stripes, grids and checks

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Title Description: Stripes, Grids and Checks considers the nature of lines and assemblies of lines, including stripes and grids, as well as related phenomena such as checks, tilings and patterns, regular and irregular, repeating and non-repeating. A wide range of examples are drawn from urban and rural environments, at the macro and micro levels, in land- and cityscapes, buildings, and other designed constructions, compositions and objects. Considered conventionally, checks, periodic tilings and regular patterns owe their compositional arrangements to an order imposed by an underlying grid structure. The intention in this book is to analyse, explain and illustrate the nature of each design type, to identify the structural (or geometric) similarities between each and to show how the manipulation of various underlying grid structures can provide innovative compositional frameworks for artists and designers. The discussion is richly illustrated with 400 black and white images and an eight page colour section. Cover Contents list of illustrations preface acknowledgements plates 1 introduction 2 fundamentals (lines and stripes) introduction lines stripes and their classification summary 3 enclosed figures and forms introduction circles, squares and triangles regular polygons spatial organization polyhedra and spheres summary 4 a question of proportion introduction arithmetical or geometrical evidence for past use the golden section dynamic symmetry the Modulor the Brunés Star the plastic number summary 5 grids – guidelines, frameworks and measuring devices introduction definitions and types range of applications grids from rectangles summary 6 checks and tartans introduction definition and classification varieties Scottish clan tartans summary 7 planned divisions of space introduction regular and semi-regular divisions demi-regular divisions non-edge-to-edge divisions aperiodic divisions summary 8 three-dimensional lattices and other constructions introduction cubic and rectangular three-dimensional lattice constructions domes space frames summary 9 steps towards analysis introduction past working methods the potential of symmetry analysis case studies summary 10 transformation of compositional frameworks introduction manipulation and transformation transformations of semi-regular, demi-regular and aperiodic grids summary 11 in conclusion references index