Hey hey lovelies! So this is the first post where I have done a review/ comparison. I thought it might be useful if you were interested in textiles, whether professionally or if you just admire such things! These books also make lovely presents/ coffee table books/ to flick through for inspiration. These are three up-to-date textile design books that I have obtained in the last 3 months. The first I got for my birthday and the other two I bought myself from Amazon. I apologise in advance - this is going to be quite a long post!
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Firstly, Textiles Now by Drusilla Cole, published in 2008. This is a beautiful, good quality book with gorgeous flocked trees on the cover. It is split into three chapters: Constructed Textiles; Dyed, Painted and Printed; and Mixed Media and Stitched (I've taken a photo of a page spread from each chapter).
This book has the most diverse range of textiles, with more fine art-style pieces as well as product type designs. There is a detailed description of each piece - how it was made, its materials and size.
Right now I am concentrated on printed textiles at college but this book will be useful for me next year when I have to try out embroidery, weave, knit etc. I have to say I do prefer Patterns by Drusilla Cole, but that is simply because I'm more interested in patterned textiles.
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Print & Pattern by Bowie Style (published 2010) is my favourite book out of the three. It has a gorgeous layout and design but most of all, it's the choice of textile designers that makes me go WOW. If you're unsure whether or not you'll like this book, check out her blog, as her style and taste is very consistent. This was actually the first blog I ever came across after my art teacher recommended it to me 2 years ago, and I am still following it now.
Back to the book.. it contains well-known designers and companies as well as less famous ones, arranged in alphabetical order. I like the way the background of the artist is often mentioned, for example at which university they studied textiles. This is really interesting to me as I'm just entering the world of textiles!
The page spreads are truly beautiful - I found it hardest to narrow down the photographs from this book! Each page shows a few designs from the artist/ company and some information about them.It is more commerical textiles based than the previous book, but that is the type of design that I am interested in!
I think that anyone arty would enjoy this book. It is lovely to flick through and have a quick read. It would make a good "coffee table book!"
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Patterns published by BooQs is slightly different to the other two books. It is not a British based book (it was published in Belgium and is translated into 4 different languages throughout). It is less clearly laid out but there are so many diverse patterns that it is so useful. I think this is perfect for a printed textiles student as it's so easy to pick up and flick through for inspiration - there are so many different styles of mark making and design that there is always something to link to a project.
It is split into four chapters: Inspired by Nature, Animal World, Man and his Magical World, and Kaleidoscope. This is useful as, for example, I looked through the Animal section for help for my project at the moment and found plenty to influence me.
There is no information about each pattern or the designer, but their name and website is next to each pattern so it is easy to look them up on the internet and do more research on them if needed.
This book is best for students studying printed textiles, designers, or just anyone interested in pattern!
(I apologise for my fingers in these pictures! It was impossible to keep open without holding it! And you can tell I had just tried out my friend's nail polishes!)
So overall my favourite is Print & Pattern, as I love so many of the designs and I think that so many people would enjoy this - not students and designers!
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