Howell Khristian A. Color and Pattern: 50 Playful Exercises for Exploring Pattern Design

Rockport Publishers, 2015. — 179 p. — ISBN: 1631590413The importance and prevalence of both color and pattern in the current design landscape is impossible to deny. Not only is pattern a headliner in the fashion category, but bold pattern is also taking center stage in home decor, paper goods, and accessories like no other time in recent history.It’s time to jump onto the scene with Color and Pattern!
Masterful pattern designer Khristian A. Howell will fill you with confidence and a fearless use of color and an interest in all things pattern, so you can create your own beautiful art that can be printed on fabrics, paper, and transfers.Fully illustrated with a large and varied range of pattern designs, Color and Pattern highlights leaders in the industry, showcasing how pattern design comes to life when it finds its way onto perfectly paired products.
Aside from sharing loads of gorgeous work, Color and Pattern informs readers on the many different kinds of patterns and terminology, exploring found patterns, sharing processes of creating patterns, as well as showing ways to integrate pattern into many facets of real life with 50 exercises.