https://www.patternlanguage.com [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattern_language#cite_note-Alexander_Pattern_1977-3) > "A _pattern_ is a careful description of a perennial solution to a recurring problem within a building context, describing one of the configurations that brings life to a building. Each pattern describes a problem that occurs over and over again in our environment, and then describes the core solution to that problem, in such a way that you can use the solution a million times over, without ever doing it the same way twice." reminds me of gwendolyn and "the opposite of chaos is a repeating structure" ## wikis > there are deep relationships between wikis and pattern languages, and that wikis "were in fact developed as tools to facilitate efficient sharing and modifying of patterns". ## examples [[2015_PURPLSOC-JLHfinalpub.pdf|Guiding patterns of naturally occurring design elements]] ![[Screen Shot 2022-04-13 at 1.17.16 AM.jpg]] ![[Screen Shot 2022-04-13 at 1.18.08 AM.jpg]] this is also reflected in [[Hill Charts]] ![[Screen Shot 2022-04-13 at 1.19.18 AM.jpg]] ![[Screen Shot 2022-04-13 at 1.19.38 AM.jpg]] ![[Screen Shot 2022-04-13 at 1.21.08 AM.jpg]] ![[Screen Shot 2022-04-13 at 1.20.23 AM.jpg]] ![[Screen Shot 2022-04-13 at 1.21.28 AM.jpg]] ![[Screen Shot 2022-04-13 at 1.22.00 AM.jpg]] ![[Screen Shot 2022-04-13 at 1.22.18 AM.jpg]] ![[Screen Shot 2022-04-13 at 1.22.32 AM.jpg]] ![[Screen Shot 2022-04-13 at 1.22.47 AM.jpg]] ![[Screen Shot 2022-04-13 at 1.23.09 AM.jpg]] ![[Screen Shot 2022-04-13 at 1.23.28 AM.jpg]] ![[Screen Shot 2022-04-13 at 1.23.42 AM.jpg]] ![[Screen Shot 2022-04-13 at 1.23.59 AM.jpg]] > But it’s not clear we can really study the individuality of things. What our minds are better suited for is studying the common patterns of things that we can put in a category. ![[Screen Shot 2022-04-13 at 1.24.33 AM.jpg]] ![[Screen Shot 2022-04-13 at 1.24.48 AM.jpg]] ![[Screen Shot 2022-04-13 at 1.25.12 AM.jpg]]