More than 60,000 years ago, humans living in southern Africa realized they could use ostrich eggshells to hold water. They etched intricate designs—from grids to diamond-shaped motifs—into these ...

Like a child peering through a kaleidoscope, a biologist gazing through a microscope may be amazed by the beautiful geometric patterns formed by cells. However, these cell arrangements do not form ...

Dating back to the early Islamic period, these designs were developed using a set of mathematical principles. Islamic art was characterized by utilizing geometric patterns in a distinct manner owing ...

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 ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Anyone in doubt that geometric patterns are back in vogue among designers need have looked no further than Design ...

Have you ever felt like the stars are speaking in symbols? That the universe whispers through patterns, numbers, and shapes? Astrology and sacred geometry are two ancient systems that connect us with ...