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Bitframes is a generative art project by Matt DesLauriers. Inspired by punched cards and early computer art
Matt coded this open source artwork in 32 bytes of data. After randomly generating a piece you can ”mint it to the blockchain“. I don't really care about this part, but the graphics are surprisingly varied and beautiful! I wish I could download the graphics in high resolution.
John Provencher, independent artist and image-maker based in New York City. He is very deep into generative graphics, creative coding and glitchy digital aesthetics. His website is equally great: Definitely not easy to navigate first, but the graphics are so interesting that I dug along until I understood it. You can switch between two modes by clicking on the upper left box. One mode shows text info and an overview of the graphics, the other all graphics in a slideshow where you navigate by clicking anywhere left or right. It works beautifully, even on mobile.
Patrik Hübner visited us yesterday for a guest lecture and Q&A. He talked about »Co-Creating With Technology«. His website is chock full of great examples of creative code thoughtfully applied into brands and stories. Great web design too, built on WordPress, check it out: www.patrik-huebner.com*
I first came across Daniel Eatock’s art on his website back in the 2000s. Today, I revisited the site and was surprised to find that he’s still using the same software (www.indexhibit.org*). No design updates, no modern features, no trendy new layouts—just the same, simple structure. He only kept on filling the site with new work, some of it dating back to 1991. The website’s design is as minimal as it gets, yet easy to navigate and still functional after all these years. It’s inspiring to see a website system work so seamlessly for so long with such minimal effort.
Josh W. Comeau just released a new version of his blog at www.joshwcomeau.com*. The new graphic and interactive header is such a playful and surprising delight! It unfolds in several steps:
1. A colourful rainbow brightens up the space behind Josh’s CGI-generated toy-like avatar. Nice!
2. Once you move the mouse cursor closer, the segments of the rainbow align with it. It feels a bit like stroking fur. Not that we would not have seen anything like it before, but what a surprise to see it integrated in a blog header!
3. A cog icon is fading in. Clicking on it opens the ”Rainbow configurator"! What the heck?! You can change the parameters of the rainbow graphic, the density, length and width of the segments, etc. Feels great!
4. Sometimes the parameters change on their own. What’s happening?! The small info texts explains: The changes are applied to all users of the site, instantaneously! What you see are live users changing the parameters, right now.
The best part: Nothing of this serves any purpose. It’s interactive art that delights users and feels great. That’s all! (The blog posts are also worth your time.)