I've always loved these decorative indentations on book page edges but never knew what they were called. They're gauffered edges - gilt edges decorated by a finisher using heated tools to indent small ...

Installation view of With Pleasure: Pattern and Decoration in American Art 1972–1985, June 26–November 28, 2021, Hessel Museum of Art, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, ...

Almost everything in the nature, like clouds, flowers and sea waves, or even things that do not exist in reality such as mythical dragons, phoenixes and qilin (Chinese unicorn) inspired the ancestors ...

According to Kapkyzy, the foundation of Kazakh ornamentation lies in nature. Living in close connection with their surroundings, nomads transformed elements of the natural world into symbolic motifs.

The Architects’ Alphabet is a 26-part series describing design elements featured in Gregory J. Scott’s upcoming book “Urban Legend, The Life & Legacy of C. Emlen Urban,” Lancaster’s most renowned ...