Authoring tool makes dynamic, interactive curves for The Knotted Line

Authoring Tools, Digital Humanities, Flash, Flex, Interactive Design,
1/25/12

Here’s a clip demonstrating the Flex-based tool I’ve built to help create the physics-driven curves which shape the imagery of The Knotted Line, a forthcoming project directed by artist Evan Bissell. The Knotted Line consists of an enormous horizontal painting depicting 75 key moments in the history of labor, education, and incarceration in the United States from 1495 to 2025. The piece is simultaneously a new media art project and an educational tool, with related curriculum planned at the middle, high school, and college levels.

 

Slabtype algorithm now a jQuery plugin

Algorithms, Digital Humanities, Graphic Design, jQuery, Source Code, Typography,
1/17/12

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Slabtype, the text rendering algorithm I developed for Public Secrets, has been adapted by web developer Brian McAllister as a jQuery plugin. If you’re interested, you can read details about the inner workings of the original algorithm. Very gratifying to see past work live on in new forms!

 

making things that make things

Authoring Tools, Flash, Flex, Interactive Design,
1/13/12

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Coding editors seems to be a thing around here lately. From The Knotted Line, work in progress.