Earlier this week Mozilla Labs silently opened the voting process for the 100 demo submissions. There is a wide range of entries ranging from animated gifs to javascript demos and now it’s up to you to decide on the winners.

Continue reading.... 100 Demos [Javascript]

The SuperCollider development community invites graphic designers and UI specialists to create a unique and elegant look for its GUI controls (buttons, sliders, knobs, etc.)  Visual coherency of the interface elements is essential for making a good first impression for any Open Source project and for day to day work an elegant and uniform look makes for an inspiring environment.

SuperCollider is a programming language and development environment for real-time audio synthesis and algorithmic composition.  Originally released in 1996, it is now a widely used open source project that runs on Mac, Linux, Windows, iOS and Android.  It is renowned for its audio quality, flexibility and efficiency.  It is widely used by composers, musicians, improvisers and media artists as well as by researchers. It is taught in many universities, and is used in numerous research projects, galleries, concerts and clubs.

However it must be admitted that SuperCollider does not have the sexiest knobs.

Current State of GUI

So far SuperCollider has a reputation for being primarily a text based language without a substantial GUI, and there have been many interesting works done that treat code as an art-form in itself and revel in the use of pure code as an interface.

There does exist a full compliment of standard GUI controls (buttons, sliders, knobs, etc.), but these lack the finesse and visual appeal that inspire artists. GUI interfaces can be written in SuperCollider code to create standard controls (knobs, buttons, faders etc.) and on a custom canvas (like Processing, HTML5 Canvas etc). These interfaces are used in building small applications, performance instruments, for use in installations, and for creating experimental software that are works of art in themselves. There also exist larger applications and specialized libraries that automatically compose GUIs.

The environment has up until now used GUI controls that required separate implementations for different OS, so now a true cross platform GUI is being constructed using the Qt (pronounced “Qute”) application framework.  The implementation will give it a uniform look across all platforms (no native widgets) and will give SuperCollider an instantly recognized and distinctive look.

Call for Designs

For this new implementation the development community invites graphic designers and UI specialists to submit designs for the standard elements. The full set of elements that are needed can be seen on this screenshot: GUI ELEMENTS. View the SuperCollider code to generate these elements. Besides the elements in the screenshot, a check box, a radio button and a tabbed view should also be provided.

Entries to this call should be submitted to the SuperCollider GUI Flicker group where members of the SuperCollider community will be able to view and discuss the pros and cons of the design.  The development community also invites any interested party to make contact via supercollidergui@gmail.com and welcomes advice regarding the project from anyone experienced with designing a complete and coherent GUI.

While the designer is invited to be free and create, a few guidelines have been established: SuperCollider GUI Design Guidelines

License: since SuperCollider is open-source (GPL) software, the designs will need to be licensed accordingly – GPL v2 or later.

SuperCollider GUI Design Project

GeoGraphy: GUI by vanderaalle

scope-strips-12 by Stephan Wittwer

Score follower for Rumentarium by vanderaalle

The Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) is the leading electronic music conference and the biggest club festival for electronic music. Founded fourteen years ago, ADE first came to light in 1996 as a small conference with a few hundred music professionals and a festival program in 3 clubs with 30 DJs. Now in 2010, ADE has grown to become the ultimate platform to meet international business partners, introduce businesses to a worldwide audience and get in touch with new people, new music and new trends. Check out the full program.

After a successful match between Amsterdam Dance Event & MUSIC & BITS in 2009, the groups are teaming up once again for this edition. Music & Bits brings together a team of international professionals and speakers to share thoughts and knowledge on the endless developing digital era.

I am pleased to announce I will be speaking at the event together with Dave Haynes (Soundcloud, MusicHackDay), Minivegas, Brian Whitman (Echonest) and others.

Filip will discuss digital ecosystems, designing for immersive experiences and what role both physical and digital play in our daily life. The talk will focus on iPhone and iPad platforms covering topics such as tools and frameworks, design, production, curation and distribution of digital content relating in particular to music and sound. If you always wanted to venture into iPad/iPhone development or simply wondered about the role these devices play in the future of music creation, production or performance, this is a talk you wouldn’t want want to miss.

When: 20-23rd October 2010
Where: All over Amsterdam
Music and Bits Conference: Felix Meritis

We are also giving away one full pass (€320) to the full Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) with entry into every ADE venue (41 venues) without any hassle or entrance fee nor standing in line. Also included is access to full day conference with leading experts from across the globe participating in the program. (The event is totally sold out, only conference tickets remaining)

All you have to do is Tweet this and you will be entered in the random draw next friday. Read below for Rules and Information.

