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Creative Code [openFrameworks]

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Creative code is a multitouch prototype created by Matthias Dorfelt (mokafolio.de) for a media class at University. The task was to create a folder (print/movie or digital) about/inspired by important designers and artist from the last century. Matthias chose Ben Fry and Casey Reas and wanted to create a tool which is fun to interact with but also tries to illustrate the concept of using custom programs/code to create art.

The result was Creative Code. The app allows you to draw and move circles around. You can toggle different behaviours to get various visual results. you can flip the canvas and see the code, explanations and controls of how the current image gets created. The toggles are also available there to see the direct impact on the code and output as soon as you toggle something.

The title does not bear much relationship to John Maedas book, but since Reas and Fry are his students Matthias thought it would be appropriate nevertheless.

The project was built using openFrameworks with a custom written 2D Verlet Physics engine.

You can find out more on Matthias’ Vimeo page.

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Creative Code – Multitouch Proof of Concept from moka on Vimeo.

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