
Just when you think you've seen it all, mathematicians go and discover the existence of a new shape. That's right a new shape. The new 13-sided two-dimensional shape has been called the 'Hat' and could open up all manner of new design and graphic design challenges and ideas.
You may be asking what makes this 'new'? And why can't anyone just doodle a shape and call it a discovery? The difference between the Hat and any other shape you may draw is it can be used indefinitely in a pattern without ever repeating. This was previously only a theoretical shape, but now it's a reality.