V&A Pattern Boxed Set Walter Crane

This series celebrates the V+A's status as a source of inspiration for designers, reflecting the unique breadth and depth of a collection that represents over 3000 years of objects from all over the world. This boxed set of four pocket sized books makes an attractive gift but is also a valuable source of ideas for designers of all kinds. The four titles in the set feature many more of the V+A's most popular patterns. Spitalfields Silks displays delightful floral designs alongside quirky, strikingly modern silks. Pop Patterns showcases Warhol's influence on commercial design in the 1970s. Walter Crane was a key designer of the Aesthetic movement, incorporating swans, bulrushes, fairy tales and more into his diverse patterns. And Chinese Textiles moves through the centuries from the motifs of luxurious courtly robes, to thetongue-in-cheek patterns of Vivienne Tam. Each book comes with a free CD of the images inside, which can be redrawn or reworked. Commercial designers looking to license patterns and inivididual motifs from the collection can use this book as a starting point for research.