It does seem to originate from the Middle Ages as a form of "organised chaos", to relieve the back-breaking monotonous work of daily life.

Prior to starting their fourth album, the Mondays were characteristically in a state of organised chaos.

Seth Priebatsch unleashed 180 seconds of organised chaos on SXSW Interactive on Saturday, turning the 4,000-strong audience into a giant trading pit.

Once almost legendary for its organised chaos, this place has taken control of its stock and all is now neatly arranged on shelves.

To tell you the truth, I hadn't realised quite how much I'd got in the habit of the kind of organised chaos we worked under at St Margaret's.

This is just one of the dilemmas presented within the series which, according to producer Tony Dennis 'aims to capture some of the organised chaos that exists in hospitals.'

Now, we see organised chaos but we are used to it.

As Wu Song walked along enjoying the organised chaos, the sky changed colour and it became a torrential downpour.

Her sprawling assemblages of disgorged electronic circuits, toys, tools and wiring are exercises in organised chaos with an all-too-easy appeal.

These decorations are loosely based on organic objects, particularly seashells and plant growth, but also on other natural forms that have an apparent "organised chaos" such as waves of clouds.