Scientists find 60,000-year-old ostrich eggshell carvings follow precise geometric rules, revealing early humans carefully planned designs.

Patterns are all around us, in nature as well as in art and design. We see patterns where shapes, lines or colours are repeated. How complicated a pattern is depends on what is repeated and the way in ...

An irregular pattern is one in which the motif changes or the way it is repeated is unpredictable. Antoni Gaudi created benches in Parc Guell in Barcelona using broken tiles that were arranged to form ...

Early in the morning during festivals, many Indian homes wake up to patterns forming quietly at the doorstep. White powder falls in steady lines. Dots appear fi ...

Mix and match repetitive designs can brighten up your home, writes Eleanor Flegg Michelle Darmody of the Cake Cafe. Cake Cafe teatowel. "Repeat patterns are not boring!" declares the artist and fabric ...