Many of our design elements reflect patterns found in nature: skylights, our sketchbooks, healing gardens. Some design elements, when framed at a certain scale, reveal patterns: planters, ceilings, curtainwalls–creating a tactile, layered environment.
What inspires? An archipelago found in a nearby river, a waterfall wall echoes a theme of healing with nature, sustainable wood, aerial agricultural photography. Patterns are everywhere – to inspire and be reinterpreted. All of these design elements have a graphic quality that elevates the seemingly simple to something interesting and abstract.
I find it most interesting to see where inspirational images come from and how they are re-mixed, revealed, reinterpreted. Check out a few from artist Jill Malek (via Design*Sponge) who has been hand-screening wall coverings inspired by patterns of nature and everyday images.
What other design disciplines have you seen reflect or reveal patterns in nature?
Along with Shawmut Design and Construction and Hobbs Brook Real Estate, we are thrilled to officially break ground on a new world-class research, science, and technology facility for commercial property insurer FM Global, a leader in loss prevention and business continuity.
The project will transform the FM Global Norwood campus by replacing an existing 1950s-era building with a four-story, 320,000 square-foot complex that will house research, FM Approvals, and multiple operations divisions and offices.
“FM Global is recognized for their empirical approach to assessing performance and risk. This is a building that walks the talk. It demonstrates how the knowledge gained through their work can be incorporated into a sustainable, resilient, high-performance, and iconic work of architecture,” said Charlie Klee, Principal
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