Mokobé is a pattern inspired by African wax textile. The inspiration came one day, when I was grocery shopping I saw a man on the street wearing a very cool wax in the blue and orange color. The company I worked for at that time wanted to create more African inspired wallpaper so I turn that encounter into a pattern.
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The idea was to make a very geometric pattern on top of the typical wax pattern. I also shift the color layer a little bit to emulate a traditional textile screen print where sometimes the color moves a bit.
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Color research
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Basic element of the pattern
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Construction and layers of the pattern : Background color + wax effect + geometric pattern background + geomitric pattern
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