Structure in Nature is a Strategy for Design

This fully-illustrated investigation of the polygon as the basic building block of nature proposes that when it is adapted to environmental structure this form will result in configurations that are naturally space and energy efficient.

This fully-illustrated investigation of the polygon as the basic building block of nature proposes that when it is adapted to environmental structure this form will result in configurations that are naturally space and energy efficient.

Review text:

'The principles illustrated can be readily adapted by artists and designers to produce graphics, fabric, tile, sculpture, products and packaging.'

-- Reed Benhamou, AIA Journal

'The author, in 1970, founded Synestructics, Inc., of Chatsworth, California, which turns out educational toys, games and playground equipment based, for example, on hexagons and such exotic geometries as saddle polyhedra. The concepts encompassed in the book should appeal to any lover of geometry, but particularly to those interested in design.'

-- Walter Sullivan, The New York Times