Edgeless Lab · Generative Textile Math

Tartanism

A formal grammar for Scottish tartan, run by machine. Six weave structures, forty-eight period-correct dye colors, and a mutation engine that breeds new plaid from old — walking the line between the generated and the authentic.


01 — Interactive

The Explorer

Browse, mutate, and breed tartans in real time. A mobile-first plaid studio — every sett rendered live in the browser.

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02 — Reading

Field Notes

The scholarship behind the system: weave structures, thread-count notation, the historical dye palette, and the mutation grammar — as a specimen catalog.

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6 weave structures 48 historical dyes ~120 tartans generative mutation + breeding