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 ...

Marimekko’s Creative Director Rebekka Bay discusses how she approaches brand’s legacy, how she balances high tech and human touch in design, and what joy means to her today. Inspired by Laila Gohar’s ...

Humans are visual creatures. Objects we call "beautiful" or "aesthetic" are a crucial part of our humanity. Even the oldest known examples of rock and cave art served aesthetic rather than utilitarian ...

“I am very interested in the structure of things,” said Napa glass artist Patti Wessman. “Plant structure, patterns in nature, wave patterns, wood patterns — a lot stems from the patterns that I see.

This piece, entitled “Florid,” uses 500 dead bees in the same seed arrangement found on the seed head of a sunflower. The pattern follows the Fibonacci curve, a sequence found in many spiral ...

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, ...

Much like her abstract paintings, Lindsay Cowles’ Richmond home is layered with textured strokes of color. The townhouse in the historic Fan District provided a backdrop for the artist turned textile ...

The math that describes the branching pattern of trees in nature also holds for trees depicted in art—and may even underlie our ability to recognize artworks as depictions of trees. The authors begin ...

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