Charles Babbage used an example suggested by the computational power of his calculating engine to suggest that 'miraculous events' might be as lawful as the regularities presumed by 'vast inductions'. In this paper I revisit the issue by employing a simple shape grammatical example. Induction...

A shape-grammatical interpretation is given for the anthyphairetic procedures of Platonic mathematics

In the past decade, a powerful generative approach to shape and spatial systems has been developed in parallel with the introduction of computer aids in the design process. This new approach allows for designs and their meanings to be viewed as the results of computations carried out according...

The work of Y-S Ho is placed in the context of design and planning theory. The significance of the Galois lattice methodology is stressed.

Fractals are a subclass of shape grammars. The more general formalism of shape grammars is explored in this recreational paper, and special characteristics are noted. Single shape rules may lead to a 'rumpus of shapes'.