The shape of things: Patternity envisions ‘A New Way of Seeing’
Patternity's first book envisions ‘A New Way of Seeing’

With clients and collaborators that include Apple, Google, Nike, Selfridges, Cos, and the Barbican, the breadth of projects featured is wide-ranging, and includes the pair's edible installation for Wallpaper* Handmade last year, 'The Structure of Chocolate', created in collaboration with Belgian chocolatier Pierre Marcolini and marquetry specialist Toby Winteringham. Photography: Jessica Klingelfuss
Murray and Winteringham have pieced together an indispensible visual compendium that gets ‘beneath the surface of how and why pattern is important and what we can learn from it to positively shape the future of design - and beyond.’ Pictured: Curtain Call, by Tim Gutt. Photography: Jessica Klingelfuss
More than just an impeccably curated collection of images, A New Way of Seeing is peppered with thoughtful essays honing in on specific patterns, histories and quotes from philosophers, mathematicians, novelists, poets and even a Roman emperor. Photography: Jessica Klingelfuss
Left: Meat Marble, by Patternity and Neil Watson; Right: Material Mesh Up, by Kate Jackling, with set design by Lightning + Kinglyface
So-called 'Patternitrips' have taken Murray and Winteringham across the globe, from London to Hong Kong to Sydney, with the aim to inspire a more positive connection with our urban environment. Photography: Jessica Klingelfuss
Left: Angling Up, by Robert Low, Luxor Hotel, Las Vegas; Right: Neck Steps, by Neil Bedford, for Dior
Bubble Universe, by Neil Watson. Photography: Jessica Klingelfuss
Left: Volcanic shore, captured by Patternity in El Golfo, Lanzarote; Right: Sulphur Explorer, by Willem Jaspert, Iceland. Photography: Jessica Klingelfuss
Left: Moss Mounds, by Katarzyna Pilipionek, depicts a lava field in Iceland. Right: Fashion Fuzz, by Céline
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