The Pattern Base: Over 550 Contemporary Textile and Surface Designs - Softcover

Kristi O'Meara; Audrey Victoria Keiffer

 
9780500291795: The Pattern Base: Over 550 Contemporary Textile and Surface Designs
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0500291799 ISBN 13: 9780500291795
Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2015

Synopsis

This book showcases textile and surface design by some of the most exciting up-and-coming designers worldwide and points to the future of this vibrant field. It includes illustrative, abstract, geometric, floral, representational and digital designs; and knitted, woven, hand-dyed and digitally printed fabrics. In tandem with the rise of exciting new technologies is a renewed appreciation of traditional craftsmanship and the handmade; of the tactility and construction of fabrics of all kinds. Illustrated biographies introduce 13 of the most significant and innovative textiles designers working today. The book reveals new ways to communicate, experiment and become inspired.

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About the Authors

Kristi O’Meara is a designer, illustrator and co-founder of www.thepatternbase.com, an online archive and blog dedicated to profiling the latest, most exciting work in textile and surface design around the world.

Audrey Victoria Keiffer is the Co-founder and Co-director of the surface design studio and digital pattern archive, The Patternbase.

From the Back Cover

This book showcases textile and surface design by some of the most exciting up-and-coming designers worldwide and points to the future of this vibrant field. It includes illustrative, abstract, geometric, floral, representational and digital designs; and knitted, woven, hand-dyed and digitally printed fabrics. In tandem with the rise of exciting new technologies is a renewed appreciation of traditional craftsmanship and the handmade; of the tactility and construction of fabrics of all kinds. Illustrated biographies introduce 13 of the most significant and innovative textiles designers working today. The book reveals new ways to communicate, experiment and become inspired.

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Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Publication date
2015
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0500291799
ISBN 13 
9780500291795
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
368