Memphis Pattern Builder
Desktop pattern studio

Make the arcade carpet pattern stuck in your head.

Pick shapes, mess with the fills and colors, add some chunky 3D nonsense, then export a repeating tile. You do not need to learn a whole damn design suite first.

Why I built it:I wanted a tool for arcade-carpet patterns. I did a ton of research to make it kinda grounded. It spiraled into what it is now from there.

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Pattern studio

Start fast. Get picky later.

Hit Generate until something clicks. Open Guided for help or Studio when you want every control at once.

Build or fix one shape at a time. The pattern stays beside you.

Quick generate

Pick a palette. Keep hitting the button.

The result stays editable in Guided and Studio, so a lucky accident can become an actual design.

Random shapesAll shapes

Random shape pool

This list only limits the generator. Guided and Studio still have every shape.

Seed 314159 Building the first one…
Shape being built

Choose a shape

Draft choices stay here until you add or update the shape.
Pattern being built

Design so far

Only shapes you have actually added appear here.

To make the pattern feel complete

These counts are a decent starting point. Ignore them when the pattern already looks right.

Main forms0 / 6
Rhythm marks0 / 8
Your design tray

Shapes you actually added

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Generator controls

Big shapes set the rhythm. Waves, dashes, and squiggles fill the dead space. That is most of the trick.

Composition
Custom paletteMake it weird. Or beige.

The built-in palettes never change. Copy one or make your own with 2–8 colors. Custom palettes stay in this browser and are included when you save a recipe.

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Paint colors4 colors

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Geometry
Composition layers

Overlap attaches a few small shapes to larger ones. It only controls composition. No historical reconstruction claim is attached.

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Looks
Field
In this design

Shapes you actually added

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Seed314159
Tile640 × 480 px
Placed28 forms
Vocabulary30 primitives
LayeringIndependent
RepeatStraight translation
What it makes

New surface patterns. It does not copy a named artwork.

What I built

Shape controls, fill and depth options, presets, placement rules, palettes, and repeat logic.

Where research stops

Sources inform the library. A generated tile does not claim historical authorship.

Shape Studio

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Shape settings are applied.

Work on one shape at a time. The draft changes immediately. The pattern waits until you hit Apply.

Shape library

Pick the next one

The checkbox controls whether the shape appears in the pattern. Edit opens it above and leaves every other draft alone.

Color shelf

Start with the decade. Then mess with it.

Video Store Electric runs this page because I am apparently incapable of resisting magenta, teal, and rental-store purple. The other palettes are here when you want a different kind of weird.

Shape library

Every shape. No mystery meat.

See the drawing options, where the shape fits, and any real research link attached to it.

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Generator primitive Research-linked Open + filled Stroke-only

Cricut cut export

Real cut shapes, grouped by vinyl color. The background and repeat copies stay out of the file.

Preview is the assembled design. Separate pieces stay selectable within each color group. Design Space may move them on the mat; use Attach by color only when that group fits. Check imported size and layers before cutting.