Starlings Photo by Manuel Presti

Starlings in Rome Photo by Manuel Presti

Wildebeests Photo by Winfried Wisniewski

My wife recently came across an old article in National Geographic about swarms. Being a “pattern guy” there’s something about the organic organization ants, bees, birds and other animals that is very appealing. WNYC’s Radiolab podcast titled Emergence also deals with idea of swarms. These groups of creatures have no leaders and as individuals aren’t all that intelligent but when put together as a collective have the ability to make complex decisions. So how about a swarm pattern. I can’t believe we haven’t done one already, rest assured it is in the works starting today.