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Have you ever stared at patterned wallpaper and wondered how it was designed Been captivated by some priceless Celtic art Or boggled at a beautiful Islamic pattern Have you ever stepped back and thought about the illusion of reality your senses create for you Or pondered the symmetries which inform your feelings of what seems right Is there a Golden secret, revealed by nature herself, which is common to all of the traditional arts Packed with information and exquisite illustrations by more than twelve expert authors, Designa is the ultimate sourcebook for visual artists and designers of every kind.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Wooden Books (July 17, 2014)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1907155155
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1907155154
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.3 x 1.38 x 7.6 inches

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glenn

DESIGNA- Thousands of Years in One Compact Book!

Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2023

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I thought this would be one of those large-format books, like a magazine with better covers. But it's 8 inches by 6 inches and 1.5 inches thick with 410 pages including a 5-page Index at the back for cross-reference.
DESIGNA is packed with examples from thousands of years: Graphics and Architectural styles from around the world as well as Scientific examples of ideas like symmetry and repetitive examples from Nature. All sorts of patterns, from strict order to random fields. An arcane tour of relationships compiled for those who can take advantage of this information and not have to reinvent the wheel. It's fascinating reading, and going through the illustrations there are Artistic designs you may have seen (for example in works by M.C. Escher) that are broken down into their elements to show how they work, both visually to massage the brain through the optical cortex, and aesthetically, as they show you WHY they are beautiful. You could view this as someone seeking a specific solution to a problem or as a tourist who just wants to explore where they've never been before. There are carved pieces from 200,000 years ago that are just as modern-looking as Art made yesterday, using the same designs for the same reasons, proving that early humans were more like we are now (and maybe even more, because considering the difficultly level of those pieces, the nameless creators were geniuses.)
I wasn't quite sure what this book would contain and now I'm pleased (and amazed) at the depth and scale of the resources that were assembled to inform as well as entertain.

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Yifang H.

Trips to the ancient daily life with compasses and ruler

Reviewed in the United States on February 20, 2023

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Pack full of designs from ancients. With enough reference lines left for me to figure out how patterns were drawn I can draw them with only compasses and ruler, and experience the joy of past without modern technology.
Brief introductions of uses in history make this book not only a great collection of patterns but a delightful history book.

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J. L. Dines

Design for most anything. Good math too.

Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2022

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You’ll like the layouts and math

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TheCoop

Great design book

Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2022

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Great book for concepts of design using it for cnc designs

Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2019

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I am a digital art designer, as well as many other art hobbies, and I bought this book recently as resource to a college essay on the Golden Section.
The Golden Section chapter is great.
This series of books is downright amazing, they have all the secrets to everything you ever really wanted to know about design, I also have Quadrivium and its everything you ever could want to know about qualitative math, math in art, math in music and math in nature.

I can’t imagine my life without these and I plan to enjoy them for ever

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Blockchain Revolution

nitty gritty of the fabric of space time and sacred geometry than does the original (Which is not a bad thing, just be prepared

Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2017

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I got this after delving into the quadrivium and it gets much more into the technical, nitty gritty of the fabric of space time and sacred geometry than does the original (Which is not a bad thing, just be prepared for what you're getting into). This is perhaps the least accessible to the layperson of the series I have read so far and would be a great read for anyone into design, fashion, microbiology, geology, or impressing that one friend of yours always gushing about interdimensional elves. It definitely reaffirms within me the grandeur of the universe in which we live and for that alone, despite it's complexity, I would recommend.

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Leter Windstorm

Great source for initial design planning

Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2021

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This book is quite comprehensive in illustrating different approaches to designing shapes, patterns, etc. It's fun just to browse, but the info is both historical and instructional.

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L. D. Rafey

Illuminating, informative, throrough. A Marvelous compilation!

Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2015

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As a retiree, I have ti luxury of being able to return to my roots as an artist, naturalist and Philomorph, it must have been more than mere coincidence that i just happened to have encountered this marvelous volume in a bookstore while traveling. After having thumbed through it, I realized that this was the book I had been searching for when, as a youth, I sought after the essential psychological and mathematical foundation of form, function and art. This thick volume actually represents a compilation of six 'Wooden Books' that concern this subject and is absolutely thorough and informative on many levels. I can see it as my new 'Bible' for my final vocation.

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Avelino Ornelas

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Si te gusta el diseño es un imperdible

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Ranjan De

Superlative book for any sacred geometry enthusiast

Reviewed in India on July 14, 2022

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A very covetable and very comprehensive volume on sacred geometry...

dotdot

Like a truly gifted singer with uncommonly beautiful voice performing in a room with terribly bad acoustics...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 11, 2017

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I was very excited about this book, literally couldn't wait to get my hands on it. Now that it finally arrived, I'm left with mixed feelings to say the least.

The content is great. Like other reviewers, I find that this little book is packed with interesting, inspiring information that are presented in a compelling and accessible manner. I also like the general layout and the small size of this book as it makes it easy to keep it around and dip in and out if and when needed.

What is disappointing here is the poor quality of print. Each section of the book is printed in a different mono-colour which often enough not only looks ugly (Book II in particular - printed in what I call 'poop brown'), but more importantly lacks depth, sharpness and richness so needed when presenting intricate geometric patterns. It would have been better if all the sections where simply in b&w, but even the pages that are fail to appear as crisp as they could and should be. As a result, it's quite difficult to see the details properly, and this isn't helped by the small size of the book either. It all look as if someone had printed this book on an affordable home printer with quick eco mode selected - a bit washed out, a bit bland, with badly adjusted contrast - one can almost see the whiteness of the paper coming up from beneath the ultra-thin layer of ink. The paper itself also isn't great and reminds me very much of school text-books intended for one or two years of use only. I suppose this is quite common in cheaply produced books of the 21st century, but it's particularly sad when it happens in a book that treats about art and design.

Wooden Books, you can do so much better than this. Your books are so inspiring and interesting. It's time to make them beautiful, too.

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Rick Jones

A mildly useful guide to ancient art styles.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 14, 2021

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I bought this as an aspiring artist/illustrator hoping to learn some geometric tricks and tips. I’d heard of one of the artists (Adam Tetlow) and seen people posting the results of their lessons with him on some art forums.

This book is nice to have, but not what I was expecting. It’s more of a jumping off point to teach you what to learn about, than any kind of lesson or teaching in itself — if that makes sense. It tells you the names and history of tools, techniques and methods used, but doesn’t tell you how to actually implement them.

Also the illustrations — though very nicely drawn, as you’d imagine — aren’t done much justice with the colour scheme, printing or size.

I’d say I’m mildly disappointed but it will stay on my bookshelf as a kind of glossary, almost, to look up what styles and patterns that I come across are called, where they originate from and similar. Then I can look for actual ‘how to’ resources using the right terms. That’s probably the value of this book — don’t buy it as an instructional.

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Reviewed in India on June 5, 2021

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Was completely worth the wait! ❤️
Definitely a book I'd treasure for the years to come. Love love love it

But packaging could have been better, slightly damaged the spine

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