Islamic Design Motifs

  

Picked up this amazing gem/book Islamic Designs by Russian art historian N. Simakoff from the Iliad Book Store the other week and quickly (and poorly) scanned some interesting motifs while flipping through the book.  Most of the designs were drawn from carpets, textiles, carved wood, plaster and stone, tiles, decorative painting of buildings and furnishings, metalwork, jewelry, and other miscellaneous artifacts.  Great use of ornate curves and angulature in these.  

Reader Submission of the Week: Bruce Bingham

Bruce Bingham sent us a submission a while back saying how he loves the blog and draws inspiration from it as a graphic designer himself.  What I thought was interesting was that Bruce designs to express his ideas and feelings, more specifically his Islamic beliefs growing up as an American.  He calls his work Westernized Islamic pop art, and shares his experiences of his life and posts his design work for critique.

Keep sending over what you've got to us at Flyergoodness@gmail.com.  We're getting through the submissions best we can, just keep sending and we'll keep posting.