[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #51104: Twenty Thirteen: Add Block Patterns

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#51104: Twenty Thirteen: Add Block Patterns
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 Reporter:  melchoyce      |       Owner:  (none)
     Type:  enhancement    |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal         |   Milestone:  5.6
Component:  Bundled Theme  |     Version:
 Severity:  normal         |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-design   |     Focuses:
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Comment (by Joen):

 My goodness, I had so much fun working on this theme. And I have so many
 things I wish I could fundamentally redesign about it, things that really
 didn't age well 🤭 — thank you for the ping and for this effort!

 Two things immediately come to mind:

 - A key inspiration was the work of Mark Rothko and his chromatic
 paintings
 (https://www.moma.org/collection/works/37042?sov_referrer=artist&artist_id=5047&page=1)
 - The goal of TwentyThirteen was to showcase post formats in 3.6, and
 you'd compose a ribbon of alternating colors as each post varied in its
 colors.

 The alternating ribbon of colors did not really come to pass because post
 formats were simply not used enough to create an interesting ribbon.

 However perhaps for block patterns, we have an opportunity to revisit
 those alternating ribbons of colors. In other words, I'd love to see those
 warm bold colors used in big swathes that take up the whole pattern
 background.

 I also recall being really inspired by retro-futuristic illustration such
 as those that would grace the covers of 1950s "Popular Science" magazines.
 Those were public domain at the time, but seem nowhere to be found.
 However leaning into that retro future illustration aesthetic, it appears
 there are some decent public domain sources to explore:

 - Scientific illustrations: https://freevintageillustrations.com
 /scientific-illustration/
 - Art forms in nature: https://freevintageillustrations.com/ernst-haeckel-
 illustrations/
 - Botanical illustrations: https://hyperallergic.com/541381/over-150000
 -botanical-illustrations-enter-the-public-domain/

 It seems like those could help create some really interesting colorful
 patterns, perhaps?

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