Well, I certainly do … AND I TRIED TO FAIL EXPERIMENTALLY
›Experimentelles Scheitern erlaubt?‹ (Failing experimentally permitted?) is the
title of the latest issue (16-4) of the magazine ›neues museum‹, edited by Museums Association Austria. I did the layout and
the generative art for it. Do you like Tangrams? Well, I certainly do!
Maybe my attraction derives from the fact that it`s somehow generative in the
way you can develop forms out of a limited set of units and rules. That`s why
I coded a virtual Tangram in Processing and made illustrations for my Layout of the recent issue of ›neues museum‹. I tweaked the algorithm
of Tangram though in order to match it the aesthetics I had in mind.
title of the latest issue (16-4) of the magazine ›neues museum‹, edited by Museums Association Austria. I did the layout and
the generative art for it. Do you like Tangrams? Well, I certainly do!
Maybe my attraction derives from the fact that it`s somehow generative in the
way you can develop forms out of a limited set of units and rules. That`s why
I coded a virtual Tangram in Processing and made illustrations for my Layout of the recent issue of ›neues museum‹. I tweaked the algorithm
of Tangram though in order to match it the aesthetics I had in mind.
I USED PANTONE 876C for the Bronze Effect:
The concept was to visualize the title of the issue ("Experimental Failing Permitted?") by building the museum icon out of visual elements that can be reordered.
By showing many different shapes that can be sculpted out of these elements by generative design, the failed attempts to create the ›perfect‹
form should be visualized. This points to the experimental process that doesn´t necessarily lead to a intended result but yields unsuspected and probably
innovative and therefore usable results.
By showing many different shapes that can be sculpted out of these elements by generative design, the failed attempts to create the ›perfect‹
form should be visualized. This points to the experimental process that doesn´t necessarily lead to a intended result but yields unsuspected and probably
innovative and therefore usable results.
I had to sort out my material – I had to find a good configuration of blocks. Not too few, not too many, more small ones than big ones – and still the museum icon should
have a good form. Finally I had a tangramified static version of the museum-icon:
have a good form. Finally I had a tangramified static version of the museum-icon:
Then I wrote a piece of software in processing that takes the basic elements from the museum icon an uses rules and randomness to generate a potentially infinite amount
of forms:
of forms:
Afterwards I did the layout of the cover with my new generative structures:
For the illustrations on the following pages I generated some different variations of the main Tangram-theme and some algorithmic deconstructions of the museum-icon.
