> Next Gen Design Education http://digitaldesignacademy.com Thu, 02 Aug 2012 23:52:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Creativity http://digitaldesignacademy.com/2012/06/19/creativity/ http://digitaldesignacademy.com/2012/06/19/creativity/#comments Tue, 19 Jun 2012 02:48:15 +0000 Sivam http://digitaldesignacademy.com/?p=1289 Creativity is discussed from a real life and computational perspective. A new definition of creative as a distance in performance space is proposed.

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]]> http://digitaldesignacademy.com/2012/05/07/design-process/feed/ 1 Navigating Design Space http://digitaldesignacademy.com/2012/04/29/navigating-design-space/ http://digitaldesignacademy.com/2012/04/29/navigating-design-space/#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2012 09:38:30 +0000 Sivam http://digitaldesignacademy.com/?p=1258 Understanding design as an exploration in design space. The key differences between optimization and exploration is also  explained.

 

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]]> http://digitaldesignacademy.com/2012/04/29/navigating-design-space/feed/ 3 From so simple a beginning endless forms… http://digitaldesignacademy.com/2012/04/27/from-so-simple-a-beginning-endless-forms-most-beautiful-and-most-wonderful/ http://digitaldesignacademy.com/2012/04/27/from-so-simple-a-beginning-endless-forms-most-beautiful-and-most-wonderful/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 07:26:26 +0000 Sivam http://digitaldesignacademy.com/?p=1209 ” 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.

]]> http://digitaldesignacademy.com/2012/04/27/from-so-simple-a-beginning-endless-forms-most-beautiful-and-most-wonderful/feed/ 0 An expressive genetic model http://digitaldesignacademy.com/2012/04/24/an-expressive-genetic-model/ http://digitaldesignacademy.com/2012/04/24/an-expressive-genetic-model/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:58:01 +0000 Sivam http://digitaldesignacademy.com/?p=1198 An “expressive” genetic model by Chris Chalmers. You can judge it from the richness of its variations.

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]]> http://digitaldesignacademy.com/2012/04/24/an-expressive-genetic-model/feed/ 1 How to build Genetic Models http://digitaldesignacademy.com/2012/04/12/how-to-build-genetic-models/ http://digitaldesignacademy.com/2012/04/12/how-to-build-genetic-models/#comments Thu, 12 Apr 2012 12:47:54 +0000 Sivam http://digitaldesignacademy.com/?p=1180 An introduction to genetic modelling. Instead of jumping into  complex 3D shapes, genetic modelling is explained in 2D. Once the core principles are understood, they can be applied to more complex designs.

Play with 2D genetic models in our learning page >

 

 

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]]> http://digitaldesignacademy.com/2012/04/12/how-to-build-genetic-models/feed/ 5 Design Space http://digitaldesignacademy.com/2012/03/27/design-space-2/ http://digitaldesignacademy.com/2012/03/27/design-space-2/#comments Tue, 27 Mar 2012 10:23:25 +0000 Sivam http://digitaldesignacademy.com/?p=1147 Understanding design space is one of the most important steps in computational design.

Experience design space in our learning page >

 

 

 

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]]> http://digitaldesignacademy.com/2012/03/27/design-space-2/feed/ 5 Learning Pages http://digitaldesignacademy.com/2012/03/21/design-space/ http://digitaldesignacademy.com/2012/03/21/design-space/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2012 21:44:59 +0000 Sivam http://digitaldesignacademy.com/?p=1127  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 >

 

]]> http://digitaldesignacademy.com/2012/03/21/design-space/feed/ 3 The Langauge of computation http://digitaldesignacademy.com/2012/02/29/the-langauge-of-compuation/ http://digitaldesignacademy.com/2012/02/29/the-langauge-of-compuation/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:58:04 +0000 Sivam http://digitaldesignacademy.com/?p=1116 Trying here to build an understanding as to how engineers and computer scientists see design in computational terms.

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