IFD:All Hail The Pixels

2014-11-21T15:17:50Z

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''Lecturer(s):'' [[Martin Schied]],[[Frederic Gmeiner]] 
''Credits:'' 6 [[ECTS]], 4 [[SWS]] 
''Date:'' Every Second Friday (Schedule TBA), 13:30 until 20:30 h  
''Venue:'' [[Marienstraße 7b]], Room 105 
''First meeting:'' 17.10.2014

==Description==

'''All hail the Pixels!'''

Square pixels, round pixels, megapixels, microcropixels. Pixel clowds
and pixel clowns. Hot pixels, cold pixels, dead pixels and their funerals.

The pixelized physical computing course focuses on all kind of elements
that can be used or seen as pixels - be it in Architecture on facades,
interior design elements, street lighths or in an experimental display.
The course focuses on the prototyping of content displayable on pixels
and the realization aspect of pixel based systems.

the course is divided into 4 megapixels:

1. Grids and Pixels - What is a single pixel capable of and how are
pixels perceived in larger formations? What can be used as a pixel?
Generative Design of Patterns and repeating structures. Experimental
systems are done using the well known "Processing" environment.

2. Choreography - What can be done with the developed Systems? How can
you represent movements and patterns in a digital system? Concepts to
animate the structures and systems are developed.

3. Spacial aspects and realizations. How to transfer digitally
prototyped concepts to a real object, e.g. a Building's Facade.

4. Technical Prototype. How does an individual (Pix)Element work in
detail? Build one element as a physical working prototype. We will use
the Arduino environment and popular electromechanical components to make
them.

The class is held by Frederic Gmeiner from Design Studio FELD and Martin Schied.

===German description===

Pixelbasiertes Gestalten und Grundlagen des Physical Computings.
Im Laufe des Semesters werden wir 4 Projektphasen durchlaufen:

1. Raster: Was kann ein einzelnes Modul/Pixel/Baustein? Wie verhalten
sich viele im Zusammenspiel?
- Entwurf von generativen visuellen Mustern und repetitiven Strukturen
mit der Programmierungsumgebung "Processing"

2. Choreographie: Was kann mit den einzelnen Systemen dargestellt werden?
- Formulierung von Bewegungsabläufen (Choreographien) und Ausprobieren
unterschiedlicher Strategien für die Animation der entwickelten Muster
und Strukturen.

3. Räumliche Umsetzung: Wie lassen sich die skizzierten Entwürfe in den
realen Raum transferieren?
- Konzepte zur Übersetzung der Anordnung und der Bewegungsprinzipien in
eine räumlich-physische Umgebung (z.B. Hausfassade).

4. Technischer Prototyp: Wie funktioniert ein einzelner Baustein im
Detail?
- Prototypenhafte Entwicklung einzelner Mechanik- und Elektronikbausteine welche von einem Mikrokontroller angesteuert werden.

==Topics==
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==Admission requirements==
k.A.

==Registration procedure==
Please send your application by email with the Subject ''{{PAGENAME}}'' to: martin.schied@uni-weimar.de
* Name, Surname
* program and semester (Studienprogramm und Fachsemester)
* matriculation number (Matrikelnummer)
* Angabe der geltenden Prüfungsordnung
* Valid email address @uni-weimar.de (no other mailing addresses will be accepted) [[SCC-Services#E-Mail|Why?]]
Sollte es mehr als 15 Bewerber geben, entscheidet die Reihenfolge der Anmeldungen über die Aufnahme in den Kurs

==Evaluation==
Active participation, presentation, documentation.

==Eligible participants==
Graduates enrolled in the Faculties of Media, Gestaltung and in the MediaArchitecture program

== Email List ==

Register for the [http://mg.medien.uni-weimar.de/mailman/listinfo/pixels pixels mailinglist]

== Participants ==

=== Workgroups ===

Please sign up for a workgroup by replacing "Your name" and "Your email" with your name and mail address. Each group should not exceed five members.

