Shapes that tessellate

Tessellation is when geometric shapes repeat in an endless pattern. Squares in a grid is a simple example of a tessellated pattern. A honeycomb is a tessellated hexagon.

Even a soccer ball is a (slightly more complex) tessellation.

But there are tons more — and here’s a page of them, with pretty colours and all. The one at the top mixes squares with triangles.

(Props to Joel Johnson on Twitter)