Some animals carry patterns so precise and mathematically exact that scientists struggle to explain how nature produced them ...

Circles, triangles and squares. One of the first things we learn as children are basic geometric shapes. And they stay with us throughout our lives. Maybe it’s that sense of familiarity that makes ...

Mystics and mathematicians alike saw geometry as something truly special: the pattern of existence itself! They all agreed ...

Geometric patterns are the perfect way to add a modern touch to any space. These designs, with their clean lines and ...

People constantly ask how I map complex graphics onto typography. They assume I use software to warp a digital image over a 3D model. I do not. It is a matter of strict geometric planning and an ...

Researchers have applied a visualization technique to depict the brain's activity related to visual perception as geometric patterns. They visualized different shapes as the ever-changing neuronal ...

Lasercutters are amazingly versatile tools that can help you build all manner of complicated structures if you can break them down into a series of planar parts. [David] had spotted artworks at the ...

An object that's intrinsically flat, say a piece of paper, can be shaped into a cylinder without stretching or tearing it. The same isn't true, however, for something intrinsically curved like a ...

The noses of many mammals, such as dogs, ferrets and cows, feature grooves forming a multitude of polygons. A team has analyzed in detail how these patterns form in the embryo using 3D imaging ...

Jay Bonner’s new book on Islamic geometric patterns is as dense and thick (595 pages) as the thorniest of textbooks, but the hundreds of illustrations and the immersion in this topic are simply ...