern Nature written by Bowie Style and published by Laurence King Publishing. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest book based on the popular Print & Pattern blog, Print & Pattern: Nature celebrates beautiful surface designs, patterns, and motifs of leaves, insects, grasses, butterflies, and trees. Product areas covered include stationery, cards and giftwrap, fabrics, wallpaper, rugs, ceramics, homewares, gadget skins, and more. Documenting the work of the best designers in the field, the book is an invaluable source of reference and inspiration for surface designers, designer-makers and craftspeople, graphic designers, illustrators, and textile designers.
Download or read book Girly Style Wardrobe written by Yoshiko Tsukiori and published by Laurence King Publishing. This book was released on 2015-02-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here Yoshiko Tsukiori turns her attention to clothes for little girls. She offers a complete wardrobe of 28 pieces from smart dresses to smocks, trousers and even a parka. Also included are a cute cap, clasp purse and drawstring bag, which are bound to delight their owners. She doesn't neglect the details – bows, pin tucks, patch pockets and lace edging make gorgeous extras. As children's clothes should be, these designs are comfortable and practical to wear as well as pleasing to look at. The designs are based on unfussy shapes, straightforward sewing techniques and a minimum of pattern pieces, making them easily adaptable for use with different fabrics or in longer or shorter lengths. Comprehensive instructions, with step-by-step diagrams, are included, together with a full-scale paper pattern in five sizes (covering roughly ages 3 to 10).
Download or read book Designing Patterns written by Lotta Kühlhorn and published by Die Gestalten Verlag-DGV. This book was released on 2014 with total page 137 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This practical guide explains the ins and outs of designing patterns while the included CD features templates for experimentation by beginners and professionals alike.
Download or read book Building the Pattern written by Laura Huhta and published by Quadrille Publishing. This book was released on 2021-04 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fashionable Finnish sewing duo are back with a second book that shows you how to create a coherent capsule wardrobe - complete with a collection of 20 garments that are easy to make, wear and combine. Complete with stunning photography, clear illustrations and instructions, Scandi sisters Laura and Saara offer up an enticing selection of tops, dresses, skirts, and trousers for the modern seamstress. Using the five essential building blocks, choose, customize and adapt the designs in this book to create a variety of flattering garments for every occasion that suit your style and fit your figure. Taking you beyond the patterns featured in this book, Building the Pattern offers expert advice on how to achieve the perfect fit, alter the designs and add your own personal twist. Discover how to create clothes with care, build your sewing repertoire and embrace the slow fashion movement. Six full-size pattern sheets are included in this neat package. The patterns are in a range of sizes from UK sizes 8 to 22 (US size 2 to 18 / 34 to 50 EUR sizes), with concise information on measuring yourself and technical sewing tips to sew for your shape.
Download or read book Style Book Pattern and Print written by Elizabeth Walker and published by . This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new volume offers a fresh take on the iconic patterns and prints that are renewed and recycled year after year, from the runways to street wear. Fashion editor Elizabeth Walker draws on eclectic influences from around the world: embroidered kimonos from Japan, batiks from Indonesia, paisley from India and France, animal prints, bold op-art geometrics in black and white, bright kangas from Kenya, Hawaiian print hibiscus, or bold splashes of color combining Schiaparelli pink with tangerine and turquoise.
