When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Tetra Images via Getty Images What is the Golden Ratio? We'll this guide aims to explain ...

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“Do you see the pattern? Each number in the series after the first two numbers is the sum of the preceding two numbers.” That’s how I began my last column focusing on the Fibonacci sequence, which ...

It’s bullshit. The golden ratio’s aesthetic bona fides are an urban legend, a myth, a design unicorn. Many designers don’t use it, and if they do, they vastly discount its importance. There’s also no ...

Time for some simple mathematics that span across the scientific world. This week, we’re exploring just some examples of the “golden ratio”. * Enough of getting bogged down in the numbers, here’s ...

Back in 1855, German psychologist Adolf Zeising published a book with a ridiculously long title called: A New Theory of the proportions of the human body, developed from a basic morphological law ...

When it comes to design, the golden ratio is mostly bullshit. Though designers sometimes use it, there’s just no proof people prefer that precise spatial ratio in their buildings, interfaces, or art.

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I’ve been fascinated with this premise for years now, and this week I saw this popular graphic pop up yet again: I’d seen this graphic debunked, but it wasn’t particularly rigorous, so I decided it ...