Architecture and Interior Design
See also: Korean architecture, Korean architectural ceramics, Korean gardens, and Korean flower arrangementThere is a long tradition of Korean gardens, often linked with palaces.
Patterns often have their origins in early ideographs. Geometric patterns and patterns of plant, animal and nature motifs are the four most basic patterns. Geometric patterns include triangles, squares, diamonds, zigzags, latticework, frets, spirals sawteeth, circles, ovals and concentric circles. Stone Age rock carvings feature animal designs in order to relate to food-gathering activities. These patterns are found doors of temples and shrines, clothes, furniture and daily objects such as fans and spoons.
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—Stephen Bayley (b. 1951)
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—John Ruskin (1819–1900)
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