Issue 07 / counted borders

Muka Field Notes

Aotearoa textile geometry

Paru-dyed ground

Count the dark field

A strict border language for heritage stories: red-oxide steps and warm off-white thread crossing a near-black woven ground.

No curve Every motif turns by step, triangle or diagonal count.
No pale field The dark weave carries the surface; light is only thread.
8px rhythm Repeats lock to a measured grid, never drift by eye.
Border first Panels read like woven bands with defined edges.
Red-oxide counted accent
Off-white thread minority figure
Near-black structural field
This is the Māori Tāniko Border Weave design system, applied by Curio Design — a design-style library for AI agents. Full Māori Tāniko Border Weave guide → designbycurio.com/learn/maori-taniko-border-weave