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- May 16, 2014
- 3 min
How the Zebra Got Its Stripes
Pattern fans, here’s today’s $64,000 question: How can we explain zebra stripes? Plausible theories abound dating most famously from a debate between Charles Darwin and fellow 19th-century biologist Alfred Russel Wallace. To debunk your first (likely) guess: It’s not about camouflage. As Darwin pointed out, zebras graze in open savannahs, not amid thick vegetation where their stripes could serve as decent camouflage. Other theories: Zebra stripes serve as displays of individu
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- May 1, 2014
- 4 min
Why Are Barber’s Poles Striped?
Barber pole by Valerie Everett on Flickr: http://bit.ly/1nswC2J Only the thorough-going nerd delights publicly in her oddball research finds. So it’s with buttons-busting pride that I share with you one charming answer I discovered to the query: Why are barber’s poles striped? Enter this crumbling volume, History of Signboards, published in 1866: History of Signboards, 1866 Co-authors Jacob Larwood and John Camden Hottes can be fairly described as graphic-design flâneurs. Not
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- Apr 1, 2014
- 1 min
04/01/2014: Nightclub posters
London-based designer Ross Gunter designed these clean, thematic posters for events at a nightclub, using shapes, lines, typography. The layout in each poster is consistent, while each graphic element provide the variety of the series. Check out more here. Via Looks Like Good Design. #shapes #posterseries #typography #ColorampDesign #stripes
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- Dec 16, 2013
- 2 min
7 Smashing Holiday Gifts for Pattern Design Fans
Crazed for patterns? Short on holiday-shopping ideas? We got you covered! Below we’ve gathered fantastic gift ideas for anyone whose eyes sparkle at the notion of a kicky pattern design. Start with Fido. A sharp dog counts as a clever fashion accessory (even as his value well transcends that role). Why not outfit your dog with some hilariously dapper accessories of his own? To that end I give you Harry Barker’s gift buckets of patterned dog play-balls, also available in fashi
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- Sep 6, 2013
- 3 min
Why Do Horizontal Stripes Rule in Maternity Wear?
Editor’s Note: Jude Stewart, Print’s color expert, is devoted to Imprint so much that she created a backlog of posts in preparation for her maternity leave. I’m pleased to report that Jude’s ‘lil guy has since made his debut. Mamma and baby are doing well. Consider the following conundrum: If we accept the prevailing fashion-rule that horizontal stripes make you look fatter, why in tarnation must so many maternity clothes feature horizontal stripes? Am I the first to blow the
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