Derided in some quarters for being the preserve of the volume housebuilder, pattern books have a rich history and could yet play a part in the government’s new housing drive Pattern books might seem a ...

Enid Marx, Minnie McLeish and Lucienne Day – a generation of revolutionary print creators Orla Kiely’s name is almost as well known now as her rounded-leaf pattern Stem, a design so popular it ...

Last year the New South Wales (NSW) government in south-eastern Australia launched an international competition seeking designs for a new ‘pattern book’ providing ready-made terrace and small-scale ...