PATTERNITY

The Structure of Chocolate: A Bespoke Installation for Wallpaper*

Collaborating with Belgian master chocolatier Pierre Marcolini and marquetry specialist Toby Winteringham, we created the delectably geometric Structure of Chocolate . Read More

Chocolate, Design, Installation, Geometric, Microscopic, Art + Design

Exploring the Universal Patterns in Food

Many thanks to our northern community for joining us for an evening exploring patterns in food at The Gallery at Munro House . We begun with a PATTERNITALK by Head of... Read More

Food, Marble, Hands on Pattern, Community, Leeds, Art + Design

Food Focus

On 8 January 1940 Britain introduced food rationing, changing the eating habits of the nation for the decade to come. Starting with bacon, sugar and butter, everything... Read More

Food, Second World War, Society + Culture, Purple, Crack, Branch

Crumbling Cracker Cracks

Who dropped the biscuit packet? We love to find magnificence in the mundane, and order in chaos – what better than some reassembled crackers by Kristen Meyer . Read More

Art + Design, Food, Grey, Crack, Square, Block

Foraged Fibonacci

Celebrating World Vegetarian Day: The unique Romanesque Broccoli, displaying perfect fibonacci spirals and fractal peaks. Read More

Vegetable, Food, Explore Interconnectivity, Pattern Of The Day, Ritual, Incidental + Everyday

The Structure Of Chocolate

PATTERNITY’s project for Wallpaper* , The Structure of Chocolate , took the molecular building block of cacao – theobromine – as its starting point. Discovered in 1841,... Read More

Positive Patterns, Food, Patterns In Practice, Chocolate, Beneath the Surface, Research

The Geometry Of Plants

We were asked by culinary art extraordinaires Bompas Parr to contribute to their upcoming book Tutti Frutti with Bompas Parr and Friends . We explored the architectural... Read More

Science + Nature, Food, Mathematic, Fibonacci, Spiral, Fruit

Chocolate Bubble Inspired Plastic

Even the smallest pattern can make the biggest difference. Inspired by the bubbles in the Aero chocolate bar, Ford was inspired to make cars with lighter, more... Read More

Bubble, Technology, Food, Pattern Innovation, Plastic, Research

Fostering Oceanic Awareness

Humans use 1 million plastic bags per minute, and rely on disposable plastic packaging for food and products. The theme for 2017 “Our Oceans, Our Future,” urges... Read More

Plastic, Ocean, Patterns of Awareness, Science + Nature, Landscape, Water

Pattern Inspiration to brighten any day!

We encounter pattern in everything we do – from the food we eat to the places we walk through. Thank you for sharing these golden-hued finds with us! We enjoyed... Read More

Yellow, City, Everyday Excellence, #PATTERNITY, Community, Research

Swiss Cheese Secrets

When we think of cheese, we think of holes. But scientists have only just learnt what causes the bubble-like cavities in Swiss cheeses like Emmental, after noticing a... Read More

Everyday Excellence, Research, Science + Nature, Food, Yellow, Polka

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