Ornament, as practiced by architects, artists, and designers for a hundred years, presents itself as a system of order and grid, and not merely as adornment. Long before the recently occurring renaissance of the ornament, the Studio of Claudia and Thomas Weil developed 1,000 contemporary ornaments in 14 groups including numerous variations with intriguing names like "the extended octopus," "angle-square-triangle," "Chessband," Shark's landing," and "Africa, half past two." Each offers fresh, exciting new varieties of geometric ornament that can be developed from a common grid. With the addition of color these patterns take on almost limitless possibilities. These are introduced here, together with applications in architecture, art and design, as well as an overview of the history of the modern ornament. AUTHOR: Thomas Weil is an artist and architect who has been developing a new school of the ornament for 30 years. Since 1996, he has run studio collaboration with Claudia Weil. Projects the have realized included Karstadt (Gutersloh), No Limit (Berlin), European Patent Office (Munich), Pan-Clinic, Port Authority, Postbank, and McKinsey (all in Cologne). SELLING POINTS: ?Ornament as design principle ?1,000 ornaments in 14 groups for various projects: from façade design to theatre backdrop, textile design, and wallpaper ?Instructions for derivation and variation of motifs with applications for architecture, art, and design ILLUSTRATIONS 670 designs
