Although an architectural project comes to life with palpable materials, it is also defined by intangible qualities that give it richness, dynamism, and liveliness. Among them, the interplay of light ...

Tessellations aren’t just eye-catching patterns—they can be used to crack complex mathematical problems. By repeatedly reflecting shapes to tile a surface, researchers uncovered a method that links ...

Ricardo José Haddad Musi, a Mexican businessman and expert in cultural heritage, compares geometric patterns of Huichol art ...

Each week, Mansion Global tackles a topic with an elite group of designers from around the world who work on luxury properties. This week we look at how to use geometric shapes in your home’s decor.

The mirror spider can rapidly shift a patchwork of minuscule reflective plates underneath its abdomen’s outer surface, altering the pattern of mirrorlike flashes. This uncommon display comes from ...

Color, scale, and size are a few easy tricks to ensure your prints pair perfectly together ...

Auburn, N.Y. – As a child, artist Werner Sun spent hours folding origami and making geometric forms out of construction paper. That early exposure to shapes and patterns led Sun not only to his career ...

In the West, bricks are almost always used to create straight, uniform walls in rectilinear buildings. India, on the other hand, has a long history of sculptural brickwork, using these basic ...

Jacek Ukowski and Katarzyna Herdzik, the metal detectorists who discovered the dagger Museum of the History of Kamień Land After a recent storm, two metal detectorists went searching for treasure at a ...

Choosing tiles is just one step in creating a kitchen backsplash. The pattern in which you'll lay them on the wall can make or break your kitchen aesthetic.