A "Page-Turner" for the Design Inclined

Today I came across a fascinating and informative article about the all-too-covert relationship between form, surfacing, and meaning in design. I found "A Periodic Table of Form", expertly written by Gray Holland of San Francisco's Alchemy Labs, on Core 77 as one of this month's permanent links. Structured in a way that seems derived of a slide show presentation but with the verbal element transcripted, Holland walks readers through the evolution of surface sophistication and makes insightful comparison/contrasts between form languages found in nature and those created created for man-made objects.

Please, if design is an interest or if it even merely intrigues you, take a few minutes to read and absorb the content. If it sounds dry, its my own failure in not properly describing it. Remember, the day we stop learning is the day we stop caring.