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How does color interact with form? The environment contains considerable examples and variations; visual transformation is common in nature and both purposeful and playful.
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P. Stevens, Patterns in Nature. Those morphological features which repeat in na- ture—meanders, spirals, branching systems, fluid dynamics—are explained as the proper- ties of space-filling. Diverse forms are thus linked by their pattern-making propensites.
A. Portmann, Animal Forms and Patterns (New York Schocken Books, 1952). The Swiss zoologist maintains that surface pat- terning is a significant aspect of organic form. He argues that patterns exist, not sole- ly for functional reasons, but as the means by which organisms are differentiated. For example, he states that the interiors of ani- mals are organically similar; it is only on their surfaces that species are identified, and display individual characteristics. He places therefore, an intrinsic value on the surface.
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Swirnoff, L. (1989). Configuration, Pattern, and Dimension. In: Dimensional Color. Design Science Collection. Birkhäuser, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-2073-0_6
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