I thought it would be good to make a thread with links to similar/related resources.
Starting with the “culturally situated design tools”:
Found via this excellent talk by Ron Eglash:
(I think this resource might fit in a couple of threads). Check out the fascinating algorithmic pattern relationship between Gee’s Bend quilts, Kente cloth, and Jazz music: Gee's Bend Quilts | CSDT
@yaxu you might enjoy this!
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A list of African scholars in fractal enquiry, I think also initiated by Ron Eglash
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Not just about patterns, but some nice visualisation bibilographies:
This looks like a lovely annotated bibliography that I’m looking forward to diving into: “Notes on craft and interaction design” by Jorgen Löwgren:
http://jonas.lowgren.info/ncixd.htm
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Small world 
Jonas selected me for my PhD in 2015 (he left my university shortly after) and he was my defense/viva opponent in 2020. He and his peers were very much aligned with the Swedish craft or ‘slöjd’ perspective to interaction design back in the day. I can also recommend his other paper on interaction aesthetics. https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1398113/FULLTEXT01.pdf
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Morphogenesis resources by Jason Webb
“Digital morphogenesis is the exploration of how shapes, forms, and patterns emerge in nature through the use of computational modeling and generative systems based on biological, chemical, and physical processes.”