The Dimension Rule

Arriving · First draft written · being expanded

The most pioneering volume in the series. The plastic number — discovered by a Benedictine monk — governs three-dimensional beauty the way phi governs two-dimensional beauty. The proportions of rooms, buildings, and objects that feel right. Entirely unoccupied territory.

Planned contents

1. Dom Hans van der Laan
2. The Benedictine Proportion
3. 1.3247: The Third Ratio
4. Two Dimensions vs. Three
5. The Proportioned Room
6. The Proportioned Object
7. The Plastic Number in Product Design
8. Volume and Mass
9. The Feel of a Space
10. Liturgical Architecture
11. The Relationship Between 2D and 3D
12. Packaging Proportion
13. The Furniture Ratio
14. Spatial Rhythm
15. The Plastic Number in VR/AR
16. Unoccupied Territory
17. The Monk’s Discovery
18. Sacred Space and the Plastic Number
19. Three-Dimensional Brand Experiences
20. The Shape of the Proportion

Its Making Label, seal and Certificate of Making are issued when the book is finished and checked.