In a Grain of Sand: Exploring Design by Nature

Feininger, a former architect and structural engineer, reveals in this book the flawless structure naturally engineered in common objects such as bones, shells, and feathers. His meticulous photographs reveal the grace and simplicity of a beauty which is wholly functional, while his text explains the natural forces which have shaped the economical design of the world, on both the grand environmental scale and on that of the tiny fragment. A fine collection from over forty years of work.