Name: IdN v19n4: Shapes-in-Pattern
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IdN v19n4: Shapes-in-Pattern

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Shaping Their Own Patterns
Patterns are easy, right? Just come up with a nice little design, then copy-and-paste it ad infinitum. Well, nothing could be further from the truth. We decided to reduce the parameters even further—and asked seven creatives who utilise mainly shapes to achieve their desired effect, how the tight discipline involved both constrains and liberates them. It is a lot more complicated than you might think—but the results can be deeply satisfying.

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Shaping their own path
Do you know what a drop repeat is? Or an allover, a foulard, a floral, or a conversational? They are all terms from the world of pattern design. There doesn’t seem to be one for pattern design that is based on the use of shapes—but that is what this issue’s main feature is all about.

Shapes are a fundamental constituent of almost any form of visual art. As featured artist Andy Gilmore puts it: “Pattern design is about harmony in all its elements—form, colour and composition”. The ability to envisage the big picture, to see the wood for the trees, is a rare one. Merely reproducing over and over what looks good on a sheet of paper or a computer screen won’t cut it: it is the overall effect that counts.

Contents:
Motion Gallery: Collage
Shapes in Patterns: Shaping Their Own Patterns
Creative Country: Russia
Type Casting: Julius Hui
Idea: Why paper can still cut it
Studio: 3group / Aoki
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Specifications:
104 pages
6 varying paper stocks
4C process + spot UV + vanish
90 minutes DVD Video included