Re: [design] geometrical patterns

there used to be a fantastic program many many years ago
for the mac called eschersketch...

now there's: http://marie.epfl.ch/escher/

--- brian carroll <human@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> i've been researching a geometrical device called
> Fractiles-7 which allows building tessellations
> and other patterns, during which i located some
> links others may also find of interest. brian
> ----
> 
> Islamic art and tilings
>
http://www.counton.org/explorer/morphing/07islamictilings.shtml
> 
> Tilings from Historical Sources // **
> http://www2.spsu.edu/math/tile/grammar/index.htm
> 
> A 13th Century Arab design // ***
> http://www2.spsu.edu/math/tile/historical/arab/arab1.htm
> 
> A collection of patterns with symmetry type p4m
> http://www2.spsu.edu/math/tile/symm/types/p4m/p4m.htm
> 
> Tessellating Alphabet 1986 // click on letters...
>
http://www.scottkim.com/inversions/gallery/tessellatingalphabet.html
> 
> Investigating Patterns: Symmetry and Tessellations //
> links
> http://ccins.camosun.bc.ca/~jbritton/jbsymteslk.htm
> 
> Fractiles, Inc. // tiling set
> http://www.fractiles.com/
> 
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