top of page

NATURAL PATTERNS & PROCESSES

properties derived from natural features & process

Textile Shop

SENSORY RICHNESS

Information richness can include complexity in visual, sound, touch, smell and/or taste for a sensuous & intellectually challenging environment.

(e.g.,  assortment of patterns, texture and color for sensory variety)

Shabby Chair

AGE, CHANGE & THE PATINA OF TIME

Showing age or change, such as in wear or growth, particularly by organic forms like wood but even inorganics like stone. 
(e.g., use of plants that have obviously grown over time and "taken over", farmhouse table of weathered wood)

Meeting Space

AREA OF EMPHASIS

An area of reference or interest in a space, central focal point. 
(e.g., fireplace or grand staircase)

Synagogue Window Mosaic

PATTERNED WHOLES

Unique individual parts become organized in a pattern, variety united.
(e.g., tile floor mosaic inlay)

Minimalistic Bedroom

BOUNDED SPACES

A delineated space with clear boundaries or borders.
(e.g., walled room with a sense of enclosure)

Open Office Space

LINKED SERIES & CHAINS

Spaces connected that bring you from one space to another in a series.
(e.g., coordinated design tying together a series of rooms, clear glass walls separating adjoining spaces)

Wooden Floor

INTEGRATION OF PARTS TO WHOLES

Individual similar components come together to create a greater whole.
(e.g., small wood planks can make up a wood floor, glass mullion pattern, subway tile backsplash)

Dark Interior

COMPLEMENTARY CONTRASTS

The blend of contrasting features or opposites.
(e.g., light & dark areas, open & closed space, high & low ceilings)

Bright and Modern Kitchen

DYNAMIC BALANCE & TENSION

Shapes, forms or materials that are both balanced and show a degree of tension.
(e.g., symmetrically balanced ceiling mobile, view of a balancing sculpture)

Window Spiral

NATURAL RATIOS & SCALES

Patterns such as natural arithmetic or geometric ratios or scales.
(e.g., golden ratio, golden sections, golden proportion, golden spiral, & Fibonacci's sequence: 0,1,1,2,3,5,8,13,21,34..., these can be highly complex patterns yet seem organized like a sunflower patterned fabric or artichoke light fixture)

bottom of page