Pat Nugent is the founder and president of Patricia Nugent Design & Textiles, and a fashion and vintage textiles expert. She...
Series on the history of surface design by Julie Gibbons. Psychedelia in surface design embraced the wildest of the wild; using...
As I mentioned in Part 1, there are some common themes that run through all of the Russian folk styles...
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. William Morris (1834-1896) is best known these days as a...
*Guest post by Julie Gibbons. This is the third in a series of posts on famous people who did surface...
Toile has been around seemingly forever; and although their popularity waxes and wanes a bit, they never completely disappear. They’re...
*Guest post by Julie Gibbons. All images via North Carolina State University Libraries. This is the fourth in a series of posts...
This post on Op art patterns is part of a series on the history of surface design by Julie Gibbons....
*Guest post by Julie Gibbons. Did you know there are (and have been) many famous people out there who did...
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. I never much liked Memphis style when I first came...