One lucky winner will be chosen Friday (8th Oct).

Winner is Eralda van Zurk aka @EraldavanZurk!

Make sure you are following @creativeapps as we will send you DM if you are a winner.

Facts & figures ADE 2009: festival visitors 90.000, conference visitors 2.100 (sold out), ADE Next visitors 400 (sold out), Nationalities 52, Artists 700+, Clubs/venues 41, Journalists & Media 211.

Rules and information

1. The event is being held in Amsterdam/Netherlands:  http://amsterdam-dance-event.nl/ from the 20th-23rd October 2010. You will need to arrange your own travel and accommodation (not included). If you win the ticket and you can’t make it to the event, we would appreciate you let us know so we can give the ticket to someone else.

2. Competition is open to everyone and anyone but you must be over 18 years of age. There will be a total of ONE winner for this competition.

3. Winner will be selected by random.

4. Winner will be contacted via email and will be asked to provide their full name and postal address. If they wish to pass on a ticket to another person, we will need their name and postal address. If the winner does not respond by the following Friday (15th Oct) we will pick another winner.

5. Only one entry per person.

FORM+CODE is the latest book by Casey Reas, Chandler McWilliams + LUST and published by Princeton Architectural Press. The book offers an insight into design by code used by designers, artists and architects to explore and derive to new ways of generating and translating ideas. Broken down into eight chapters, the book attempts to categorise different techniques used in creative code through both current work and historical references and precedents. It also acts as an introduction to anyone interested in this area or work providing both visual and code examples to get quickly started thinking about code as creative medium.

Whilst somewhat lacking theoretical point of view, FORM+CODE explores work through more practical application categorising and giving examples of different techniques. These include Repeat, Transform, Parameterize, Visualize And Simulate. Each one is further broken down to for example REPEAT; Qualities of Repetition, The Computer’s Talent, Modularity, Repetition Technique: Pattern, Repetition Technique: Recursion as well as offering actual code examples you can download from the website. It is a clear classification of most popular techniques used and although by no means comprehensive in describing the pieces it does acknowledge the body of work they each encompass. FORM+CODE is neither a technical guide and it does not provide tutorials or step by step directions to how any of these techniques work. The book is about the state of creative code now in reference to the past. It is a clear and elegant collection of ideas and pieces of work that have influenced, inspired and continue to incite new generations working with digital media. The book is also a fantastic resource for anyone who wants to learn code, not from the technical point of view but more as a reference to how the work is derived to. It is a collection of methods, their application and the possible output.

Casey and Chandler have done a wonderful job in collecting some of the most stunning work out there and LUST in assembling it. Whilst we have seen many books that offer step by step guides there have been very few if any that provide such an enjoyable collection of the work by artists, architects and designers using code in the work. Back to back it is filled with wonderful imagery and not just from the current era but images such as the one of Ivan Sutherland. Beautifully laid out with clear graphic distinction between the chapters and example pages makes it a wonderful read. Highly recommended!

Once the exclusive domain of programmers, code is now being used by a new generation of designers, artists, and architects eager to explore how software can enable innovative ways of generating form and translating ideas. Form+Code in Design, Art, and Architecture offers an in-depth look at the use of software in a wide range of creative disciplines. This visually stimulating survey introduces readers to over 250 significant works and undertakings of the past 60 years in the fields of fine and applied art, architecture, industrial design, digital fabrication, visual cinema, photography, typography, interactive media, gaming, artificial intelligence (AI), artificial life (a-life), and graphic design, including data mapping and visualizations, and all forms of new media and expression.

The book retails for $24.95 and is available for purchase from Amazon (US, UK).

formandcode.com

We are also pleased to say that we have one copy of the book to giveaway. All you have to do is Tweet this and you will be entered in the random draw next friday. Read below for Rules and Information.

One lucky winner will be chosen next Monday (4th Oct).
Contest now closed! 270 Entries and random winner is: Edwin Beauchamp aka @sleepysleepyed
Make sure you are following @creativeapps as we will send you a DM if you are a winner.

Rules and information

1. Postage and Packing included.

2. Competition is open to everyone and anyone but you must be over 18 years of age. There will be a total of ONE winner for this competition.

3. Winner will be selected by random.

4. Winner will be contacted via email and will be asked to provide their full name and postal address. If they wish to pass on the book to another person, we will need their name and postal address. If the winner does not respond by the following Monday (11th Oct) we will pick another winner.

