Jay Bonner’s new book on Islamic geometric patterns is as dense and thick (595 pages) as the thorniest of textbooks, but the hundreds of illustrations and the immersion in this topic are simply ...

These patterns can be very meaningful. They are commonly used in Islamic calligraphy as well. Star and polygonal patterns: These patterns are created by repeating geometric shapes to create beautiful ...

The Islamic designs echo quasicrystalline geometry in that both use symmetrical polygonal shapes to create patterns that can be extended indefinitely without repetition. Until now, the conventional ...