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amoeba
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Design for chunks: Computational sick bags?
« on: Aug 19th, 2004, 2:46pm » |
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Ok, this might seem strange, but Virgin Airlines has just launched a new design competition for design for air sickness bags. That's right, the little bags in the seat pocket seen (and occasionally used) by millions of passengers every year. Any computational solutions, people?
The URL is www.designforchunks.com/, download the template and design away.
PS. I have no affiliation with this event, just forwarding out of interest. Maybe there should be a board section for posting calls for proposals etc that are not Processing-specific, but which might have relevance to this community? I have a feeling not all Processing users are tapped in to the electronic art and design circuit at large.
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marius watz // amoeba
http://processing.unlekker.net/
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mKoser
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Re: Design for chunks: Computational sick bags?
« Reply #1 on: Aug 19th, 2004, 4:27pm » |
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hi marius,
what a wonderfull competition... can't wait to see what people come up with!
+ mikkel
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Maybe there should be a board section for posting calls for proposals etc that are not Processing-specific, but which might have relevance to this community? I have a feeling not all Processing users are tapped in to the electronic art and design circuit at large.
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...good idea, i have met people who say "...but WHY do you spend all that time programming..." and to some extend, i sometimes wonder myself. Having an 'external competitions' (or something like that) section, would feed lots of briefs that might just inspire us all to make more wonderfull generated stuff!
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mikkel crone koser | www.beyondthree.com | http://processing.beyondthree.com
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arielm
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Re: Design for chunks: Computational sick bags?
« Reply #2 on: Aug 20th, 2004, 8:49am » |
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a propos the board section idea, maybe it's just a matter of broadening the description of this current board, which is for now:
"Processing related conferences, courses, workshops, concerts, articles, etc."
anyway, this is the occasion to thanks casey, marius & all the people that from time to time post call for proposals info, i think that even with the current informality, it have some effect on people, subconscious or not...
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Ariel Malka | www.chronotext.org
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amoeba
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Re: Design for chunks: Computational sick bags?
« Reply #3 on: Aug 21st, 2004, 10:07am » |
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Well, I thought of suggesting turning this board into a more general one, but I have to admit I've been a little annoyed when people have posted announcements of projects that aren't Processing related. Any artist worth their salt knows that marketing is half their work, and so given the opportunity most artists will shamelessly promote themselves in any forum, relevant or not. I like the fact that the Processing boards are actually about Processing about 98% of the time, the signal-noise ratio is pretty much amazing.
That's why I was thinking of something like a "Processing RAW" (after the Rhizome RAW mailing list model, unmoderated and pretty chaotic), where people can post what they want and the normal reader can choose not to read it...
Just my 2 (euro)cents.
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marius watz // amoeba
http://processing.unlekker.net/
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REAS
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Re: Design for chunks: Computational sick bags?
« Reply #4 on: Aug 25th, 2004, 12:11am » |
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OK. Here's my 2 krone (I'm in Denmark for read_me/dorkbot).
I think the board should be as focused as possible, but it would be great to have an open forum as well. Do you think it's time to start a mailing list? Will that compete and kill the board? Should there be an open spot on this board?
I personally don't think I'd subscribe to an open mail list. I'm already over-saturated. How would it be different from Nettime or Rhizome? What are other lists people read?
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amoeba
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Re: Design for chunks: Computational sick bags?
« Reply #5 on: Aug 25th, 2004, 1:49am » |
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Hi Casey.
on Aug 25th, 2004, 12:11am, REAS wrote:| I think the board should be as focused as possible, but it would be great to have an open forum as well. ...snip... I personally don't think I'd subscribe to an open mail list. I'm already over-saturated. How would it be different from Nettime or Rhizome |
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It wouldn't be different from Rhizome. It would be a forum for the same kind of calls for proposals etc, gathered in an open forum where a higher noise level would be tolerable.
The reason I'm suggesting this idea is to make the Processing community more aware of the opportunities for showing work in a professional context. I suspect a lot of people here are not clued in to lists like Rhizome RAW etc, and so might not be aware of festivals etc going on. Sometimes I see calls that would definitely be interesting for the community, but I don't want to "pollute" the General or Propaganda boards.
It shouldn't be a mailing list, the good thing about using the board is not clogging up people's inboxes. That way they can read if they like and leave it if they don't.
I don't know, maybe it doesn't sense after all. Just my 99 øre (smaller than a krone...)
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marius watz // amoeba
http://processing.unlekker.net/
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REAS
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Re: Design for chunks: Computational sick bags?
« Reply #6 on: Aug 25th, 2004, 2:24am » |
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Yes, I understand and agree. Let me think about it and talk to Ben.
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