There's something inherently pleasing about things that match – from matching pillows on a couch to matching paintings on either side of a room. These elements create a sense of cohesion, balance, and ...

Symmetry in advertising uses a sense of balance and proportionality to appeal to a target audience. Small businesses often do not have the capital for large advertising campaigns. Therefore, using ...

“There are actually Neolithic examples of many of these patterns. The fish-scale pattern, for example, is 22,000 years old and shows up all over the world in all kinds of contexts.” Symmetrical ...

There is an elaborately carved ancient gate, often considered the most beautiful in Japan, that is completely symmetrical except for a tiny design flaw. The story goes that the artist fashioned one ...

VO: Ethan Measure is a martial arts whizz kid. He’s won so many medals he can barely stand up. But there is one medal he's yet to win. The Symmetry Medal. It’s better than all the others because it’s ...

The Abel Prize, generally considered the ‘Nobel’ of mathematics, has been won this year by two mathematicians whose work has helped to classify the building blocks of symmetry. John Griggs Thompson of ...