Decorative Ornament

by Owen Jones

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1579126049
• ISBN13: 9781579126049
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 3.95 lbs.

Customer Reviews

must for surface designers

With its sharp detail and metallic inks, this particular printing makes a stunning coffee-table book. But its true value for surface designers and mixed-media collage artists goes far beyond a status symbol: all the designs are long out of copyright, so clear they can easily be scanned or photocopied, and well-organized according to their culture of origin. Jone's 150-year-old commentary can seem pretentious and even racist when viewed against 20th Century design principles, but the designs themselves are masterfully-drawn and gorgeously-reproduced.