Kirigami is a traditional Japanese art form that entails cutting and folding paper to produce complex three-dimensional (3D) structures or objects. Over the past decades, this creative practice has ...

Kolam drawing is a traditional art form from India, especially popular in Tamil Nadu. The intricate designs are made with ...

Looking at mosques, madrasas, palaces and tombs from the 8th-19th centuries, Eric Broug analyzes and explains Islamic geometric designs in their historical and physical context. Chapters cover the ...

On a recent trip to London, I spent a morning wandering the antiquity galleries of the British Museum and was reminded — as I always am — that so many patterns and designs we use today are actually as ...

Across the animal kingdom, many species are covered in simple, solid colors, while others display patterns that seem random and chaotic. But some animals seem to follow the rules of mathematics, ...

At first glance, its repeating floral motifs may seem remarkably familiar to modern viewers. Symmetrical four-petal blossoms are set within an orderly lattice of geometric patterns known as guibei jin ...