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Phi and Principles of Design

May 7, 2012 by Gary Meisner 2 Comments

Phi creates a sense of beauty.

Phi appears throughout life and the universe. Some believe that it is the most efficient outcome, the result of natural forces. Some believe it is a universal constant of design, the signature of God.

Whatever you believe, the pervasive appearance of phi in all we see and experience creates a sense of balance, harmony and beauty in the design of all we find in nature.

It should be no surprise then that mankind would use this same proportion found in nature to achieve balance, harmony and beauty in its own creations of art, architecture, colors, design, composition, space and even music.

Explore the pages in this section to learn about the applications of phi to the creations of mankind and see many more illustration of modern day applications to graphic design, logos and more at the PhiMatrix software site on the Design or Examples pages.

 

Sectioning a line to form the Golden Section or golden ratio based on phi

Successive Golden Sections of a Line, applying phi, the golden proportion, to each dimension

The "Golden Ruler" - a Fibonacci Measuring Stick for phi or golden ratio proportions (copyright EOT 1997)

Medici violin design embody phi, the golden ratio, or golden section in their proportions

The design of the Parthenon is based on phi, the golden proportion

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Comments

  1. C A Wallace Shaw says

    January 17, 2013 at 10:25 am

    Can anyone tell me how to divide 3003ms into six parts whitht e spaces between progressively decreasing by the golden ration.
    Thanks, C A Wallace Shaw

    Reply
    • Gary Meisner says

      January 17, 2013 at 12:09 pm

      Here it is, rounding to the integers:

      Dividing line at: 0 110 287 574 1038 1788 3003
      Gap between dividing lines: 110 177 287 464 750 1215
      Ratio of each gap: 1.609 1.621 1.617 1.616 1.620

      By the way, this type of analysis is a standard function available in PhiMatrix Golden Ratio software. You just set the grid progression to outward so that each section expands by phi to the next one and set the number of lines to 5 to create 6 sections.

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