Series on the history of surface design by Julie Gibbons. Katagami is the traditional Japanese art of paper stencils, and...
*Guest post by Julie Gibbons. Did you know there are (and have been) many famous people out there who did...
I don’t always know exactly what I’m looking for when I start investigating a particular pattern style. To be honest,...
Pat Nugent is the founder and president of Patricia Nugent Design & Textiles, and a fashion and vintage textiles expert. She...
Pop Art Patterns is part of a series on the history of surface design by Julie Gibbons. Like many other...
When I was a teenager I cottoned onto Art Deco patterns and loved them for their symmetry and opulent glamour....
This is the fifth in a series of posts written by Julie Gibbons on well known people who created surface...
*Guest post by Julie Gibbons. All images via North Carolina State University Libraries. This is the fourth in a series of posts...
Series on the history of surface design by Julie Gibbons. I LOVE a good paisley. Maybe because they’re like pattern...
Having not received a formal degree in textile and pattern design I have read numerous books to try to develop...
Series on the history of surface design by Julie Gibbons. William Morris (1834-1896) is best known these days as a...
This is the second in a series of posts on famous people who did surface design as a sideline to...
