The Pattern Library

The Pattern Library
Title The Pattern Library PDF eBook
Author Amy Carroll
Publisher Ballantine Books
Pages 0
Release 1985-04-12
Genre
ISBN 9780345327116

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Create your own sweater, shawl, dress, afghan, etc., with these easy-to-follow instructions for beautiful, imaginative crochet patterns: * Double Stitch, Cable Stitch and Basket Stitch * Raised Puff Balls, Honeycomb Stitch and Scallop Stitch * Petal Stitch, Stripes and Zigzags * Flower Square, Spray of Leaves and Shamrock Relief Motifs * Ladder, Diamond and Irish Net Stitches * And many, many more! Featuring 94 beautiful, full-color patterns

Patterns

Patterns
Title Patterns PDF eBook
Author Peter Koepke
Publisher Phaidon Press
Pages 0
Release 2016-10-03
Genre Design
ISBN 9780714871660

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An insider's guide to the world's largest archive of patterns and textiles, the source of inspiration for the globe's top designers Every season, designers from fashion, home furnishings, textiles, graphic arts, and paper-product industries seek inspiration from patterns to bring their collections to life. Many of these designers - including Beacon Hill, Boden, Calvin Klein, Clinique, Colefax & Fowler, Lululemon, Nike, Oscar de la Renta, Pottery Barn, and Target - look to the Design Library, the world's largest archive of surface design. This one-of-a-kind book, drawn from the Design Library’s archive, is an exclusive and ultimate sourcebook of pattern and ornament.

Pattern and Palette Sourcebook

Pattern and Palette Sourcebook
Title Pattern and Palette Sourcebook PDF eBook
Author Anvil
Publisher Rockport Publishers
Pages 208
Release 2005-07-01
Genre Design
ISBN 1616736321

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DIVThis hardworking reference book is an invaluable tool for art directors, designers, and students working in the fashion, product, and graphic design fields, as well as anyone in the business of visual communication. The Pattern and Palette Sourcebook is a desktop library of colors and patterns that addresses the professional's real-world needs in working with harmonies and contrasts. Divided into six unique style sections, the book provides readers with 15 appropriate colors for each section, which are then incorporated into 25 different patterns shown in six or eight color variations each. This enables readers to see the dramatic effect colors have in design and helps them better understand how to use color effectively. The book also demonstrates ways of creating designs that are distinctly unique from one another yet hold together in a group. This book is a must have for designers of all disciplines and experience levels. /div

Pattern Motifs

Pattern Motifs
Title Pattern Motifs PDF eBook
Author Graham McCallum
Publisher Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
Pages 404
Release 2006-09-28
Genre Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN 9780713490237

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The next exciting title in the bestselling motif series, 'Pattern Motifs' provides stunning patterns from around the world, and from various historical and cultural periods. They include patterns that have their design source in Ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Celts, Islam, India, Africa, and Aboriginal lands but also the worlds of western folk, Gothic, Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau and Art Deco. The types of pattern provided include interlaced, basketweave, network patterns, web-like patterns, plaited, twisted, chequer, tartan, diaper, chevron, intersection patterns, Paisley and Arabesque. Author Graham McCallum's fine draughtsmanship makes this large resource of motifs an essential addition to the library of every designer and crafter, whether they are a needleworker, quilter, glass painter or woodworker. All the images are free to be copied and used for further creative work. The detailed index at the back of the book makes the search for the ideal motif quick and easy.

The Complete Pattern Directory

The Complete Pattern Directory
Title The Complete Pattern Directory PDF eBook
Author Elizabeth Wilhide
Publisher Black Dog & Leventhal
Pages 2664
Release 2018-11-06
Genre Design
ISBN 0316418382

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An essential resource for any designer, crafter, artist, or historian, The Complete Pattern Dictionary is the most comprehensive, practical, and beautiful directory of patterns throughout history, covering all periods, styles, and cultures. Throughout history, patterns have come in countless permutations of motif, color, and scale. From the first rhythmic marks pressed onto clay vessels, to the latest digital design, pattern-making has been an essential part of the decorative arts since time immemorial. With 1500 illustrations of patterns from all ages and cultures, The Complete Pattern Dictionary is not only a visual feast, it is the most comprehensive resource available on the subject. The book is arranged thematically according to pattern type, with chapters on Flora, Fauna, Pictorial, Geometric, and Abstract designs. Each pattern includes the name of the pattern, the year of its creation, and a brief description. The categories are supplemented by in-depth features highlighting the work of key designers including William Morris, Sonia Delaunay, Charles and Ray Eames, Lucienne Day, and Orla Kiely, as well as sections detailing the characteristic motifs of key period styles from Baroque to Art Deco.

Computers and Games

Computers and Games
Title Computers and Games PDF eBook
Author H. Jaap van den Herik
Publisher Springer Science & Business Media
Pages 287
Release 2008-09-12
Genre Computers
ISBN 3540876073

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computers and Games, CG 2008, held in Beijing, China, in September/October 2008 co-located with the 13th Computer Olympiad and the 16th World Computer-Chess Championship. The 24 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 40 submissions. The papers cover all aspects of artificial intelligence in computer-game playing dealing with many different research topics, such as cognition, combinatorial game theory, search, knowledge representation, and optimization.

Graphic Design: The New Basics (Second Edition, Revised and Expanded)

Graphic Design: The New Basics (Second Edition, Revised and Expanded)
Title Graphic Design: The New Basics (Second Edition, Revised and Expanded) PDF eBook
Author Ellen Lupton
Publisher Chronicle Books
Pages 264
Release 2015-07-14
Genre Design
ISBN 1616894555

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Our bestselling introduction to graphic design is now available in a revised and updated edition. In Graphic Design: The New Basics (Second Edition, Revised and Expanded), bestselling author Ellen Lupton (Thinking with Type, Type on Screen) and design educator Jennifer Cole Phillips explain the key concepts of visual language that inform any work of design, from logo or letterhead to a complex website. Through visual demonstrations and concise commentary, students and professionals explore the formal elements of twodimensional design, such as point, line, plane, scale, hierarchy, layers, and transparency. This revised edition replaces sixty-four pages of the original publication with new content, including new chapters on visualizing data, typography, modes of representation, and Gestalt principles, and adds sixteen pages of new student and professional work covering such topics as working with grids and designing with color.