makematics: Evolving Virtual Creatures by Karl Sims. Sims presents a system for evolving virtual creatures in a simulated three dimensional physical world. The creatures’ bodies and the rules that govern their behavior change over generations of reproduction based on various criteria for survival. The criteria are chosen in such a way that walking, swimming, jumping and other behaviors evolve. The creatures’ shapes and “neural circuitry” are represented as directed graphs.
plexus no. 9 Gabriel Dawe Gütermann thread, Painted wood, Hooks 25’ x 4’ x 14’
Compact CityEncouraging density within a polycentric context Cities for a Small Planet via 3quarksdaily
ecoarch: Taiyuan Museum / Preston Scott Cohen The Taiyuan Museum of Art works as a cluster of buildings unified by continuous and discontinuous promenades both inside and outside. The building responds to the urban parkscape in which it is set; visitors are encouraged to pass through the building while not entering into the museum itself. An exterior ramp threading through the building connects the heterogeneous hardscapes, lawns and sculpture gardens. The integration of building and landscape registers multiple scales of territory ranging from the enormity of the adjacent Fen River to the intimacy of the museum’s own particular spatial episodes.
There are as many definitions of data visualization as there are definers, but at the root of this term that has been around for many years is the goal that data be visualized in a way that leads to understanding. Whatever else it does, it must inform. If we accept this as fundamental to the definition of data visualization, we can judge the merits of any example above all else on how clearly, thoroughly, and accurately it enlightens.
Data Art vs. Data Visualization: Why Does a Distinction Matter?
Stephen Few
Laser Cut FabricsCamille Cortet
Ceramic Hexagonal Tilesby Mutina via Andreaa Tavitian
Graphically Describing StructuresGenerated Images by William Ngan at {Software Structures}
The unending amends we’ve made (imperishable wreath), 2010 Acrylic on cut paper,papier-mâché, wire, wood 30 x 25 x 6 inches
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