Formes et couleurs, or give you the full title, Les arts decoratifs dans le fonds de livres, an illustrated book of decorative patterns with unusual shapes and colours, taken from the decorative arts collections of the Institut supérieur des arts et du design de Toulouse in France.
The first release in a projected 'Formes' series drawing from an outstanding illustrative heritage, this a true opus of decorative imagery, combining decorative patterns and motifs with unusual and striking shapes, forms, and colours, criss-crossing a wide range of styles, cultures, and art historical moments, leaping from pure geometry to abstraction, from natural history drawings to Art Nouveau, and from Islamic to Japanese art.
A thematic index is provided, detailing categories such as textile, ornament, vegetation and animals.
Institute of Design Toulouse, 176pp, 16cm x 22cm, paperback, 2022