WASHINGTON – Those wondrously intricate tile mosaics that adorn medieval Islamic architecture may cloak a mastery of geometry not matched in the West for hundreds of years. Historians have long ...

'Are you symmetrical?" asks the interior designer Gwen Kenny as I glance anxiously at the mirror. But she isn't talking about my eyebrows. Kenny is talking about symmetry in the home. "One of the ...

Vinyl tiles are synthetic layered materials that are pressed together to create a floor covering that is durable. Many people prefer vinyl tiles because they are cost-effective, making them more ...

Self-affine tiles and fractal geometry form a rich field where geometric precision meets the complexity of nature’s form. At its core, the subject examines how self-affine tiles—constructed via affine ...

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Anyone in doubt that geometric patterns are back in vogue among designers need have looked no further than Design ...