ezioblasetti We are the hackers of abstraction. We produce new concepts, new perceptions, new sensations, hacked out of raw data. Whatever we hack, be it programming language, poetic language, math or music, curves or colorings, we are the abstracters of new worlds. Whether we come to represent ourselves as researchers or authors, artists or biologists, chemists or musicians, philosophers or programmers, each of these subjectivities is but a fragment of a class still becoming, bit by bit, aware of itself as such. — A Hacker Manifesto by McKenzie Wark I spend much energy trying to realize situations and occurrences physically before I give in to digital effects.
Metatron Cube by IDTimeTraveller from 3rdDimensionOnLine Website Metatron's Cube The image you see above is the correct version of "Metatron’s Cube", or the fruit of life with the 5 platonic solids. I made it with a 3D program and what you see are the actual edges of the platonic solids. Fashion X Technology: Naim Josefi Blending minimalism with a touch of whimsy, Swedish designer Naim Josefi has broken new ground on the runway. Drawing comparisons to icons like Alexander McQueen, Josefi has already established himself as a name synonymous with incredible innovation. Back in 2012, Josefi won an opportunity to showcase his collection at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week as a winner on fashion design reality show Project Runway, and has continued to inspire and amaze. Exhibiting an innate ability to stay one step ahead of the careening fashion curve, Josefi isn't afraid of experimenting with new materials and technology.
Harmony-Comprehension and Wholeness-Extending 26th February 2010 | Draft eliciting psychosocial transformational principles from design IntroductionInsights of Christopher AlexanderControversy regarding 'subjectivity' vs. 'objectivity' regarding 'beauty' and 'life'Comprehending Alexander's transformation principles within the psychosocial realmUse of pattern language for the material world as a templateTentative adaptation of Alexander's 15 transformations to the psychosocial realmSystemic comprehensiveness of setsGeometrical configuration of Alexander's 15 transformationsRelevance to global governance in the psychosocial realmAssociating qualities of harmony and wholeness with geometryBeauty as a verb: de-signing the future, human nature and the environment Application of 15 transformational criteria to a rendering of the Mandelbrot setReferences Introduction Christopher Alexander has produced a remarkable 4-volume synthesis (The Nature of Order: an essay on the art of building and the nature of the universe, 2003-4).
Fashion X Technology: Pierre Renaux A recent graduate from Antwerp’s esteemed Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Pierre Renaux has already amassed a transformative body of work. Renaux’s debut collection—also his Master's thesis—"Liquidation Totale" is a futuristic love letter to his fascination with the female body and its duality. The featured garments use synthetic materials such as neoprene and plastic to depict stylized states of distress, speaking to Renaux’s vision of powerful women amongst a state of ruin. The collection’s title is derived from the final decree of closure commonly etched on French storefronts. Renaux’s previous collections, "Mode Sans Echec" (Fashion Without Fail) and "Tout Doit Disparaitre" (Everything Must Disappear) round out "Liquidation Totale" as a triptych body of work. For his 2011 "Tout Doit Disparaitre" collection, Renaux paired with 3D data developers 4DDynamics to create digital body scans of his pieces.
Dodecahedron Stellations By Felicia Thrash First, let’s discuss and find out exactly what a stellation is. Stellation is the process of constructing polyhedron by extending the face planes past the edges until they intersect. For example, if you extend the edges of a polygon, they intersect to form a star. Meet The Eyecatcher: A Wearable That Combines Art, Fashion And Technology The Eyecatcher is a wearable device launched by LookSee Labs as a Kickstarter campaign. Some of its ‘eye-catching’ features include a battery life that can last for a year, customizable bracelet design, and an always-on e-ink display.(Photo : Kickstarter) LookSee Labs attempts to combine the power of technology with a person's individual sense of fashion into a unique wearable device that promises to look good on anyone's wrist with its "eye-catching" design. Aptly called "Eyecatcher," the device is a brainchild of LookSee Labs, a startup company with headquarters located in Oakland, California. The wearable, which is touted for its smart and large display as well as longer than the usual battery life, is now launched in a campaign at Kickstarter.
diary - January 2015 For my December 2014 diary, go here. January 1, 2015 Happy New Year! Chapter 9 The Four Dimensional Stars Chapter 9 The Four Dimensional Stars Copyright © 2007 Jim Charle Credits – all 3d images werecreated using Great Stella. – Further image processing using Image Magick Mark Newbold's Java Stuff Mark Newbold's Java Stuff Stereoscopic Animated Hypercube v2.0Hypercube and other 4D objects. With OpenGL hardware acceleration using JOGL. See below for the 1996 (thin wireframe) version. How to Live Multi-Dimensionally Through Sacred Geometry Adapted from a lecture at the Astrological Society of Connecticut 19 August 2012 All the graphics are originally from the two volumes of the Ancient Secret of the Flower of Life (c) by Drunvalo Melchizedek, although I have altered them in many cases (for instance, I created the looping gif, and the multicolored Flower of Life sphere, and colored the merkaba positions).
seeing the world in systems Refraction Reflection Refraction A rainbow is an optical and meteorological phenomenon – thus, a rainbow is not an object, and cannot be physically approached. Posted in Home, Research Tagged 2013, dispersion, Olafur Eliasson, physics, processingjs, rainbow, ray, water, wavelength Thought Experiments / February 2012
Ausgaben - bildwissenschaft.org View for printing Specification of Morphological Models with L-Systems and Relational Growth Grammars Author: Winfried Kurth [published in: Computational Visualistics and Picture Morphology (Themenheft zu IMAGE 5)] Catchwords: formal grammar, L-system, Lindenmayer system, graph grammar, relational growth grammar, fractal, syntax, morphology, virtual organisms, Artificial Life, pattern formation, recursion