Unravel the Code

How is our identity affected by tweets, texts, posts, and pings and countless other information flows humming ceaselessly around our bodies? This class is a research group on information identity. And this is the blog of the Unravel the Code class happening at the Maryland Institute College of Art. The goal is to have this blog be a living resource for our students as well as an insight into what they're currently working on.

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Computer generated designs + quilting.

(via Kinky Geometric Quilt Patterns Are Generated By Computer Code)

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The student teams present their ideas and concepts for the rest of the class to critique. The starting themes are digital identity, the effects of virtual representation, and polymedia.

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Emma's Process Blog

I thought you all might be interested in seeing my project as it progresses. I've mostly been fighting with Processing, but am starting to make some headway.  My findings are all posted here, linking out to any interactive experiments.

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For all you origami lovers out there.

-Carolyn

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Doctorate candidate Kendal giving a few lessons on Arduino!

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Send A Kiss Over The Internet With The Kiss Transmission Device #DigInfo

Kiss Transmission Device http://www.diginfo.tv/v/11-0090-r-en.php DigInfo TV - http://diginfo.tv 27/4/2011 The University of Electro-Communications Oral Comm...

One last one.

-Carolyn

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Like video games and back massages?

-Carolyn

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Some interesting projects....

-Carolyn

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Arduino with a flex sensor and a servo

A little circuit showing a flex sensor used to control a servo. See the source code of a similar project at: http://doc.tuxee.net/flex-arduino.cc (This progr...

We ordered flex sensors this past week!

-Carolyn

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The Rhino professor Rachel teaches the class the more wonders of 3D modeling.

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Alex Jacque instructs us on the cool capabilities of Processing (software).

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“Truth, Beauty, and the Icosahedron: From Plato to Quasicrystals and Beyond”

Thursday, October 10, 2013, 3:00 PM, 210 Hodson Hall - Johns Hopkins Homewood campus.

“Truth, Beauty, and the Icosahedron: From Plato to Quasicrystals and Beyond”

  Presented by Dr. Marjorie Senechal Editor-in-Chief, The Mathematical Intelligencer Louise Wolff Kahn Professor Emerita in Mathematics and History of Science and Technology Smith College

  The 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of quasicrystals crowned the career not only of their discoverer, but of a Platonic solid too. I will trace the icosahedron’s fluctuating fortunes in scientific thought through the centuries, and show why it’s center stage today.

  Marjorie Senechal earned her Ph.D. from the Illinois Institute of Technology. Professor Senechal's fields of interest include: history of science and technology, discrete geometry (polyhedra and tiling theory) and mathematical crystallography (including quasicrystals). At Smith College, Dr. Senechal taught history of science as well as mathematics. She founded the Kahn Institute in 1998 and served as its director the first eight years. In 1982, Senechal won the Carl B. Allendoefer Award of the Mathematical Association of America. Her books include Crystalline Symmetries, Quasicrystals and Geometry,  Long Life to Your Children! a Portrait of High Albania, American Silk, and Shaping Space. She has been the editor of the MAA book series Carus Mathematical Monographs and is co–editor–in–chief of The Mathematical Intelligencer.

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Some of the Students experimenting while in Holland

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This is the amazing 3D Printer in Holland! Be sure to check out the close ups of some of the 3D printed Objects

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Some of the great times during the collaboration of students and professors over in Holland.

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Mica Students Working on their 3d modeling skills in Rhino. Meanwhile over seas some traveling Students have made some Origami with our Holland friends.

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Some Art Inspiration

Hello Everyone,

I thought I would post some of my favorite Art inspiration for you all as you start hone in on your ideas!

Crying Dress

Perner-Wilson Website

Mika Satomi and Hannah Perner-Wilson made a majestic dress that Weeps for you and fabric speakers. Also included is Perner-Wilsons website which has wondrous projects and links pertaining to material investigation.

Meandering Creatures

Theo Janson makes big mechanically alive creatures that roam an island! Cute Kinda...

Do Ho Suh

Hey fabric folks! Google the artist Do Ho Suh for his reinterpretation of space and objects with fabric and thread.

PureData

For you software geeks, Check out PureData and its many uses. I personally enjoy using it as a remote access for strangers across the web!

Illuminated Screen DIY

Cool little screen creating techique by Manuel Kretzer

LEDs

Okay so this is more of a tool, but if you really enjoyed working with LEDs and you think its sooo cool. But alas the math, it drives you crazy! here is a little helpful webpage to calculate for you.

Wind Map

Lastly, Alex had mentioned the acquisition of data as we saw with his twitter feed demonstration of tag searching. Here is an idea to inspire, in a loosely connected way. A map collecting data on wind. Interesting play of information and aesthetics.

That is all! I hope you enjoyed some Art Inspiration!