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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