Designers have been playing with six-side patterns or gemstones cut into hexagonal shapes. By Ming Liu The jewelers’ love affair with Art Deco shapes shows no signs of slowing. And the latest form to ...

Hankook Tire & Technology has patented a tire featuring a sidewall pattern formed by hexagon-shaped unit patterns. The design includes concaved portions and is tailored to fit the shape of the pattern ...

A mixture of two types of pigment-producing cells undergoes diffusiophoretic transport to self-assemble into a hexagonal pattern. Credit: Siamak Mirfendereski and Ankur Gupta/CU Boulder A zebra’s ...

Top: A male ornate boxfish. Bottom: Simulated hexagon and stripe patterns obtained by diffusiophoretic assembly of two types of cells on top of the chemical patterns.