Another good example of a genetic model
May 11, 2012 in Uncategorized by Sivam
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From so simple a beginning endless forms…
April 27, 2012 in Uncategorized by Sivam
” There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.” – Charles Darwin 1859
Shige not only generates wonderful digital creatures. He documents and shares his learning. He takes a simple block and modifies in Blender (open source 3D software) using python scripting. From simple beginnings ….
He demonstrates clearly the power of scripting for generating variations.
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An expressive genetic model
April 24, 2012 in Uncategorized by Sivam
An “expressive” genetic model by Chris Chalmers. You can judge it from the richness of its variations.
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Learning Pages
March 21, 2012 in Uncategorized by Sivam
Introducing Learning Pages
This is our attempt to create interactive online tools that will enrich your learning experience. It will allow you to learn by interacting with design models. We hope that this will be a good way of understanding key concepts.
These are interactive demos developed in processing.
Have a look at our first one >
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Geometry of Nature
December 15, 2011 in Uncategorized by Sivam
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” Complexity of form in many cases may mask the lack of ideas in a student “
November 17, 2011 in Uncategorized by Sivam
How very true. A very interesting article by Prof. Monica Ponce De Leon about the nature of digital design.
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How Online Innovators Are Disrupting Education
November 7, 2011 in Uncategorized by Sivam
Read more > A Harvard Business Review n article by Jason Orgill and Douglas Hervey
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Everything is a Remix
November 7, 2011 in Uncategorized by Sivam
An enlighten view on creativity by Kirby Ferguson, who points out that “Nobody starts out original.” History shows us that a long line of inventors, artists, designers like Thomas Edison and Apple Computer follow the Remix formula for creativity: “copy, transform, combine ”
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2.007 > The coolest course in Engineering
November 3, 2011 in Uncategorized by Sivam
Hands on and minds on …. . An inspirational course. Started by Woody Flowers. The story behind it.
Course 2.007 in its current form. A longer documentary.
Hopefully, we will do projects like this in DDA.
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The quality of recent grads has stagnated or even diminished
November 1, 2011 in Uncategorized by Sivam
An interesting article by veteran silicone valley designer Gadi Amit
Simply put, the design education system today is failing many aspiring young students. Some of the design schools they’ve attended have no real design process education, while others have only process education. Many come from engineering programs that claim to be “design” programs. Lots have been taught some version of “design thinking,” but most of that is devoid of any cultural, aesthetic, or form intelligence. Most students can claim some familiarity with design research but few have any sense of design integration.
Academic design programs are crippled by blurry standards which are so vastly different from program to program that it is nearly impossible for me, as an employer, to have a reliable idea of what skills a student toting a design degree can be expected to possess.
Overall, the schools’ results are often a muddled mess, the end result of programs pulling in every direction, with no sense of focused common ground, no basic core curriculum in design.
