How to Make Repeat Patterns: A Guide for Designers, Architects and Artists

This book explains, in simple steps and non-mathematical terminology, how to create repeat patterns in a line, on the plane, as tiles, and as Escher-like repeats. The book also shows how to make 'wallpaper repeats', where the elements of the pattern merge into each other, apparently seamlessly.

Using letters as the basic elements, the book demonstrates how all repeat pattern-making comes out of four simple operations: translation, rotation, reflection, and glide reflection. It will provide the definitive one-stop pattern-making resource for professional designers and students across disciplines, from textiles and fashion to graphic design and architecture.

• Cut and Fold Paper Textures: Techniques for Surface Design
• Folding Techniques for Designers: From Sheet to Form (How to fold paper and other materials for design projects)
• Structural Packaging: Design your own Boxes and 3D Forms (Paper engineering for designers and students)
• Complete Pleats: Pleating Techniques for Fashion, Architecture and Design
• Designing Tessellations : The Secrets of Interlocking Patterns
• Paper Sculpture: Fluid Forms
• Cut & Fold Techniques for Promotional Materials
• The Complete Pattern Directory: 1500 Designs from All Ages and Cultures
• Cut and Fold Techniques for Pop-Up Designs
• Tilings and Patterns: Second Edition (Dover Books on Mathematics)