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Designing With Patterns & Textures

Designing With Patterns & Textures

Choosing the Best Pattern

Choosing the Best Pattern

Finding the perfect match all comes down to the mood you're trying to portray.

This is the first thing you’ll want to consider when choosing a pattern type for your design. Patterns can be fun and playful, sleek and sophisticated, or just about anything you want them to be (multi-hyphenates!). They can also be used to make a statement or convey a particular message. Whatever effect you're going for, there's sure to be a pattern that will help you achieve it.

Patterns can come to life in a variety of ways:

  • Through the actual pattern of a fabric or material.
  • Through the partnership of how that pattern interacts with the chosen material (stripes on a cotton curtain or geometric shapes on a woven rug).
  • The location of where that pattern shows up.

So when you’re ready to pick a pattern, ask yourself how all of these things will work together to express your creative vision best.

This is the first thing you’ll want to consider when choosing a pattern type for your design. Patterns can be fun and playful, sleek and sophisticated, or just about anything you want them to be (multi-hyphenates!). They can also be used to make a statement or convey a particular message. Whatever effect you're going for, there's sure to be a pattern that will help you achieve it.

Patterns can come to life in a variety of ways:

  • Through the actual pattern of a fabric or material.
  • Through the partnership of how that pattern interacts with the chosen material (stripes on a cotton curtain or geometric shapes on a woven rug).
  • The location of where that pattern shows up.

So when you’re ready to pick a pattern, ask yourself how all of these things will work together to express your creative vision best.

Finding the perfect match all comes down to the mood you're trying to portray.

This is the first thing you’ll want to consider when choosing a pattern type for your design. Patterns can be fun and playful, sleek and sophisticated, or just about anything you want them to be (multi-hyphenates!). They can also be used to make a statement or convey a particular message. Whatever effect you're going for, there's sure to be a pattern that will help you achieve it.

Patterns can come to life in a variety of ways:

  • Through the actual pattern of a fabric or material.
  • Through the partnership of how that pattern interacts with the chosen material (stripes on a cotton curtain or geometric shapes on a woven rug).
  • The location of where that pattern shows up.

So when you’re ready to pick a pattern, ask yourself how all of these things will work together to express your creative vision best.

This is the first thing you’ll want to consider when choosing a pattern type for your design. Patterns can be fun and playful, sleek and sophisticated, or just about anything you want them to be (multi-hyphenates!). They can also be used to make a statement or convey a particular message. Whatever effect you're going for, there's sure to be a pattern that will help you achieve it.

Patterns can come to life in a variety of ways:

  • Through the actual pattern of a fabric or material.
  • Through the partnership of how that pattern interacts with the chosen material (stripes on a cotton curtain or geometric shapes on a woven rug).
  • The location of where that pattern shows up.

So when you’re ready to pick a pattern, ask yourself how all of these things will work together to express your creative vision best.

Ultimately, it’s up to the designer (aka you!) to decide how one should experience the impacts of a pattern and its relationship to other patterns. The good news is… there is no wrong way to do it. Many designers mix and match in ways that others find either appalling or brilliant. That’s the beauty of design!
Ultimately, it’s up to the designer (aka you!) to decide how one should experience the impacts of a pattern and its relationship to other patterns. The good news is… there is no wrong way to do it. Many designers mix and match in ways that others find either appalling or brilliant. That’s the beauty of design!
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Pssst... in case you needed some helpful "pattern friend" pairings to get your ideas flowing:

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Source: John Ellis

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Source: House & Garden

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Source: Architectural Digest

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Source: Meredith Ellis

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Source: Anewall

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Source: Domino

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Source: Il Palazzo Experimental Hotel

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Source: The Makerista

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