The Geometry Hiding Everywhere: Little shape secrets for everyday life

Discover the useful little shape secrets hiding in your home, kitchen and creative projects. Sixteen colorful, illustrated mini chapters bring everyday geometry to life through quick shortcuts, worked examples, tiny experiments and a little laughter.

A baking pan has opinions. A door needs an elbow. And the diagonal might be the extra room you were looking for.

The Geometry Hiding Everywhere is a playful, practical invitation to notice how shapes help you get things done. Hang a picture, compare round cakes, plan a room or make a paper decoration, and a useful bit of geometry is already there, waiting to help.

Across 16 illustrated mini chapters, you'll find clear explanations, everyday examples and small experiments you can try with paper, string and a few familiar objects. Each idea gives you another way to answer questions such as: Will this fit? How much do I need? What changes if I make it bigger?

Inside, you'll explore how to:

• Center a picture and leave space for doors to swing.

• Tell the difference between going around an edge and covering a surface.

• Compare circles and understand what a different baking pan changes.

• Use diagonals, scale drawings and simple volume estimates.

• Notice how triangles, symmetry and packing affect everyday objects.

• Borrow patterns from the world around you for your own creative play.

PAT, PLATTY, DARS and CRYSTAL drop in with practical questions and occasional commentary. A pocket guide gathers the useful shortcuts together at the end.

Open anywhere. Try something small. Enjoy that lovely little moment of “ooooh, that's useful.”

Download details

20-page illustrated PDF • 16 mini chapters • Pocket guide to shortcuts • Printable at home or readable on screen. Digital download; no physical item is shipped.