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It is a Child’s Play to Draw a Labyrinth

Posted in Design, Labyrinth, Video, tagged on January 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »

… if one knows how
We had that already here.
Now Paula and Gernot Candolini are showing us in YouTube how to do that.

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The Knidos Labyrinth Prototype

Posted in Design, Labyrinth, Typology, tagged , , , on January 18, 2009 | 5 Comments »

Here the design drawing of the prototype of a Knidos labyrinth.
The dimension between axes is 1 m. The center has a diameter of 4 m because it is the quadruple of the way’s width. The overall diameter amounts thereby to 18 m (= 2 x 7 ways + 4 m center).
The dimension between axes of [...]

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How to make a Knidos Labyrinth

Posted in Design, Labyrinth, Typology, tagged , , , on January 11, 2009 | 4 Comments »

After the discovery of the Knidos labyrinth the geometry and the exact construction is asked.
There are classical labyrinths with a larger center since longer, also as walkable labyrinths. However I noticed that were certain artistic freedoms to design them. For instance that the turning points are not in a square, or that the central cross [...]

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Labyrinth Sphere

Posted in Art, Labyrinth, tagged , on January 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »

The perforated labyrinth ball of the Austrian artist Marianne Ewaldt from Salzburg permits to look through the labyrinth structure.
The classical labyrinth offers an organizing principle, is stable and permeable at the same time, has clear lines and alive forms, holds together and leaves open, invites to become creative, and offers the way to the center.

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