Design by Numbers John Maeda (Author), Paola Antonelli (Foreword)
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Nyskick, inbunden med skyddsomslag, MiT press– October 1, 2001Transportkostnad tillkommer.
A pioneering graphic designer shows how to use the computer as an artistic medium in its own right.
Most art and technology projects pair artists with engineers or scientists: the artist has the conception, and the technical person provides the know-how. John Maeda is an artist and a computer scientist, and he views the computer not as a substitute for brush and paint but as an artistic medium in its own right. Design By Numbers is a reader-friendly tutorial on both the philosophy and nuts-and-bolts techniques of programming for artists.
Practicing what he preaches, Maeda composed Design By Numbers using a computational process he developed specifically for the book. He introduces a programming language and development environment, available on the Web, which can be freely downloaded or run directly within any JAVA-enabled Web browser. Appropriately, the new language is called DBN (for "design by numbers"). Designed for "visual" people―artists, designers, anyone who likes to pick up a pencil and doodle―DBN has very few commands and consists of elements resembling those of many other languages, such as LISP, LOGO, C/JAVA, and BASIC.
Throughout the book, Maeda emphasizes the importance―and delights―of understanding the motivation behind computer programming, as well as the many wonders that emerge from well-written programs. Sympathetic to the "mathematically challenged,"
Pris: 200.00 kr
ISBN: 9780262133548
