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Pattern

Geometric tilings — Truchet curves, honeycomb, checker, isometric cubes, weave, chevron, brick

Some of the oldest graphic design there is: one simple tile, repeated until the repetition becomes the picture. Turn quarter-circles at random and they join into an endless maze; split a hexagon three ways and shade it, and flat paper fills with stacked cubes; cross two sets of threads and it weaves. Because it is drawn from geometry, it is razor-sharp at any size, and it can slide by exactly one repeat per loop, so it scrolls forever without a seam. Put Twirl or Kaleidoscope over it and it turns into op-art.