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Repeat patterns : a manual for designers, artists, and architects / Peter Phillips, Gillian Bunce.

By: Phillips, Peter, 1945-.
Contributor(s): Bunce, Gillian.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York, N.Y. : Thames and Hudson, 1993Description: 192 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm.ISBN: 0500276870.Subject(s): Repetitive patterns (Decorative arts)DDC classification: 745.7

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Repeat patterns have been used in ornament, decoration and design since the beginning of civilization. Their use not only links cultures across the globe, but also forms a bridge between the natural and the manmade worlds. This innovative and inspiring volume is the key to understanding the most basic and versatile creative tool of all - a design composed of one or more motifs, multiplied and arranged in orderly sequence.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 191-192).

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Peter Phillips is the director of Project Censored & an associate professor of sociology at Sonoma State University. Phillips writes op-ed pieces in the alternative press & independent newspapers nationwide. He frequently speaks on media censorship & various sociopolitical issues on radio & TV talk shows, including "Talk of the Nation", "Public Interest", "Talk America", "Democracy Now!", & the "Jim Hightower Show".

(Bowker Author Biography)

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