Handbook of Designs and Devices

by Clarence Hornung

Description

A practical reference for those in the applied and fine arts, this collection offers 1,836 sophisticated unit designs based on circles and circle segments, lines and bands, triangles, squares, rhomboids, pentagons, hexagons, scrolls, frets, loops, and other geometrical elements. Draws from Japanese, Egyptian, Classical, and Islamic originals as well as modern motifs.Reprint of the revised second edition.

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A great book showing the evolution of different designs. If you are a designer who likes seeing variations on geometric design, this is a great foundation book.

Dec 20, 2008

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