Arts and Crafts
アーツ・アンド・クラフツ / 1860s–1910s / Style / Craft Movements
Returns material and handwork to the center of design, joining every detail of daily life under one conviction.
Repeating plants / Flat contours / Density of handwork / Colors from nature
Dictionary entry
- Best used for
- Honesty for long-lived tools and household brands · Uniting pattern, letter and material in one story
- Type
- Serifs or ornamented letters that feel hand-cut
- Composition
- Repeat plants and creatures with the seams hidden
- Material
- Deep indigo, plant-dye tones, off-white; keep the texture of paper and cloth
- Caution
- A floral print alone loses the conviction. Align material, making and a structure that lasts.
- Further study
- William Morris / Kelmscott Press

