# A mysterious design that appears across millennia

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2023
- Speaker: Terry Moore
- Year: 2023
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: History, Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/terry_moore_a_mysterious_design_that_appears_across_millennia)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

What can we make of a design that shows up over and over in disparate cultures throughout history? Theorist Terry Moore explores "Penrose tiling" -- two shapes that fit together in infinite combinations without ever repeating -- and ponders what it might mean.

## Lectures

1. [A mysterious design that appears across millennia](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/terry_moore_a_mysterious_design_that_appears_across_millennia/ef42a6178d2a), 7 min (TED's player)