Collection
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01 / LIVING FORMTwisted ribbon
A soft band that folds around its own axis.
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02 / LIVING FORMOpening flower
Separate petals unfold into a growing crown.
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03 / LIVING FORMSpiral shell
A widening spiral rises out of the water.
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04 / LIVING FORMOrbital threads
Three tilted bands move around a common center.
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05 / LIVING FORMTrefoil knot
A tubular path with three interlocking turns.
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06 / LIVING FORMDouble helix
Two strands climb together around an open center.
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07 / LIVING FORMMöbius fold
A band with a half twist and a continuous surface.
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08 / LIVING FORMHourglass surface
A curved neck connects two open rims.
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09 / LIVING FORMSaddle sheet
A sheet curves up in one direction and down in the other.
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10 / LIVING FORMSoft torus
A thick circular surface with a changing cross section.
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11 / LIVING FORMPaper lantern
A ribbed enclosure opens and narrows at its ends.
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12 / LIVING FORMCoral fingers
A family of curling branches grows from a shared base.
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13 / LIVING FORMFolded dunes
A square field rises into slow overlapping ridges.
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14 / LIVING FORMStar rosette
A radial sheet opens into a many-pointed star.
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15 / LIVING FORMPaired wings
Two delicate fans spread out from a narrow hinge.
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16 / LIVING FORMOpen vortex
A rotating funnel rises with a softly rippled edge.
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17 / LIVING FORMCellular lattice
Layered wavy ribbons cross into a porous structure.
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18 / LIVING FORMRipple bowl
A shallow bowl carries concentric folds.
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19 / LIVING FORMFern frond
Small paired leaves unfold along a curved stem.
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20 / LIVING FORMShell fan
A pleated fan curls inward at the edge.
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21 / LIVING FORMThree-strand braid
Three tubes weave into a rising braid.
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22 / LIVING FORMSuspended wave
A long folded sheet catches a moving crest.
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23 / LIVING FORMTwisted hourglass
A ribbed waist turns between two circular ends.
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24 / LIVING FORMSeed vessel
A rounded ribbed vessel opens at the top.
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These are procedural art forms. Changing parameters creates new variations from the same rules. The physics experiments separately explain their equations and assumptions.
Play the physics models ↗48 families that populate the infinite worlds
Every world in the drift is grown from these families. Each takes four seed parameters, so no two encounters are quite the same. Open one to fly through a world built around it.
Knots
- Torus knotA tube that winds around a hidden doughnut p times while circling q times.
- TrefoilThe simplest true knot: three lobes that can never be untied.
- Figure-eight knotFour crossings folded into a single closed loop.
- Lissajous knotThree harmonic oscillations braided into one path.
- Coil springA helix that breathes as its pitch stretches and relaxes.
- Butterfly curveTemple Fay’s transcendental curve, lifted into the third dimension.
- CinquefoilA five-petalled torus knot, the (2,5) cousin of the trefoil.
- LemniscateBernoulli’s infinity loop with a slow twist.
Surfaces
- Möbius bandA ribbon with a half twist and only one side.
- Klein bottleA figure-eight immersion of a surface with no inside.
- Roman surfaceSteiner’s self-intersecting map of the projective plane.
- Cross-capA disc whose edge is glued to itself across a seam.
- HelicoidA spiral staircase surface swept by a turning line.
- CatenoidThe soap film stretched between two rings.
- Enneper surfaceA minimal surface that folds back through itself.
- Dini’s surfaceA twisted pseudosphere spiralling like a trumpet.
- Kuen surfaceA surface of constant negative curvature with petal folds.
- Wave torusA torus with standing waves travelling round its tube.
- Apple surfaceA smooth torus pinched into the shape of fruit.
- TeardropA drop of light caught as it falls.
- Monkey saddleA saddle with room for three legs.
- HeartA beating heart surface.
Organisms
- Double helixTwo strands climb together, joined by rungs of light.
- SeashellA growing spiral tube, the shape snails and conches share.
- SupershapeGielis’ superformula: one equation for starfish, flowers, and seeds.
- Golden spherePoints placed by the golden angle, like seeds in a sunflower.
- JellyfishA pulsing bell trailing swaying tentacles.
- BloomPetals that cup and open around a bright centre.
- AsterA radial sheet that ripples into a many-pointed star.
- LanternA ribbed paper enclosure that glows from within.
- WingsTwo delicate fans opening and closing on a hinge.
- CoralCurling branches grown from a shared root.
- NautilusA logarithmic spiral tube growing chamber by chamber.
- Sea urchinA sphere bristling with slowly swaying spines.
- CocoonThreads wound around an egg of light.
Cosmos
Fields
- SuperellipsoidA sphere whose exponents push it toward cube, star, or pillow.
- Spherical harmonicA sphere vibrating in one of its natural modes.
- VortexA rotating funnel with a rippled lip.
- Floating dunesA square of sand lifted into the air, still shaped by wind.
- Gyroid shellA sphere pressed by the gyroid, the shape inside butterfly wings.
- Ruled hyperboloidA curved tower made only of straight lines.
- Ripple discConcentric waves spreading from a vanished stone.
- Geodesic cageLatitude and longitude wires of a hollow globe.
- Chladni plateSand gathering on the silent lines of a vibrating plate.