Patterns of destiny,

By Hans Holzer

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0840213239
• ISBN13: 9780840213235
• Release Date: January 1974
• Publisher: Nash Pub
• Length: 163 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.

Customer Reviews

One of the BEST reference books I have ever read...

It is very rare that anything inspires me to gush. But I cannot recommend this book highly enough. Yes, the examples in the book (originally published in 1903) are in black and white - irrelevant. What is being taught here is not color theory but pattern construction. Learn to walk first, skipping comes later. Read with an open mind, this book will give anyone a solid foundation on which to build patterns. It is an invaluble resource to web designers, artists, and crafters of all kinds. I cannot remember the last time I took a class or read a how-to book where the lesson plan was laid out so logically and compellingly, each chapter building on what was already learned. And while the author's old fashioned prose takes a little getting used to, it is by no means dry or boring. Mr. Day, and his editor, Mr. Fenn, are both brilliant, opinionated, and enthusiastic about the subject of pattern - the writing of this book makes that clear even 100+ years after it was originally published. There are also excellent teachers, and if there is a Great Hereafter, I hope someday I'm able to thank them. I originally rented this book from my local library. Within a few chapters, I realized it was a keeper and I had to have it for my own.

Pattern Design

This book promised to give the best information on pattern design and it delivered all that was promised.

Ornamental Pattern for the Web, too!

The first edition of this book was published in 1903. This would seem to place it as a popular work for the ornamental design of the previous decade (Victorian, etc). The second edition of 1933 was made over by an author named Amor Fenn who rearranged some chapters and added more about borders. The basic concepts of pattern design (i.e. wallpaper, rugs, etc.) are explained in that endearing early 20th century patter that turned everything around so they could say 5 words in 20; pre-entertainment-overload days! I took these drafting examples right into Photoshop and Illustrator and created several rough MacIntosh like Victorian wallpapers in a short time... copy/paste, flip, and snap-to made this an easy trial. Taking the same trials and thinking 100 years into the future made web background pattern construction a breeze. Cool. ...and everything in between, this could get fun. An excellent reference shelf item