I should not really call this a toy but I like playing with such things. It is actually a comprehensive introduction to Colour Theory hosted at Brown University. Information on both electronic and pigment-based colour theory is covered and contains exercises that allow the user to discover for themselves the …
If you like exploring colour and design possibilities you will enjoy Fabricmatcher. The idea is to match fabric, colour and pattern for projects you are planning. I liked the fact that you can save your project ideas and share them. The world’s first one stop shop for matching fabrics, patterns …
I have found another colour schemer on the Color Schemer Online v2 site. It’s straight forward to use, as you simply select a colour which is specified by either its RGB or hex# value and the schemer produces a group of colours that compliment your original color. You can then …
Foundations of Design and Typography by Christine Castigliano a site which is well worth exploring for no matter what the medium – including textile practice – design principles can be applied. There are a great many people today who practice design – and call themselves “web designers” – without training …
Joshua David McClurg-Genevese of digital web has written a useful article on the Elements of Design as an introduction it is a nice primer which is easily understood.
Art Design and Visual Thinking an online interactive textbook written by Charlotte Jirousek to support an entry level course at Cornell University in the Department of Textiles and Apparel. It is an introduction to design concepts and the idea of visual language
I have been playing around with a little applet Websites as graphs which is a fun and interesting visualisation tool. I wrote a post about it on my other blog Mindtracks. As I was playing around with these images I thought about translating them into textiles. If you are interested …
