Form+Code in Design, Art, and Architecture (Design Briefs)

McWilliams, Chandler,Reas, Casey

ISBN 10: 1568989377 / ISBN 13: 9781568989372

Published by Princeton Architectural Press, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Form+Code in Design, Art, and Architecture (Design Briefs)
• Publisher: Princeton Architectural Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1568989377
• ISBN 13: 9781568989372
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Acceptable

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Synopsis

The last decade has witnessed a proliferation of artists whose primary medium is software. Algorithmic processes, harnessed through the medium of computer code, allow artists to generate increasingly complex visual forms that they otherwise might not have been able to imagine, let alone delineate. The newest volume in our Design Brief series Form+Code in Design, Art, and Architecture is a non-technical introduction to the history, theory, and practice of software in the arts. Organized into themes linked to aspects of code—repetition, transformation,parameters, visualization, and simulation—each of the book's sections contains an essay, code samples, and numerous illustrations. An accompanying website (www.formandcode.com) features code samples in various programming languages for the examples in the book. An ideal introductory text for digital design and media arts courses, this unique primer will also appeal to students and professionals looking for a survey of this exciting new area of artistic production.

About the Author

Casey Reas is a professor in the Department of Design Media Arts at UCLA and a graduate of the MIT Media Laboratory. Reas' software has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions at museums and galleries in the United States, Europe, and Asia. With Ben Fry, he co-founded Processing in 2001. He is the co-author of "Processing: A Programming Handbook for Visual Designers and Artists" (2007) and "Form+Code in Design, Art, and Architecture" (2010). His work is archived at http: //www.reas.comwww.reas.com.

LUST is a graphic/interactive design studio.