Series on the history of surface design by Julie Gibbons. “Liberty Style” was the term given to a range of...
Series on the history of surface design by Julie Gibbons. Katagami is the traditional Japanese art of paper stencils, and...
I am pleased to announce that Julie Gibbons of tractorgirl will be joining Pattern Observer as a regular contributor! Julie...
Series on the history of surface design by Julie Gibbons. I never much liked Memphis style when I first came...
Pop Art Patterns is part of a series on the history of surface design by Julie Gibbons. Like many other...
Toile has been around seemingly forever; and although their popularity waxes and wanes a bit, they never completely disappear. They’re...
This is the fifth in a series of posts written by Julie Gibbons on well known people who created surface...
If you pass through Glasgow, Scotland, be sure to seek out some of the splendid interior design and architecture created...
*Guest post by Julie Gibbons. Did you know there are (and have been) many famous people out there who did...
*Guest post by Julie Gibbons. This is the third in a series of posts on famous people who did surface...
Series on the history of surface design by Julie Gibbons. Psychedelia in surface design embraced the wildest of the wild; using...
When I was a teenager I cottoned onto Art Deco patterns and loved them for their symmetry and opulent glamour....




















