All Aspects of Color Resources: Design

Elaborating the history, variety, pervasiveness, and function of the adornments and ornaments with which we beautify ourselves, this book takes in human prehistory, ancient civilizations, hunter-foragers, and present-day industrial societies to tell a captivating story of hair, skin, and make-up practices across times and cultures.

This volume documents a new African chapter in the history of fashion that is packed with color. Appliqué figures straight from Ghanaian Asafo flags seem to chant modern slogans as they march across silk dresses, traditional textile prints give power back to women, and Xhosa beaded embroidery serves as an inspiration for modern knitwear. Body artists transform themselves into platforms for activism, and photographers using clothing and finery question identity, gender, and environment.

History in Africa can be read, told, and recorded in cloth. This illustrated and colorful book shows how ideas, techniques, materials, and markets have adapted and flourished, and how the dynamic traditions in African textiles have provided inspiration for the continent's foremost contemporary artists and photographers. With a concluding chapter discussing the impact of African designs across the world, the book offers a fascinating insight into the living history of Africa.

In Bali, textiles are more than just decorative fabrics; they are imbued with magical powers and deep ritual significance. They are arrayed on festival days in exquisite hand-wrought colorful cloths, some of which rank among the most spectacular examples of traditional textile art in the world. The experts examine the history, production, and ritual uses of textiles in Balinese society in this illustrated book.

Designer William Yeoward reveals his passion for color, his inspirations and the stories behind his unique use of color as he uses the book format to share an array of beautiful spaces.

Presenting the history of color in design, from Bauhaus to Memphis and beyond, this collection of furniture, fabric, and decorative objects shows how color has defined design over the last century. More than a century ago the Bauhaus movement changed the use of color in design. This book delivers a snapshot of 20th century history through the lens of design, examining the origins and rationale behind the design and colorization of some of the century’s most iconic furniture and objects.

The first comprehensive history of China's luxurious textile and its influence on Chinese civilization and art, encyclopedic in breadth, this volume presents a chronological history of silk from a variety of perspectives, including archaeological, technological, art historical, and aesthetic.

In 2009, Ross was commissioned to make a monumental public project for the US Federal Courthouse in Austin, Texas. The culmination of this project is a colorful 28 foot stained glass wall with built-in hydraulic doors opening into a large event space. This book documents the process, which brought together architects, engineers, craftsmen, and government officials and combined centuries-old construction techniques with twenty-first-century digital technology.

This book addresses how we understand and experience colour, and through specific examples explores how colour is used in a spectrum of design-based disciplines including apparel design, graphic design, interior design, and product design. Contributions from a wide range of international scholars and practitioners, study colour as an individual and cultural phenomenon, as a pragmatic device for communication, and as a valuable marketing tool.

Color is an integral part of any design solution. This book focuses on the core elements of design, and is a resource for designers who want to make memorable designs and successfully communicate with their audiences.

Organized by spectrum, in color-by-color sections for easy navigation, this book looks at twenty-seven colors, and documents each hue with charts showing color range and palette variations. Chapters detail each color’s history and cultural associations, with examples of color use that extend from the artistic to the utilitarian. It opens up the world of color for all those who seek to harness the power of color.

This book presents the history of black and white in fashion, design, architecture and interiors The shades black and white have for centuries represented luxury and glamor. Think of tuxedos and little black dresses, or beautifully styled interiors featuring a mix of high white period ceilings and black, mid-century modern furniture. Designers have known about the power of this impeccable pairing for years. The book features the cool beauty and crisp, graphic edge of these two tones, and celebrates the design world's popular but understated shades.

The interaction of peoples, indigenous tribes, invaders, traders, explorers throughout India's history has built a culture legendary for its variety and color. From the Rann of Kutch to the Coromandel coast, from city to village, handloom weavers, block printers, textile painters, dyers, and embroiderers continue India's flourishing textile traditions. The authors have traveled thousands of miles in a country they know intimately to gather information and photographs of tribal and folk textiles woven for use within the family, and workshop production in villages and towns. The reference section includes information on technical terms, a list of museums and galleries, and an updated bibliography.

