Universal Principles of Design, Updated and Expanded Third Edition
by William Lidwell, Kritina Holden, Jill Butler
066 Fibonacci Sequence
A sequence of numbers that forms patterns commonly found in nature.
In a Fibonacci sequence of numbers, each number is the sum of the two preceding numbers (e.g., 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13). Patterns exhibiting the sequence are commonly found in natural forms, such as the petals of flowers, spirals of galaxies, and bones in the human hand. The ubiquity of the sequence in nature has led many to conclude that patterns based on the Fibonacci sequence are intrinsically aesthetic and, therefore, worthy of consideration in design.1
Fibonacci patterns are found in many classic works, including poetry, art, music, and architecture. For example, it has been argued that Virgil used Fibonacci sequences to structure the poetry in The ...
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