Download or read book The Print Box Vol 4 Floral Print Design Pattern Book for Tunics Dresses Kaftans written by and published by Design Info. This book was released on 2023-08-11 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exclusive Collection with professional Design Material for Fashion, Textiles, Interior & Decorations. Practical & useful Patterns, Motifs & Ideas – all with layered groundwork – easy to use, all copyright-free, printed and digital, incl. a free DVD-ROM for WIN + MAC – for any Image Program. Print Box Vol.7. illustrates floral and nature motifs, borders, single motifs and arrangements. The book includes a digital version of the same images in high resolution – 300 dpi – TIFF Format. Floral Outlines shows their motifs only in line art (outlines), ready for basic designs and embroidered applications, incl. complete alfabets for monograms. The designs are useful for dress fabrics as well as for home textiles, interior design or all kind of decorations and applications. Print Box Vol.4 presents an extensive collection of dress and textile fabric motifs – colorful sample swatches, from the period of 1950 to 1980. The 40 single designs, are suitable for many purpose of use. They show different styles, many painting & creative techniques, great fantasies in the artwork, and endless subtle color combinations. Floral Patterns as much as you want, in all kind of variations: models and ideas, for textile designers, printers, garment makers, stylists and fashion people. All digital in different formats, Tiff/Jpeg. The motifs are all License-Free to use. Decorative flower arrangements in overwhelming phantasy studies, a typical product of Liberty style attitudes that invite to dream. Wild and creative flower compositions, borders, angles and corner designs, stripes and all-over designs, floral ornaments, wall hangings, wave motifs, algaes, water lilies, every moving item of nature. Motifs in b/w and color. For textiles, fabrics, decorations, etc. FLORALS-1 shows typical flat floral motifs, graphical flowers – small and large, tight and spread out. In patterns, borders, stripes, free compositions, all overs, useful for dress fabrics, home textiles, interior design or all kind of decorations. This is an invaluable book with clearl and soft floral patterns. Pastel tones have been added in multiple groundworks to bring up the intricate creativity of designers. Flowers are commercially selected and handpainted. The colors are vibrant and appealing making it an ideal choice for tunics and skirts. For most of the prints, front side of the ready-to-wear garment as well as the backside can be produced with minimal efforts.
Download or read book Print Pattern Kids written by Bowie Style and published by Laurence King Publishing. This book was released on 2013-08-05 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The latest book from the cult Print & Pattern website, Print & Pattern: Kids celebrates beautiful surface design created with little people in mind. This book documents the work of the best designers in the field, featuring both successful commercial designs and previously unseen work. Children's design is an exciting marketplace, full of cute and colourful patterns, wallpaper, fabrics, clothing, ceramics, greeting cards and in fact just about anything aimed at kids (much of which will also appeal to adults!) Includes work from Designers Guild, Cath Kidston, Marc Boutavant, Laura Ashley, Paapii and Dan Stiles, among other top international designers.
Download or read book Living with Pattern written by Rebecca Atwood and published by Clarkson Potter. This book was released on 2016-08-30 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A design book filled with beautiful photography and clear ideas for how to use pattern to decorate your home. If you focus on pattern, from texture and color to furniture and textiles, everything else will fall into place. Pattern is the strongest element in any room. In Living with Pattern, Rebecca Atwood demystifies how to use that element, a design concept that often confounds and confuses, demonstrating how to seamlessly mix and layer prints throughout a house. She covers pattern usage you probably already have, such as on your duvet cover or in the living room rug, and she also reveals the unexpected places you might not have thought to add it: bathroom tiles, an arrangement of book spines in a reading nook, or windowpane gridding in your entryway. This stunning book showcases distinct uses of pattern in homes all over the country to inspire you to realize that an injection of pattern can enliven any space, helping to make it uniquely yours.
Download or read book Print Pattern 2 written by Bowie Style and published by Laurence King Publishing. This book was released on 2011-10-13 with total page 733 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patterns are everywhere. An antidote to gloomy economic times, we see them creeping over shop fronts, packaging design, clothes and home accessories. Who wants mass-produced minimalism when you can have patterns with personality? Print & Pattern 2 is the latest book from the cult Print & Pattern website that celebrates all aspects of printed surface pattern. Featuring cute, colourful and contemporary designs on textiles, cards, gift wrap, stationery, wallpaper, tableware, books, illustration, and anything, the book will be a must for anyone who loves printed patterns and motifs. Includes work from Marimekko, Designers Guild, Sanderson, Jonathan Adler, Angela Adams, Amy Butler, Rob Ryan and Dwell Studio.
