In his research he developed for example a sys-tematic way to subdivide the sphere. His struc-tural thinking, starting with the Platonic Solids, led to the geodesic grids and finally his built geodesic domes. Geometry can be seen as the science to describe structures. Max Bill works in his art with geometric structures as processes, for example in his variations about a single theme, the process from triangle to octagon. With his variations he clarified his methods for generating artworks.