Collaborating with Belgian master chocolatier Pierre Marcolini and marquetry specialist Toby Winteringham, we created the delectably geometric Structure of Chocolate .
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Engineers at the University of New Mexico have developed a means of changing hair colour through the use of pattern alone. This technology is based upon the phenomenon...
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As the world gathered for EXPO 2015 in Milan, the UK unveiled its magnificent Pavilion, inspired by the humble honey bee: The Hive. The structure brought attention to...
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As we consider the designs behind our collaboration with John Lewis, we look at our community's interpretations of the everyday inspirations that informed our FLOW and...
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Researchers at MIT have created a super light material that’s 10 times stronger than steel, using graphene flakes. The new material’s strength is determined by its...
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We love to see where our community find pattern in their everyday. Here we explore strength and structure - from manmade and the natural. Architectural inspiration came...
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PATTERNITY’s project for Wallpaper* , The Structure of Chocolate , took the molecular building block of cacao – theobromine – as its starting point. Discovered in 1841,...
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Frank Lloyd Wright designed the Johnson Wax Headquarters in 1939, and was inspired by dendrite – tree like – forms to create the structure of the building. Over 200...
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Some structures and patterns re-occur throughout the natural and manmade world. What can we learn from them? How do they define the spaces we inhabit and the way we...
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The word interstitial means "between spaces" and has been used to describe a recently discovered new human 'organ'. It's surprising, that after all our anatomical...
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New technology has allowed us to imagine worlds we could never have visualised before, seeing things from perspectives that were inaccessible, or pushing materials and...
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Out of about 20,000 known bee species in the world, T. carbonaria is one of only 500 without stingers. They also raise their young in unusual spiral shaped nests, known...
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The structure and form of renowned Mexican architect Luis Barragán have been recreated in miniature by artist James Casebere. The table-sized models were lit precisely...
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Anna has been on her travels again to California. She stopped by the Integratron, a 38 ft tall cupola structure with a diametre of 55 ft designed by Ufologist and...
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Spider webs have existed for at least 100 million years, and there are several different patterns that are employed by arachnids to catch prey and navigate their worlds....
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The structure of snowflakes has been revealed by Beltsville Agricultural Research Center as they electron-scanned snow to study crystal formations. A complex...
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