The new book by bestselling author Paul Jackson explains everything you need to know about designing repeating patterns. It is suitable for beginners and professionals, ranging from textile design to architecture. A glance at the floor or through a window is enough to discover a motif that repeats multiple times and forms a pattern. Such repeating patterns can be purely decorative, like fabric designs, or functional, like the layout of keys on a computer keyboard. They can also be a combination of decorative and functional elements, such as in ornamental masonry. The key to understanding and designing repeating patterns lies in symmetry. The experienced author Paul Jackson makes the rules of symmetry accessible even to "math-phobic" designers. It reveals how many wonderful possibilities creation offers.