Download or read book Print Pattern Sew written by Jen Hewett and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2018-05-22 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Create bold block prints for a completely custom wardrobe--print fabrics, customize patterns, and sew garments that truly express your own style. This book offers: • Clear how-to instructions for carving motifs from soft blocks, plus 13 designs to get you started • A guide to printing on fabric and construct repeating patterns • 13 projects and full-size patterns for garments and accessories for a complete hand-printed wardrobe Infuse your everyday style with more color, more pattern, and more personality. Printmaker and textile designer Jen Hewett presents her distinctive process for block-printing yards of fabric with garment sewing in mind. Explore the process of designing and printing fabric through step-by-step instruction on carving blocks and printing pattern repeats. Hewett makes creating custom, hand-printed fabric approachable and doable. Inspired by her California home, Hewett's designs reference the plants and landscape around her through botanical motifs, organic shapes, and a bold graphic quality. Paired with a playful use of color, the pattern designs here offer the perfect place to start with block-printing. Once you've printed your fabric, it's time to sew. With sewing patterns for simple garments and accessories, you'll discover the play between fabric and finished project and work toward building a highly customizable wardrobe. With step-by-step photos, clear instructions, and full-size sewing patterns this is a complete guide to sewing clothes that truly reflect your style and personality.
Download or read book Print Style written by John Hinchcliffe and published by Sterling Publishing Company Incorporated. This book was released on 1998 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enliven your home with bursts of color and brightness of hand-printed patterns! These techniques -- so simple that even a beginner will get great results -- can embellish so many different items. Master five forms of printing, design patterns and motifs, and complete more than 20 great projects. Did you know a potato could help you decorate? Just cut out a pattern, dip it in ink or paint, and press! Build complex, multicolored silk screen motifs. In resist-dyeing, wax prevents the dye from seeping into parts of the fabric, allowing a pattern to develop. Experiment with a potato-printed, Nepalese-inspired fish design. Admire your handiwork in the Free shadings of a resist-dyed seagull pattern hanging on the wall. The results will make you the envy of all your friends.
Download or read book 500 Patterns written by Jeffrey Mayer and published by Laurence King Publishing. This book was released on 2021-03-18 with total page 691 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive sourcebook of over 500 patterns across six design styles, a must-have for anyone involved in textiles and the decorative arts. Delicate florals, bold stripes, geometric prints and sumptuous brocades - delve into the world of textile pattern design with this showcase of over 500 patterns. Close-up, highly detailed images of both designer creations and everyday items from the 1800s to the 1990s perfectly capture the intricacies of each fabric, while accompanying texts provide fascinating insights into the history and creative process of pattern design. This beautiful and accessible book is a valuable resource for anyone in search of visual inspiration. Table of Contents: Floral (abstract, all-over floral, ditsy, clusters, stripes, Jacobean, nouveau influence, poppies, rendered, roses, silhouette, single colour, stylized, varietal, Victorian spring, warp print) Geometric (black and white graphic, broken line, circle and square, circular, cubist, deconstructed, diamonds, geometric floral, grid, mid-century, ornamental stripe, radiating, whiplash line) Conversational (abstract, Americana, animals, automobiles, birds, cats and dogs, clowns, feathers, figural, folkloric, fruit, great pretenders, hearts, home sweet home, hunt, insects, lace/net, marbleized, mushrooms, objects, patriotic, tapestry, Western) Constructed Pattern (applied, beaded, braid, embroidery, pierced) Brocade (all-over floral, bold, cloqué, metallic, mirror, mod, single colour, stripe, two colour, velvet) Paisley (all-over, brocade, shawl, stripe, mod)
Download or read book Print and Pattern written by Bowie Style and published by Laurence King Publishing. This book was released on 2010-03-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pattern is everywhere. Years of minimalism have been superseded by a riot of color and shape, whether on walls, fabrics, clothes, or signage. Print & Pattern is a visual celebration of contemporary surface design. Compiled by the creator of the cult blog of the same name (http://printpattern.blogspot.com/), this book documents the work of the best surface designers from around the world and features products that have been embellished with a surface print or pattern, including graphics, cards, gift wrap, stationery, textiles, ceramics, badges, stickers, and wallpaper. As well as successful commercial designs, the book also showcases previously unseen pattern designs from designers' portfolios. Accessible but with a cool edge, the book will appeal to surface designers, graphic designers, designer-makers and craftspeople, illustrators, and fashion and textile designers.
