Entrée principale:

Nicolai, Carsten, 1965- editor.

Titre et auteur:

Grid index / Carsten Nicolai.

Publication:

Berlin : Gestalten, 2009.
©2009

Description:

approximately 320 pages, in varying paginations : all illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Notes:
"Includes 1 CD containing 298 free editable .svg files" (scalable vector graphics) "and 298 .pdf files", that is, source files for each of the printed patterns.
Includes bibliographical references.
(from spine) Orthogonal grids -- Orthogonal unions grids -- Logarithmic grids -- Regular tilings -- Semiregular tilings -- Tiling variations -- k=2 demiregular tilings -- k=3 demiregular tilings -- k=4 demiregular tilings -- k=5 demiregular tilings -- k=6 demiregular tilings -- k=7 demiregular tilings -- Pentagonal tilings -- 3-fold quasiperiodic tiling -- 5-fold quasiperiodic tilings -- 7-fold quasiperiodic tilings -- 8-fold quasiperiodic tilings -- 9-fold quasiperiodic tilings -- 12-fold quasiperiodic tilings -- Penrose tilings -- Non-periodic 10-fold tilings.
Orthogonal grids : Orthogonal grid union ; Logarithmic grid -- Regular tilings : Triangulation -- Semiregular tilings : Semiregular tiling dual ; Tiling union -- Tiling variations -- Demiregular tilings : k=2 uniform tiling ; k=3 uniform tiling ; k=4 uniform tiling ; k=5 uniform tiling ; k=6 uniform tiling ; k=7 uniform tiling ; Pentagonal tilings -- Quasiperiodic tilings : 3-fold symmetry ; 5-fold symmetry ; 7-fold symmetry ; 8-fold symmetry ; 9-fold symmetry ; 12-fold symmetry -- Nonperiodic tilings : Penrose tiles ; 10-fold symmetry.
System requirements for disc: Mac OSX, Windows XP (or higher); Adobe Illustrator Legacy version 10 (or higher).

Résumé:

"'Grid index' is a decisive visual dictionary on two-dimensional grids and geometric tilings." A substantive resource, and "an 'art work' in itself."--Preface

ISBN:

9783899552416 hardback
3899552415 hardback

Sujet:

Grids (Crisscross patterns)
Tiling (Mathematics)
Printing.
Graphic design (Typography)
Repetitive patterns (Decorative arts)
Grids (Crisscross patterns) Pictorial works.
Tiling (Mathematics) Pictorial works.
Repetitive patterns (Decorative arts) Pictorial works.
Grilles (Formes)
Pavage (Mathématiques)
Motifs (Art décoratif)
Grilles (Formes) Ouvrages illustrés.
Pavage (Mathématiques) Ouvrages illustrés.
Motifs (Art décoratif) Ouvrages illustrés.
Arts graphiques.
Graphic design.
Art and Design.
Grafische Technik
Raster
Gitter

Classification/genre:

Visual resources.
CD-ROMs.
Optical disks.
Compact discs.
Pictorial works

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 262821
Cote: BIB 193951
Statut: Disponible