The design thinking behind handmade work: composition, proportion, palette behavior under different light, pattern repeats, typography on packaging and the small layout choices that make an object look resolved. Explained with examples rather than rules. For makers who can build but want stronger decisions.
A pattern repeat is the small tiled unit behind every printed cloth and wallpaper, and the layout it uses — full-drop, half-drop or tossed — quietly sets the mood of the whole surface.
