Meandering Curves
Introduction
About
This lecture provides an overview of the course and meanders through space and time.
Goals
- Overview of the course
- History of meanders in nature and design
- Basic understanding of generative coding
- Basic understanding of self organisation
Literature
Meanders
- Hans-Henrik Stølum: River Meandering as a Self-Organization Process (1996)
- Jeffrey Ventrella: Brain-filling Curves: A fractal Bestiary (2012)
Lines
- Tim Ingold: Lines: a brief history (2007) — ISBN 978-0415424271 (hint: google it)
- Wassily Kandisky: Punkt und Linie zu Fläche (1926)
Labyrinths and Mazes
- William Henry Matthews: Mazes and Labyrinths: A general Account of their History and Developments (1922)
- Herrmann Kern: Labyrinthe (1999) — ISBN 978-3791306148
- Sam McElhinney: Labyrinths, Mazes and the Spaces inbetween (2009)
- Casey Reas: 10 PRINT (2012) — ISBN 978-0819426529 or PDF
Collaborative Drawing
About
In this lecture we will draw curves using everything from paper to online tools.
Goals
- Learn about algorithms
- Learn about constraints
- Design your own algorithm
Videos
- Conditional Design Workshop by Studio Moniker (2013)
- Conditional Design Keynote by Studio Moniker (2015)
Links
Random Walks
About
In this class we will learn how to use randomness to create curves
Goals
- Learn to use and create functions in processing
- Learn about random distributions
- Learn about noise functions
Links
- Walking on Real Numbers
- Visualizing Randomness (Anti-Dataviz)
Art
- Roomba Art Group on Flickr
- Drawn not Void by Sergio Albiac (2010)