5. Only one entry per person.

decoded is a conference about the common ground of design and code. It combines creative and technological aspects of digital life and brings them to an event. From the fields of generative design, information visualization, gaming, interactive installations, physical computing and give deep insights into the works and background. Read on for how to win a free ticket to the event!

Speakers at decoded include Massimo Banzi (Arduino), Benedikt Groß & Hartmut Bohnacker, Mario Klingemann, Tilman Reiff & Volker Morawe aka //////////fur//// and Moritz Stefaner.

Interestingly, the identity for the conference was designed by envis-precisely who are also event partners/organisers together with reppa.net. The logo, the decorative elements and many other parts of the design were made using Processing. It takes letters and words as input and translates them into polygonal shapes. Play with it here: decoded-conference.com/generator/

The visual coding concept consists of few specified rules for each single letter. The basic geometrie is based on a triangle, each corner stands for a letter within the prompted word. All characters are located on a specific angle of a circle depending on the last position. Triangles are always built on two existing corners together with the currently created vertex. Furthermore this means that new triangles always have a same side with the previous triangle. For shaping the generative appearance the triplets of letters are therefore more important than single letters.

When: 23rd October 2010
Where:  München/Germany

Great news, thanks to the guys at decoded, is that we have one € 99,00 ticket to giveaway. All you have to do is Tweet this and you will be entered in the random draw next friday. Read below for Rules and Information.

One lucky winner will be chosen Friday (1st Oct).

Winner is @Thibaut

Winner is Tyler Townley aka @twicedesign

Make sure you are following @creativeapps as we will send you DM if you are a winner.

Rules and information

1. The event is being held in München/Germany:  www.freiheiz.com on the 23rd October 2010. You will need to arrange your own travel and accommodation (not included) – but the team has a hotelpartner www.decoded-conference.com/ort.php where visitors can get cheaper prices. If you win the ticket and you can’t make it to the event, we would appreciate you let us know so we can give the ticket to someone else.

2. Competition is open to everyone and anyone but you must be over 18 years of age. There will be a total of ONE winner for this competition.

3. Winner will be selected by random.

4. Winner will be contacted via email and will be asked to provide their full name and postal address. If they wish to pass on a ticket to another person, we will need their name and postal address. If the winner does not respond by the following Friday (8th Oct) we will pick another winner.

5. Only one entry per person.

If you live in London then you know how dire are the digital billboards on the underground so here is a chance to change that, for two weeks at least. New collaborative “Smile for London” have just announced a contest to get your work on the London Underground’s digital screens. First and hopefully many more to come, read below how to enter.

It’s a breathtaking city overflowing with creative talent from all corners of the globe. Our mission is to bring some of this talent and creativity to the weary commuters on the London Underground, reminding them of how great it is to be a Londoner. For two weeks in January we’re taking over the CBSO platform screens on Monday mornings with a programme of film and animation, showcasing the best of London’s emerging and existing artistic talent.

What’s in it for you?
Should your piece be one of the fifty selected by online voters, you’ll be invited to the launch at the Museum of London where you’ll have the chance to network with industry leaders and other talented Londoners. The four overall winning entries will be announced and showcased at this event, with a showreel space dedicated to presenting the winners’ showreels. The pieces will then be broadcast on the CBSO screens over our flagship two weeks which will include work by eight leading animators, directors and artists.

You can submit as many pieces as you like, old or new, however avoid nudity, sexually explicit scenes, swearing and violence. Your piece must be non-commercial, all your own work, and you should have obtained copyright or relevant permissions for all images and films used in your piece.

If you love London too, find out how to enter your work here (pdf) and help make this a permanent London feature. You can also add your submissions to the new “Smile for London” Vimeo group.

Dates: The final day for submissions is 15th November 2010. On show for two weeks in January 2011.

Follow the developments on Facebook or the site (coming soon)

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Just got back from the OFFF festival and once again have met an incredible group of people. Some known, others producing fantastic work and even more of our wonderful readers and followers on Twitter. Got interview by éTapes magazine (coming soon), met the organisers including Thomas and Hector, drank a lot of beer and watched talks about the past present and future of digital media.

In case you missed OFFF, we will be posting about the work we’ve seen in the following few weeks in the meantime we have 5 event catalogues to give away. The catalogues includes the featured artists from the event, loopita, openroom, guest artists selected from submissions all packaged up in 300 or so pages.

