Recently I have developed an interest in the relation between contemporary design and natural patterns. I would like to understand how the chaos of the natural world finds its way into the world of design. I realize there are probably plenty of studies and perhaps entire philosophies of thought examining this relation, but rather than read someone else's work I believe that by addressing this topic with a more exploratory approach I may be able to develop my own interpretation of the link between natural and man made patterns.
There are plenty of examples of obvious patterns occurring in the world around us but I’m not so interested in these specific occurrences as I am in the subtler arrangements and concentrations of matter which appear to be merely chaotic. I am interested in investigating these arrangements and studying how they may be implemented into my own design, as well as document the manners in which they have been influential for other designers.
So first, why not produce a simple manipulation of natural linear elements..
Here is the initial image I began to work with. I took this picture in Columbia, SC last winter. So scroll through to see the process I went through to manipulate the image in order to create different patterns.
So I realize that may have been a little overwhelming, but I feel like I was pretty easily able to manipulate the original image into some fairly interesting patterns, as well as experiment with the transformation of organic shapes into geometric arrangements.
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