Flying Patterns

Year: 2011 Authors: Jean-Marc Castera

Core claim

Several seemingly different Islamic five-fold patterns can be understood as related generations within a decorated Penrose-rhombi and prototile morphogenesis, enabling new designer-made patterns.

Topics

Islamic geometric patterns, pentatonic ornament, pattern morphogenesis, prototiles and girih tiles, quasi-periodic design

Domains

geometry, tiling theory, symmetry, quasi-periodic patterns, Islamic art, ornament design, pattern design, architecture

Methods

morphogenesis, comparative pattern analysis, decorative substitution, deflation process

Media

Penrose rhombi, girih tiles, pattern diagrams, decorated polygons

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