The brand new Print & Sample ebook: Nature

I’ve obtained you a Christmas current… I managed to get my arms on an early evaluate copy, kindly provided by the writer, of the brand new Print & Sample ebook: Nature, and I’m gonna provide you with somewhat preview to get you salivating!

The ebook is popping out in January 2017 out now. That is the newest ebook within the collection, primarily based on the tremendous well-liked Print & Sample weblog run by Marie Perkins (aka Bowie Type).

Let’s get the fundamental details out of the way in which first:

• Creator: Bowie Type (aka Marie Perkins)
• 304 lovely and glossy pages
• 430 vibrant and vibrant illustrations
• 101 superb artists and designers featured
• Prices £19.99 and you may order from Amazon
• Revealed by Laurence King [ISBN: 9781780679150]

Okay so, who of their proper thoughts, at the least on the earth of floor sample design, doesn’t love an excellent ebook stuffed with vibrant and lovely patterns? Effectively, I do, and I wasn’t shocked to see that, as soon as once more, Marie has managed to curate a beautiful assortment of prints and patterns from a number of the finest artists and designers round.

There have been 4 books already printed on this collection: Print & Sample 1, 2, Youngsters and Geometric. This time the theme is the pure world and all its wonderfulness. So in case you’re into flowers, leaves, timber, little bugs and woodland creatures then you definately’re in for a deal with…

Because the very first artwork types had been created, folks have been impressed as an instance the marvels of the pure world. The colors, patterns and sweetness present in nature present limitless sources of inspiration for designers, from flowers and timber to leaves, grasses, bugs, pebbles and feathers. – Marie Perkins

For those who personal any of the opposite books within the collection, you may count on the identical wonderful high quality, format and clear and easy format. Not a lot has modified there, but when it ain’t broke, don’t repair it.

There are 1 or 2 spreads per designer/artist, with an excellent size bio and some generously sized illustrations, every with their very own caption. For those who’re something like me and wish to learn ins and outs in regards to the artists, you’ll admire the information included. As all the time it’s extremely inspirational to learn the designers’ bios, their workflows and who they’ve labored for/with, to not point out their very own sources of inspiration.

The designers featured are from all around the globe, with the bulk being from Europe and North America. We will discover the same old suspects amongst them: Bonnie Christine, Brie Harrison, Carolyn Gavin, Elizabeth Olwen and Helen Dardik are only some of the names that a few of you would possibly recognise.

Documenting the work of the very best designers within the subject, the ebook is a useful supply of reference and inspiration for floor designers, designer-makers and craftspeople, graphic designers, illustrators and textile designers. – Marie Perkins

The ebook showcases an excellent vary of sample making strategies comparable to watercolour, gouache, display printing, block printing, felt-tip pens, ink, collaging or solely digital.

One factor that’s fairly noticeable on this difficulty is that hand-drawn motifs, texture and watercolour maintain cropping up web page after web page. Undoubtedly much more than within the different Print & Sample books… It is likely to be due to the character of the ebook (growth growth). Jokes apart, I believe this displays the development we maintain seeing all over the place of going again to the handmade, to our extra artisanal abilities.

Motif kinds vary from the simplified and really graphic to the painterly and extra lifelike. I believe it’s protected to say that flowers and leaves are the principle attraction, being probably the most considerable. Color additionally has a really robust position right here, so count on an explosion of it!

Specific kinds and motifs could change with style and trend, however nature stays probably the most enduring supply of inspiration for designers. – Marie Perkins

So the conclusion is: this Print & Sample ebook delivers, as all its predecessors did, and each web page is a shock and a delight. For those who love sample and color, it is a must-have!

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