Emile-Allain Séguy was enamored with the overlooked wonders of the natural world. Namely, its insects, from the brilliant wings of butterflies to the less-loved forms of beetles, grasshoppers, ...

Ndebele art, with its vibrant colors and geometric patterns, is making waves in the field of contemporary African ...

British mathematician Alan Turing is perhaps best known for the Turing test, which determines if a computer can be considered intelligent based on whether it can pass for a human in conversation. But ...

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Olivia Guterson, or Midnight Olive, in her studio (photo by Sal Rodriguez, courtesy the artist) Not all stories are written with words. Some are encoded in patterns — swirling, squiggly, and ...

Simon Sörensen, a young engineer in Sweden, has made something that would delight Bill and Ted and Confucius equally: a kinetic art table that erases whatever pattern it itself creates. The table, ...

I would find it difficult to muddle through life without beautiful, artistic patterns There’s a Mary Quant exhibition on at the V&A at the moment, which, if you’re able to, I would urge you to visit.