this dudes whole site is pretty cool, esp. the nirvana part.
PostSpectacular has designed a system for creating one of a kind covers for Faber Finds, Faber’s print-on-demand service. The generative design system is built using PHP, Java, and Processing.
The gorgeous font used on the covers is B-HMMND, designed by Corey Holms.
More images can be found here.
(↝via MoT)
Generating a single cover only takes about 1 second, but due to its iterative and semi-random nature can sometime require hundreds of attempts until a “valid” design is created which is judged to be “on brand” by software itself.
RobotLab experiments with placing “industrial robots in public spaces”. Imagine a more cuddly SRL. For the Wolfgang von Kempelen Exhibition in Budapest, they have programmed a Kuka to write out the Martin Luther Bible in calligraphy.
See the full photoset here.
(↝via HF & J)
“careless practicioners often suffer the socially sclerotic effects of Renaissance Faire attendance or absorptive Tolkienism.” btw looks like the Frere-Jones boys are making a bid to be the new John Crowley.
