Authors

Tamara Bowen

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Year Completed

2018

Abstract

2018 Pattern Research Project

Tamara Bowen- Kaleidoscope

The Pattern Research Project involves research and analysis of contemporary patterns found in the textiles and wallcoverings of the built interior environment. Patterns use motif, repetition, color, geometry, craft, technology, and space to communicate place, time, and concept. Through this research and analysis, built environments - their designers, occupants, construction, and context - can be better understood.

Tamara Bowen, VCU Interior Design BFA 2021, selected the Kaleidoscope pattern for the 2018 Pattern Research Project. The text below is excerpted from the student’s work:

“Frank Lloyd Wright designed this pattern with the intention of selling it to people who could not live in one of his designed homes. He based all of the patterns on his architecture. The 706 or Kaleidoscope pattern was designed based on a diagonal floor plan that he used often by the 1950’s. He often used the diagonal floor plans when designing houses. The geometry of the floor plans are represented in the pattern. A combination of triangles are used within the repeat to create larger shapes throughout the pattern. These triangles can also be seen throughout his drafted drawings to create larger and more complex shapes”.

Geometry

Triangular

Color

red, orange, white

Craft

printing

Tools

Screen Printing

Material

100% Cotton Printed Duck Fabric

Function/Use

wallpaper

Pattern Design Era

20th Century

Design

Frank Lloyd Wright

Disciplines

Art and Design | Interior Design

Department

VCUarts, Dept. of Interior Design

Date of Submission

10-20-2019

Rights

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Pattern Research Project: An Investigation of The Pattern And Printing Process - Kaleidoscope

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