A Search for Structure A Book by Cyril Stanley Smith mitpress.mit.edu ApologiaGrain Shapes and Other Metallurgical Applications of TopologyStructure, Substructure, and SuperstructureThe Interpretation of Microstructures of Metallic ArtifactsMatter versus Materials: A Historical View+18 More Results of a search makingmaterialcraftstyle
The Tiling Patterns of Sebastien Truchet and the Topology of Structural Hierarchy A Research Paper by Cyril Stanley Smith www.jstor.org A pattern of tiles illustrated by Douat in 1722. A translation is given of Truchet's 1704 paper showing that an infinity of patterns can be generated by the assembly of a single half—colored tile in various orientations. Separation and connection in all thingsCorpuscles of nothing and atoms of somethingThe scale of resolution determines what is seenThis is history Truchet TilesThe Sense of OrderThe Shape of TimeWang tiles graphicsmath
Two Hundred Fifty Things an Architect Should Know An Essay by Michael Sorkin www.readingdesign.org The distance of a whisper.CornersWant, need, affordWhat the brick really wants.Borders+3 More 136 things every web developer should know before they burn out and turn to landscape painting or nude modelling architecturedesigncollections
Want, need, afford What the client wants. What the client thinks it wants. What the client needs. What the client can afford. What the planet can afford. ux
What the brick really wants. The material finds the right objectWe are working against the grain of the woodThe joy of the humble brick material
Logjam That there is a big danger in working in a single medium. The logjam you don’t even know you’re stuck in will be broken by a shift in representation. creativitymedia