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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
Undoing the Toxic Dogmatism of Digital Design An Essay by Lisa Angela lisa-angela-fftv.medium.com Design educators and industry leaders have never reached a consensus about what comprises a “good enough” foundational education for digital design. We do not properly retire methods (or ways of conducting them) that have been shown to be ineffective. Design team seniority levels are meaningless. We’ve collectively lost the safety (and subsequently the desire) to explore and fail. We afford well-known design leaders too much power to dictate how design is discussed and conducted. We have no ethical standards. Inclusive design and accessibility are afterthoughts — both in design education and in practice. Design Discourse is in a State of Arrested DevelopmentWaking up from the dream of UXSermon for WIAD Bristol 2021On Design Thinking ethicsuxsoftware