
Pattern and Palette Sourcebook 3
A Complete Guide to Choosing the Perfect Color and Pattern for Any Design
Gillian Blease(Author)
Rockport Publishers
Published on 31. December 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-1-59253-494-4 (ISBN)
Description
Pattern and Palette Sourcebook 3 is a desktop library of colors and patterns that addresses the professionals real-world needs in working with harmonies and contrasts. Divided into 6 style sections, the book provides readers with 15 appropriate colors for each section, which are incorporated into 25 different patterns in each section, shown in 6 or 8 color variations each. This enables readers to see the dramatic effect colors have in design, and helps them to better understand how to use color effectively. This essential handbook demonstrates ways of creating patterns that are distinctly unique, yet hold together in a group.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Quarto Publishing Group USA Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 235 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-59253-494-4 (9781592534944)
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Gillian Blease
Pattern and Palette Sourcebook 3
A Complete Guide to Choosing the Perfect Color and Pattern for Any Design
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12/2008
Rockport Publishers
€29.49
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Person
Gillian Blease is a freelance illustrator based in London, UK. She studied Fine Art at university and worked as an artist for a number of years. Clients include The British Council, Random House Publishing and BBC Worldwide. She is a weekly contributor to the The Guardian Newspaper. Blease has become well known for her pattern designs in recent years (regarding it as the perfect combination of discipline and freedom) and considers this strand in her career an antidote to the current affairs and contemporary issues she illustrates on a daily basis.