Textile Designs Digital, Volume III: Conversational, Ethnic, Art Movements & Period Styles [CD-ROM]

Susan Meller (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 2001

Volume III of the 3-volume CD-ROM set Textile Designs Digital. Volume III contains 579 high-resolution designs from 124 categories. Each CD-ROM in the set comes with a licensing agreement granting FREE usage of each image.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

This exhaustive 1991 catalog of designs features 1,823 color illustrations. Patterns are divided into floral, geometric, conversational, and ethnic and by movements and period styles. A nice extra is a table of contents and a brief introduction presented in French, German, Italian, Spanish, and Japanese in addition to English. As LJ's reviewer initially observed, "this book is a colorful confection, but it is also a thoughtful and informative analysis of the artistic choices that are subconscious interpretations of the moods, longings, and aspirations of humankind."
Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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"....a must for professionals and amateurs alike." -- Victoria Magazine, November 1, 2001

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Product Details

• CD-ROM: 124 pages
• Publisher: The Design Library (November 1, 2001)
• ISBN-10: 0966648323
• ISBN-13: 978-0966648324
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,889,258 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A beautiful resource of imagery, August 31, 2005

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This review is from: Textile Designs: Two Hundred Years of European and American Patterns Organized by Motif, Style, Color, Layout, and Period (Paperback)

This resource of patterns has a clear organization. The reproduction is very nice and the diversity of images is a rich resource. The information is brief, but a visual reference of this kind with supporting context is helpful no matter how brief.

25 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars TEXTILE DESIGNS DIGITAL: FLORAL WELL WORTH THE MONEY!, February 8, 2006

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This review is from: Textile Designs: Two Hundred Years of European and American Patterns Organized by Motif, Style, Color, Layout, and Period (Paperback)

This is in response to "Betty Blue's" comments about the FLORAL CD-ROM. All of the images on the CD's were professionally scanned by one of the top commercial labs in New York City. The scans were made directly from the original negatives that were used to print the book, TEXTILE DESIGNS. Any "dirt and dust" that may appear is NOT a result of the scanning, but age marks that can show up on documentary textiles - after all, most of these designs are between 60 and 150 years old! The vast majority of the images are clean, but when imperfections did appear, they were deliberately not erased. This was explained in the introduction to the CD.

While the images in the book were often cropped for layout reasons, the CD-ROM always shows the original uncropped design. Therefore, many more of the digital images are in full repeat. This in itself is well worth the money - but there is more. Unlike the book, ALL the TEXTILE DESIGNS DIGITAL images are ROYALTY FREE. "Betty Blue" got the use of 494 well-chosen documentary floral designs for less than 60 cents each. Now that is well worth the money!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best new resource for textile designers!, August 30, 1998

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This review is from: Textile Designs Digital: Floral (CD-ROM)

This CD collection of excerpts from the illustrated book has become a vital resource for me and my staff of textile designers. It saves a great deal of time and effort in scanning and cleaning artwork, and allows us to combine elements from many different pieces into entirely new patterns.

Every design studio I know of owns at least one copy of the book, and to have quick CD access to this wealth of inspiration is terrific. I look forward to the next volumes!