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Tag Archives: pattern
Repetition and the Principles of Design
Last week when we celebrated spring by playing hooky I encouraged you to download a copy of our book, “Design: A Beginner’s Handbook.” That got me thinking about the relationship between our blog and our book. When we wrote our … Continue reading
Posted in Artists and Designers, Elements and Principles
Tagged ACXT Architects, Allan McCullum, Andy Warhol, art education, art education resource, Art Textbook, Balance, David Hockney, design principles, design textbook, ECDM Architects, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, grid, Hafez Tomb, Hawkins Brown Architects, Jing Mian Xin Cheng, Lucy T. Pettway, Matt Kay and Michael McCaughley, pattern, repetition, repetition in design, rhythm, Roger Brown, Tara Donovan, unity and variety
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An Ocean of Books
All photos by Ossip van Duivenbode I’m a lover of books. My house contains shelf after shelf of books, some I’ve read, some I may read soon, and some I’ll probably never read but their title reminds me of something … Continue reading
Posted in Design in the World, Elements and Principles
Tagged architecture, art education, art education resource, Art Textbook, design textbook, elements and principles of design, form and function, libraries, line, MVRDV, pattern, rhythm, scale, shape, texure, Tianjin Binhai Library
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An In-Between Space: The Art of Njideka Akunyili Crosby
I recently came across the work of the Nigerian-American artist Njideka Akunyili Crosby. Her work is a clear embodiment of the principles and elements of design, and thus a great choice for this first new blog post of 2017. Akunyili … Continue reading
Pattern and Decoration: The Mud Structures of Tiébélé
Burkina Faso is a small landlocked country in West Africa. It was formerly known as the Republic of Upper Volta. Near the southern border of the country is the small village of Tiébélé. In Tiébélé is a compound of hand-built, … Continue reading
Design Exercise: Pattern (Part 2)
Joyce Kozloff Last week I presented several quick exercises centered on the design principle of pattern. In this new exercise you’ll make use of the patterns you created. To begin, re-read last week’s post and if you haven’t done so … Continue reading
Posted in How-To
Tagged Art, art and design lesson, art education, design exercise, Design Principle, pattern
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Design Exercise: Pattern
Several recent posts have profiled heavily embellished and patterned trucks. This seems like a good time to introduce a design exercise centered on patterning. If you have a copy of our book “Design: A Beginner’s Handbook” I suggest you refer … Continue reading
Pattern and Decoration
In the world of art and design patterns are everywhere – from decorative embellishments to primary motifs. Pattern is so essential to design and visual communication that we have devoted an entire chapter to it in our book Design: A … Continue reading
Posted in Artists and Designers, Elements and Principles
Tagged Art, design, pattern, pattern and decoration movement
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