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Here’s something a bit different: an abstract, decorative pattern printable in hexagonal sections.  Thingiverse creator fdavies‘ descriptions are more than a bit opaque, but it seems like clever makers could come up with any number of pretty awesome uses for something like this.  I’m thinking of printing a bunch of these to line a window and create a light-filtering-through-arabesque kind of effect.  I’m hoping it will make my bathroom seem like Granada.  (I might have to make a loop of some Spanish guitar music to enhance the effect; some tilework wouldn’t hurt either.)

What other decorative designs are hiding in plain sight among the down-to-earth engineering solutions found on Thingiverse?  Has anybody used something like this for a striking, high-design installation in their office/apartment/dorm room/nerd cave?  Let us know in the comments.

Hexagonal lattice by fdavies

An attractive pattern I found in an old book.

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Hexagonal lattice 2 by fdavies

Another attractive pattern from an old book.

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