We don’t look at polka dots twice. Our brains immediately recognize that they’re a repeating pattern of dots. The same goes for plaid, chevron or any kind of design. We’re also able to look at a bunch ...

Derided in some quarters for being the preserve of the volume housebuilder, pattern books have a rich history and could yet play a part in the government’s new housing drive Pattern books might seem a ...

Many people are using an old kind of road map to find their way back to the past: They are turning to historically inspired pattern books that help people build homes in classical ways, with ...