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experiment 15: tangrams
My first encounter with a tangram was, surprisingly, in graduate
school, while working on Paul Rand’s “Design and the Play Instinct”
assignment. I was immediately impressed by the simplicity and beauty
in form and concept of this ancient Chinese “toy.” After doing a little
research, it became clear that many people, of all ages, take this simple
toy very seriously—including Professor Rand:
“Many design problems can be posed with this game in mind, the
main principle to be learned ...