Pattern Pattern
The first in a weekly series of graphic design tools for Néojaponisme readers: a number of red, white, and black patterns based on Modern Japanese graphic design from the 1950s.
I am a big fan of pattern design and have been developing a series of patterns to turn into a book someday. In the meantime, I’ll be picking some of the more choice cuts for you.
These patterns are free to use for non-commercial applications. (For commercial applications, please contact us for a license.)
The patterns are provided in Illustrator CS3, Illustrator CS, and Adobe PDF format. You can download a zipped file containing all three formats here.
July 15, 2008 at 12:25 pm
thanks! I love old Japanese patterns. These are very pretty.
July 15, 2008 at 11:41 pm
really great work! I can’t wait until next week.
July 15, 2008 at 11:54 pm
[…] director and writer Ian Lynam has created this first installment in a series of retro Japanese prints inspired by Japanese graphic design from the 1950s. They are […]
July 16, 2008 at 1:07 am
Ah, this is nice of you.
Looks like you’re making them fresh, too! I half-thought they might have been lying around for a while, since there were quite a number of Japanese-style patterns in the poster you did for Cafe Pause.
Got a font missing error in the CS doc, too. Might want to outline everything in the next release~
July 16, 2008 at 11:31 am
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July 17, 2008 at 8:04 pm
Thanks will use them on next project…
July 20, 2008 at 1:53 pm
[…] click here to download the patterns, provided in Adobe PDF, Illustrator CS and Illustrator CS3 format. […]
July 24, 2008 at 3:50 am
very nice ian!
July 26, 2008 at 10:21 pm
wow. fragmented polka dots. post-modern.
November 8, 2008 at 6:20 am
Hi,
I like the headline font. Is it selfmade, can I buy it somewhere?
Regards
Stella
January 6, 2009 at 9:43 pm
Nice pattern, and what a great site. Excellent even. I came here following a link from a story over at Spoon-Tamago.
cheers,
Chris
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