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This book presents a further collection of carefully selected nature-inspired patterns for use by designers and artists in their projects and personal work. A companion CD-Rom provides 250 patterns in high-definitional JPEG format along with PSD format from which you can freely manipulate and modify the patterns to customize them for your own use. This is an inspirational and highly practical reference and sourcebook for anyone working in the area of visual art.
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Shigeru Nakamura (Japan) started his career as an art director in Japan. He established his agency, Cobble Collaboration in 1987, and has produced numerous design pattern books under its own brand. Nakamura is a member of JAGDA (Japan Graphic Designers Association).
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Excellent designs and information from where they are taken from. The CD is an additional bonus giving the viewer the chance to look into the patterns in more depth. Also a useful teaching aid.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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24 April 2010
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Please note I have not used the CD that came with this book, I'm only giving my opinion of the designs. I disagree with the reviewer that says the color combinations are "sickly and spooky". Everyone's taste in design is different. I purchased this book as a source for inspiration for my own designs, and I'm really drawn to the muted browns, tans, teals and grays in several of these designs. There are some more colorful designs as well. If you like stylized designs, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, simplified and sometimes symbolic representations of floral designs, birds and leaves, I think you will like this book. But, as I said previously, everyone's taste is different, so look through the pages you can view here before purchasing and see if those few pages appeal to you.
I believe you will either love the designs in this book or they will leave you flat, as they are quite taste specific. I intend to collect the other books by this author as well.
I believe you will either love the designs in this book or they will leave you flat, as they are quite taste specific. I intend to collect the other books by this author as well.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Great collection
22 Nov 2010
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
We are a graphic design firm always researching patterns for the products we work with. These patterns provided a great collection of inspiration in intriguing colors and pattern combinations. Great for research, recommend all the lines in the series and would purchase more.
4 of 10 people found the following review helpful
less class, more kitch
3 Jan 2010
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
page 6: "we have modified many .... to present them in our own original layout and coloring." Yeah, indeed. Even though you can change the colors yourself with the psd files as they are they are a little strange- somehow the designer's changes takes these classic designs and makes some of them seem spooky and sickly because of odd color changes and softer, cartoon-like shapes..
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