View Shopping BasketGeommetrical design probably dates from at least as far back as ancient Egypt, with sacred symbology based around geometric fundamentals. These are found in temple art and carvings. The ancient Egyptian nobility have also left evidence in their mummified remains of tatoo art based upon similar principles.
Much of the earliest examples of Greek design were geometric patterns and figurative art on pottery vases, some of which has survived to this day. These finds have been found to provide evidence of design influences suggesting influences from immigration and trade routes.
Some 2,800 years ago Athenian ceramic production showed preferences for geometric design and scholars refer to this period as the Geometric period.
The Romans arrived in France around two thousand years ago and expanded the city of Le Mans, building a massive wall and towers which are probably the best preserved examples of Roman architecture of the period. There are friezes of geometric patterns that run through the extensive walls, towers and ramparts.
From 1600 years ago, Celtic knots appeared representing a variety of (mostly endless) knots and stylised graphical representations of knots used for decoration.
There is not much evidence of this form of design before the beginning of the Romano-Christian influence on the Celts. Although there is evidence of the use of geometric patterns as ornamentation, particularly in jewelry, before that time.
Some historians have suggested that early Celtic religion prevented the depicting; of creatures realistically. This appears similar to the Islamic prohibition, which gave rise to the development of Islamic calligraphy.
Chinese and Japanese calligraphy was not subject to such restriction and artists were therefore free to develop designs with aesthetic sense and free-form in character.
Some 1400 years ago Islam began its journey of conquests, spreading design principles stemming from the Qur'an's prohibition of art of living things from Mecca across the sea to Spain and beyond.
This form of art consisted of geometric patterns and calligraphy resulting in the beautiful tile work seen in Islamic buildings and walkways today.
Each monotheistic tradition developed geommetrical based designs during the middle ages and through the reformation but the greatest fusion and flowering (some would say, excess) of geometric principles found expression in the Art Deco period during the ten years from 1925 to 1935.
In modern times sophisticated expressions of geommetry have been developed in all applications of design from ceramics, through glass, metal and fabrics.
The discovery of the Geosymm design principles, enabling three fundamental representations of the same underlying geommetry represents a unique addition to this geometric heritage, enabling individuals or organisations to own their own exclusive design geommetry and apply it as they wish. see - about