Cicada principle

[madeyes]

It seems like this would be good for making small demos
http://designfestival.com/the-cicada-principle-and-why-it-matters-to-web-designers/
Anyone used principles like this before?

[hellfire]

It's basically just a form of randomization and synthesis (see patch based synthesis).
Prime numbers have always been used to avoid repetition.

[Kirl]

Wow, thanks for the excellent info guys! Can't believe I never heard or thought of this myself. Did quite a bit of thinking on how to avoid tiling patterns back in the day with moderate succes.

Thanks for posting!