Download or read book The Fundamentals of Printed Textile Design written by Alex Russell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2021-09-23 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this essential introduction to contemporary printed textile design, designer and educator Alex Russell explores creative and commercial studio practice, including: - developing sophisticated skills with image and colour - how to make effective use of context in your work - strategies for a career in design You'll learn how history and technology shape print design, plus how to balance innovation with industry requirements, including fashion, home interiors, giftware and stationery. There's practical advice on developing a professional portfolio, and how good communication skills can get your work noticed. This updated edition includes expanded sections on digital design and social media, and their impact on portfolio development, manufacturing, and promotion, as well as advice on establishing an ethical, sustainable practice for the future.
Download or read book The Print Box ARAI Black White Designs Book in Layered Editable Format written by Cristina Design Studio and published by Design Info. This book was released on 2023-08-26 with total page 5 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This pattern design book has 60 unique prints & patterns in black and white. In a world filled with vibrant palettes, the timeless allure of black and white patterns remains unparalleled. These minimalist masterpieces encapsulate sophistication and everlasting appeal. From architectural mosaics to contemporary fashion, the interplay of black and white creates a visual symphony that resonates with subtlety and boldness. In this dance of contrasts, the absence of color invites us to appreciate the essence of form and composition. With each stroke, black and white patterns weave stories of elegance, reminding us that sometimes, in the realm of design, whispers leave the most profound impressions. Contents: 60 Designs NO REPEATS Editable/Design files are represented in TIFF & JPEG In the realm of design, the interplay of colors has always been a powerful tool to evoke emotions and convey meanings. Among the various color schemes, the classic duo of black and white stands out for its timeless elegance and versatility. When merged with intricate patterns inspired by flowers, paisleys, and ethnic designs, the result is a captivating visual narrative that transcends cultural boundaries. This article delves into the captivating world of black and white patterns, exploring their significance and impact within the context of floral, paisley, and ethnic motifs. The Allure of Black and White Prints Black and white are not merely colors; they are symbols of contrast, balance, and clarity. The stark opposition between these two shades allows for dynamic design compositions that are visually striking and emotionally evocative. In the realm of patterns, black and white harmonize to create a captivating dance of light and shadow, drawing the viewer’s gaze with their sheer contrast. The Timeless Charm of Floral Patterns Floral print patterns have an ageless appeal that transcends trends and cultures. When rendered in black and white, the delicate contours of petals and leaves take on a new dimension. The absence of color directs attention towards the intricacy of the design, allowing the viewer to appreciate the nuances of each element. Black and white floral patterns evoke a sense of nostalgia, reminiscent of vintage wallpapers and fabrics, while also offering a contemporary edge when applied to modern designs. Paisley: A Fusion of History and Artistry Paisley patterns, with their origin in Persia, have traveled across cultures and time periods, becoming synonymous with a fusion of history and artistry. These intricate droplet-shaped motifs are renowned for their ornate and mesmerizing layouts. In black and white, paisley patterns exude a sense of opulence and refinement. The absence of color shifts the focus towards the intricacy of the swirls and curves, allowing the patterns to speak volumes without the need for a vibrant palette. Ethnic Designs: A Tapestry of Cultures Ethnic designs encompass a rich tapestry of cultures, traditions, and stories. The black and white palette lends a modern and sophisticated twist to these traditional motifs, making them adaptable for various applications. From African tribal prints to intricate Asian motifs, the monochromatic approach accentuates the symbolic significance of each element. It allows these patterns to communicate cross-cultural messages, fostering a sense of unity and appreciation for global diversity. Embracing Minimalism and Maximalism The beauty of black and white patterns lies in their adaptability to both minimalistic and maximalistic aesthetics. A minimalistic approach emphasizes clean lines and understated elegance, allowing the patterns to take center stage without overwhelming the senses. On the other hand, a maximalistic approach revels in the intricate details and abundance of elements, creating a visual feast that captivates and enthralls. Conclusion Black and white patterns, when intertwined with floral, paisley, and ethnic designs, form a compelling visual narrative that transcends time and cultural boundaries. They evoke a sense of nostalgia while maintaining a contemporary edge, offering a versatile canvas for artistic expression. The interplay between light and shadow, intricacy and simplicity, allows these patterns to resonate with a diverse audience, uniting them through the universal language of design. As trends come and go, the elegance and allure of black and white patterns continue to stand the test of time.
