patternometry

do-it-yourself/Yehrin Tong

2009-07-03T08:05:00.001-07:00

This dress by Berber Soepboer can be coloured in, a nice version of the customising idea. The pattern is by Michiel Schuurman, not exactly sure who did what, but all together its very cool. It reminds me of these great patterns by Yehrin Tong (the snake, owls, typograhy images)
http://yehrin.proteinos.com/index.html

punch-drunk on pattern

2009-05-19T05:54:00.000-07:00

Some pages from italian vogue, a couple of years ago, which still look great. Obviously, they owe a lot to Amy Winehouse, punch-drunk on pattern.

saturn

2009-05-18T05:05:00.000-07:00

these amazing pics are from a Nasa mission on saturn, with these amazing pics of the striation
and curves, full collection of pics from the url below, including some colour stuff

http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/04/cassinis_continued_mission.html
NASA's Cassini spacecraft is now a nearly a year into its extended mission, called Cassini Equinox (after its initial 4-year mission ended in June, 2008). The spacecraft continues to operate in good health, returning amazing images of Saturn, its ring system and moons, and providing new information and science on a regular basis. The mission's name, "Equinox" comes from the upcoming Saturnian equinox in August, 2009, when its equator (and rings) will point directly toward the Sun. The Equinox mission runs through September of 2010, with the possibility of further extensions beyond that. Collected here are 24 more intriguing images from our ringed neighbor

etch-a-skin

2009-04-01T11:11:00.001-07:00

animal prints made with a metallic etch-a-sketch type thing,
£1.20 from John Lewis

post-pattern

2009-03-31T13:58:00.000-07:00

the 'grain' type patterns on the insides of envelopes,
mixed with some of the graphics i have been doing recently.
really really simple and fine.

Yauatcha

2009-03-31T13:54:00.000-07:00

Yauatcha Tea Room in London, amazing packaging
this one is quite old now, but still a beautiful piece of pattern

beautiful website too

http://www.yauatcha.com/

Mainz- Fuksas

2009-03-31T12:44:00.000-07:00

torn from a magazine,
i really like the pattern on the exterior of the building

http://www.fuksas.it/#/progetti/1410/

michael wolf photographs

2009-03-26T07:56:00.001-07:00

Hong Kong: Front Door / Back Door

Photographs by Michael Wolf
Texts by Kenneth Baker
Douglas Young

car parts

2009-03-26T05:49:00.000-07:00

some patterning detail from recent concept cars.
Pattern has been creeping onto the exterior of cars in recent years, having been restricted to the interior for a long time. This might have been a sign of the good times, and it might evaporate as belts are tightened. but this Mazda Kiyora is especially clever, as the riven lines on the roof collect rainwater, filtering it to a central point.
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posters

2009-03-25T16:22:00.000-07:00

a collection of posters, mainly olympic designs,
but also some motor-show posters, i think by Swiss designer Donald Brun.

bounce

2009-03-25T10:01:00.000-07:00

seen a few of those 'string art' plaques in bric-a-brac shops recently,
and early screensavers, have that kinetic energy thing.

the colourful string art pieces are by Phil Evans, (nice work)
the photo of the sculpture at night is by Declan McCullagh

blendid

2009-03-25T07:33:00.001-07:00

kind of revelling in the blending of colour with these, as more and more production possibilities open up, dip-dyeing is back in the mix. even gap are dipping their toes in to this trend.
there is much more to come on this theme.

beady beady

2009-03-24T06:49:00.001-07:00

guides for london, design things

2009-03-24T06:42:00.001-07:00

some guides i made for design friends who came to london.