PATTERNITY

Anna has been venturing through the Californian landscape, immersing herself in nature and connecting with fellow pattern lovers on the Pacific Coast… Read More

America, California, Community, Process, Positive Patterns, Nature

Patterns of Providence

Celebrating The Fourth Of July “American Flag” costume, printed cotton, c.1889, USA, Museum at FIT Read More

America, Stripe, Society + Culture, 1800s, Red, Pattern Of The Day

Anna is currently feeling integrated in Joshua Tree!

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... Read More

Sound, Architecture, America, Community, Spirituality, PATTERNITRIP

Plumage Pattern Inspiration

Look at this wonder of nature! This majestic Male Northern Flicker Woodpecker was captured but wildlife enthusiast Jason Paluck. There are over 100 common names for the... Read More

Bird, Feather, Science + Nature, Animals, Multicolour, Spot

Surprisingly Striped Cloud Formations

Our friends at The Cloud Appreciation Society know a good cloud specimen when they see one. For instance, take the ' cloud streets’ – official classification would be... Read More

Stripe, Cloud, Explore Interconnectivity, Science + Nature, Sky, Pattern Inspiration

Witnessing the momentous eclipse ellipse

The Moon and the Earth became perfectly aligned in a once-in-a-lifetime celestial spectacle seen from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. Other parts of the world,... Read More

Pattern Exploration, Moon, Cycle, America, Celestial, Science + Nature

Interacting with dynamic Arizonian Architecture

Arcosanti was built in the seventies to demonstrate how urban conditions could be improved while minimizing the destructive impact on the earth. Fashion photographers... Read More

Pattern Exploration, Art + Design, Architecture, Circle, Geometric, Shadow

Celebrating 150 years of meaningful design by Lloyd-Wright

Frank Lloyd-Wright is one of the most prolific and well known architects of the twentieth century, and June 8 marks his birthday. To commemorate him, institutes and... Read More

Architecture, Art + Design, Stripe, America, Research, Pattern Inspiration

Blue-Green inspiration from nature and the everyday

Thanks to our global pattern explorers for uncovering textures and forms in unexpected places - proving inspiration is everywhere! @benjiekat visited the Zoo in New... Read More

Everyday Excellence, Urban, Incidental + Everyday, Blue, Green, America

Curve and Fold

Zigzag, Wood, Grain, New York, Art + Design, Interior Design

City Contrast

Grid, Block, Architecture, Incidental + Everyday, Blue, New York

Brutal Blocks provide new sources of inspiration

The overlooked Brutalist architecture of Washington D.C is being celebrated in a new map. From the J. Edgar Hoover Building (FBI HQ), to lesser known buildings like the... Read More

Brutalist, Architecture, Block, Art + Design, Geometric, America

Marine Protection

In his last months in office, Barack Obama created the largest protected area of ocean anywhere on Earth — a half-million-square-mile arc of remote Pacific waters known... Read More

Patterns of Awareness, Society + Culture, Ecology, Animals, Ocean, America

Sculptural People

The 1980 Moscow Olympics was surrounded by controversy when America boycotted. The opening ceremony, however, was one to remember, with a parade of Greek chariots in the... Read More

Society + Culture, Behaviour, Totem, Stack, People, Pattern Exploration

The Masses From Above

In his aerial photography studies, Marcus Lyon captures the settlements and structures of human travel and recreation Read More

Aerial, Symmetrical, Society + Culture, Architecture, City, Repeat

Prickly Heart Bouquet

An Opuntia basilaris – otherwise known as the ‘Beavertail Cactus’ – grows in Joshua Tree in California. The plant was a staple food of the Cahuilla native people, and... Read More

Cluster, Spike, Cactus, Pattern Of The Day, Purple, Desert