Pattern and Print brief.

As a designer you will encounter the importance and link between culture and printed pattern. Pattern repeat has been used to decorate surfaces throughout the history of art, craft and design. It has been applied in a variety of ways by different cultures and has a range of meanings and purposes. Sometimes pattern is meant to illuminate, to draw attention to an object or person; at other times is it used to disguise. It has been used in ritual, design, decoration, objects of high value and communication. You have been commissioned to develop a fashion fabric that reflects your chosen culture evidencing the impact of the social and art history.