To win a copy of “Nostalgia for a past future, OFFF Paris 2010″ book, all you have to do is tweet this post:

(Make sure you follow @creativeapps so we can DM you if you are chosen)

5 Winners will be chosen by random on
Tuesday 6th July at  11.00am GMT
Contest now over!
The winners are: @mynameisfin, @jhelf, @barszczewski, @artofwong and @cpallanti

We leave you with the OFFF 2010 opening titles created by the Mill.

Rules and information

1. Postage and Packing is included. We just need your address.

2. Competition is open to everyone and anyone but you must be over 18 years of age. There will be a total of FIVE winner for this competition.

3. Winner will be selected by random.

4. Winner will be contacted via email and will be asked to provide their full name and postal address. If they wish to pass on the book to another person, we will need their name and postal address. If the winner does not respond by the following Tue (13th July) we will pick another winner.

5. Only one entry per person.

As you already know, OFFF will celebrate its tenth anniversary in Paris: La Grand Halle de la Villette will host OFFF from 24th to 26th june 2010. The list of featured artists include Neville Brody, Hillman Curtis, Joshua Davis, Vaughan Oliver, Tara McPherson, Matt Pyke, Dvein, Multitouch Barcelona, H5 and many more (see full list here)! Loopita (the place for experimental electronic sounds at offf) will focus its sound adventures on 8bit music, circuit bending and other amazing explorations. Also, there will be two amazing parties (OFFFBeat) produced by Uzik, in two of the nicest clubs in Paris, The Social Club and Showcase.

Of course, CAN will be there too mixing in with the crowds + speakers. OFFF is most probably one of the most exciting events in the year and an absolute must. We are here to help if €85.60 is a stretch for you. All you have to do is tweet by clicking on the button below.

CONTEST NOW CLOSED
WINNER: @stefandz
to see the full list of entries click here

One lucky winner will be chosen this Thursday 11pm GMT.

Rules and information

1. The event is being held in Paris: La Grand Halle de la Villette from 24th to 26th june 2010. You will need to arrange your own travel and accommodation (not included). If you win the ticket and you can’t make it to the event, we would appreciate you let us know so we can give the ticket to someone else.

2. Competition is open to everyone and anyone but you must be over 18 years of age. There will be a total of ONE winner for this competition.

3. Winner will be selected by random.

4. Winner will be contacted via email and will be asked to provide their full name and postal address. If they wish to pass on a ticket to another person, we will need their name and postal address. If the winner does not respond by the following Wed (10th June) we will pick another winner.

5. Only one entry per person.

Nokia and the Push 900 (hacking project) have just announced the same PUSH concept focusing on the North American individuals or groups keen to hack Nokia’s N900 device. Check out the new USA site for details of what PUSH N900 USA is all about, the prizes ($10,000 for 1st prize) and the ‘Discussion’ page which works just like a standard Wiki – share, collaborate, edit and of course, push information!

The final date for submissions is Noon ET, February 15, 2010

What is PUSH N900 MOD IN THE USA all about?
PUSH is a project run by Nokia that initially called out to the global hacker/modder community to harness the open-source Maemo platform that the Nokia N900 runs on, as well as the device itself, and create hardware hacks/mods for something they’re passionate about. The initial PUSH N900 project saw a host of awesome entries from all around the globe, from the Nokia N900 performing light graffiti, kite aerial photography or even real-time scoring of skateboarding tricks amongst your network of fellow skaters.

Here are a few videos of previous projects and some currently in progress. Also, you can follow Push N900 on Twitter for latest updates.

See also Nokia Hackerbox [Objects, Maemo]

About the Contest
Weewar.com is an award winning turn based strategy game. There are thousands of maps and scenarios to choose from. Command your pixel armies against up to 5 other real players. And since it is all happening in the browser Weewar can be played from anywhere – including the office :) You can find out more about Weewar by reading our recent 5 star review here. 

How to Enter
Simply write about why you love pixels in the form of a comment to this post. Please write at least one sentence, thats all you have to do! The contest begins now and three coolest comments will be chosen by CAN team and announced Thursday, January 1st of 2009.

Contest Prizes
3 x free  3 Month subscriptions to Weewar.com!

Schedule
Contest Begins: Sunday, December 21st of 2008
Contest Ends: Tuesday, December 30th of 2008

Additional Comments and Rules
Please provide a valid email so you can be contacted if you win
We reserve the right to not approve any comments we deem inappropriate
Minimum Age Limit: 16+

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We look forward to your comments!

UPDATE (31.12.2008) Comments are now closed. Winners announced on 01/01/2009
UPDATE (02.01.2009) Winners will be announced shortly (today). Apologies for delay …
UPDATE (02.01.2009) Winners announced here