Lorem ipsum, but for images

I wish I had more of a use for this, it’s a cool little resource from Stefan Bohacek.

Generative placeholders
Use generative art as your image placeholders.

There are lots of different styles to choose from.

cellular-automata: A pattern made up of colored cells. This is the default style and will be used if no other style is chosen.

mondrian: Art in the style of Piet Mondrian.

triangles: A colorful triangle mesh.

circles: Circles packed together.

tiles: A maze created using the 10 PRINT Commodore 64 generative art program.

cubic-disarray: Inspired by the art of Georg Nees.

joy-division: Inspired by Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures album cover.

123: Inspired by Vera Molnar’s Un Deux Trois artwork.

Keep hitting ‘refresh’ to generate new versions. And in case you were wondering, this is what lorem ipsum means. Possibly.

Lorem ipsum translated: it remains Greek to me – The Guardian
The apparently random Latin placeholder text, used to help design pages, has been translated. Despite the absence of meaning, it’s weirdly mesmerising.