Beginning in the 16th century, the golden age of European navigation built a vigorous textile trade, and a breathtaking variety of textile designs subsequently spread across the globe. This publication analyzes these textiles within the larger history of trade and design as it explores the interrelationship of textiles, commerce, and taste from the age of discovery to the 19th century, including a detailed discussion of 120 illuminating works. From the elaborate dyed and painted cotton goods of India to the sumptuous silks of Japan, China, Turkey, and Iran, the paths of influence are traced westward to Europe and the Americas.

Splendidly hued, the work of Disney designer and illustrator Mary Blair has charmed generations with the whimsical creations, from stunning art direction for Cinderella and Peter Pan to the wowing and wonderful “It’s a Small World” ride at Disneyland. This book celebrates this Disney icon, tracing the evolution of her mesmerizing style and showcasing her work in gorgeous, full-color imagery.

For five decades Manolo Blahník’s unique vision has held the fashion world spellbound, and his beautifully crafted shoes have become perpetual objects of desire. His design process always begins with colorful sketches as finely executed as the shoes themselves, and which have become equally sought-after.Organized thematically to express his current inspirations and passions - Africa, architecture, botany, Russia, and urban life, this book presents more than 130 of Blahník’s witty, seductive drawings.

Today, 4 million Maya continue to populate southern Mexico, Guatemala, Belize and Honduras; so too endure their dazzling textiles, a design form that has persisted intact. This book presents a portrait of the people and their woven and brocaded vibrant fabrics, examining the history and ecology of their environment.

The volume presents illustrated profiles, many based on interviews, of more than 60 designers whose magazine, book, and record covers; advertisements and package designs; posters; and other projects created the visual aesthetics of postwar modernity. Some were émigrés from Europe; others were homegrown—all were intoxicated by elemental typography, primary colors, photography, and geometric or biomorphic forms.

This book presents a vivid journey through the rich history of color in fashion. Favorite hues and their appearances across the decades are profiled in informative text and copiously illustrated by runway photos and archival images. Track Bright Marigold from its heyday in the 1940s as Hermès' identifying hue to its showstopping appearance in Carolina Herrera's Spring/Summer 2013 collection, and trace Cyber Yellow from 1960s mod style to Anna Sui's 1990s punk-inspired looks.

This book is a celebration of the color red in its various incarnations in religion, fashion, design, medicine, architecture, and contemporary art.

This volume showcases the gorgeous printed-cotton textiles created and manufactured in Russia and exported to Central Asia from approximately 1860 to 1960. More than 175 colorful patterns spanning a variety of periods and styles, from Art Nouveau florals to Soviet-era agitprop, are featured. The people in these Central Asian countries, including Uzbeks, Tadjiks, and Turkmen incorporated the brightly patterned material into their clothing, particularly their robes, and in their household items.

A survey of design and the applied arts, explored not by use, material, form, or date but by color. This volume is a celebration and exploration of color, as revealed through objects in the collections of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. Structured by color, it offers fascinating insights into the choices made by designers and makers from across the world and throughout history. This highly visual, color-led survey of design and the applied arts is a compelling sourcebook with broad appeal for anyone interested or involved in all aspects of visual culture.

Containing over 600 wallcovering designs, this book is organized in chapters by color, and features countless beautiful patterns. It includes practical design information for use in the home and an index of the featured designs. A beautiful, inspirational, and useful sourcebook, Wallcoverings is a must-have for designers and anyone looking to update and refresh their living space.

This beautifully illustrated and colorful book examines the textile designs of William Morris and discusses the embroidery, carpets, tapestries, and printed textiles produced by his company

Drawing on decades of experience in the costume shop, the author guides readers through every step of the process, from finding inspiration for a color scheme and successfully working with the design team to understanding how lighting design can affect costume color choices.