The fusion of African uli patterns with contemporary glass art has increased global appreciation for African culture. It has ...

Many young international designers are drawing on heritage, folklore and their imaginations to create contemporary textile, ceramic and wall-covering patterns. Some are finding larger audiences ...

Tulips and daffodils aren’t the only ones fighting their way to the surface these days. Florals are already in full bloom elsewhere: in home decor. Floral patterns are hot but they aren’t the tiny, ...

THE rich traditional art of Orissa has always attracted old and the young alike - efforts of publicizing patta and other patterns on the walls having furthered the popularity. So much that the idea ...

African wood burning art, or pyrography, is a unique technique that uses a heated tool to create intricate designs on wood ...

Those with a keen eye will spot various Mughal architecture and traditional Indian folk art inspired design elements for the 2010 Commonwealth Games. The designs adorn the logos, motifs, pictograms, ...

A symphony of tribal art symbols from across the globe underscores fashion designer Nupur Kanoi’s recent collection — Maya. Woven in the warp and weft of textiles like pure silk, crepe silk, georgette ...

About 8,200 years ago, in one of the last places settled by humans, prehistoric peoples began painting comblike designs as the climate shifted. By Becky Ferreira In the stark inland desert of ...

Patterns are all around us, in nature as well as in art and design. We see patterns where shapes, lines or colours are repeated. How complicated a pattern is depends on what is repeated and the way in ...