{| class="wikitable"
|+Group A
! Name
! Email
|-
| Gideon Bielewski
| gideon.bielewski@uni-weimar.de
|-
| Jonas Jülch
| jonas.juelch@uni-weimar.de
|-
| Andre Faupel
| andre.faupel@uni-weimar.de
|-
| Sorayya Akbaritakhtmeshloo
| sorayya.akbaritakhtmeshloo@uni-weimar.de
|-
| Hesam Jannesarsheykh Marjan
| jannesar.hesam@gmail.com
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+Group B
! Name
! Email
|-
| Isil Onursal
| isil.onursal@uni-weimar.de
|-
| Emir Genc
| emir.genc@uni-weimar.de
|-
| Afroditi Manari
| afroditi.manari@uni-weimar.de
|-
| Dhora tego
| dhoratego@gmail.com
|-
| Majd Murad
| majdm@icloud.com
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+Group C
! Name
! Email
|-
| Luanbo Zhang
| luanbo.zhang@uni-weimar.de
|-
| Xianzhi Zhang
| xianzhi.zhang@uni-weimar.de
|-
| Hain-Ruey Chan
| hain-ruey.chan@uni-weimar.de
|-
| Your name
| Your email
|-
| Your name
| Your email
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+Group D
! Name
! Email
|-
| Maria Estel
| maria.estel@uni-weimar.de
|-
| Carina Weiß
| carina.weiss@uni-weimar.de
|-
| Fernando Millán
| fernando.millan@uni-weimar.de
|-
| Rubab Paracha
| rubab.paracha@uni-weimar.de
|-
| Christoph Drews
| drews-christoph@web.de
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+Group E
! Name
! Email
|-
| Carlos Ornelas
| carlos_aoa@hotmail.com
|-
| Zongbin Yang
| zongbin.yang@uni-weimar.de
|-
| Your name
| Your email
|-
| Your name
| Your email
|-
| Your name
| Your email
|}

{| class="wikitable"
|+Group F
! Name
! Email
|-
| nielek
| Your email
|-
| Your name
| Your email
|-
| Your name
| Your email
|-
| Your name
| Your email
|-
| Your name
| Your email
|}

==Syllabus==

The classes will be held every second Week, detailed Schedule will be listed below soon:

=== 17.10. - INTRODUCTION MEETING ===

* Introduction
** Short self introduction
** Examples of different pixel projects
** What? Why? How?
** What you will learn in this class
* Questionnaire: What (technical) knowledge and experience do you have about programming and electronics? What do you want to learn?
* Installing Processing
* Mailingliste, Wiki, etc.
* Reading list & (online) resources
* Processing Introduction
** P01 ShapesAndRelations
** P02 CustomFunctions

=== 07.11. - PIXELS, PATTERNS, RULES ===

''What is a single pixel capable of and how are pixels perceived in larger formations? What can be used as a pixel? Generative Design of Patterns and repeating structures. Experimental systems are done using the well known "Processing" environment.''

* Review of Assignment I

=== 14.11. - GRID, LAYOUT, DISTRIBUTION, STRUCTURE ===

* Possible strategies:
** Formulate a (static) grid system
** Generate structures by dynamic parameters
** Using external images or structured data

=== 28.11. - MOTION, CHOREOGRAPHY, STORIES ===

''What can be done with the developed Systems? How can you represent movements and patterns in a digital system? Concepts to animate the structures and systems are developed.''

* Principle: Using software to prototype motion and behaviour and use the very same system (or parts thereof) to control the movement of the physical installation (authoring system)

Strategies: * Create animations by parameters * Environments / Systems (physics simulations, particle systems) * Using images / video as source

=== 12.12. - GETTING PHYSICAL ===

* Methods and strategies to transfer the digital prototyped concepts to a real object / mechanism
* What to translate and how?
* Electronics introduction and Arduino
* Developing simple mechanical structures and principles

=== 9.1. - PROTOTYPING ===

=== 23.1. - PROTOTYPING, FINALIZING ===

=== 6.2. - PRESENTATION & DOCUMENTATION ===

== Research on existing "Pixel" Projects ==

Upload your findings with a short description and a link to this page:

'''[[/ResearchPixelProjects/]]'''

== Processing Code Examples ==

All code examples which were demonstrated during the class meetings are listed on this subpage:

'''[[/ProcessingSketches/]]'''

== Assignments ==

=== ASSIGNMENT 1 - 17.10.2014 ===
''' ''"Create three different patterns on paper and formulate these in code with properties using processing "'' '''

Upload your image and code sketches to the wiki here: '''[[/Patterns/]]'''

=== ASSIGNMENT 2 - 07.10.2014 ===
''' ''"Each group has to decide on a pattern and each member has to create his own version of it "'' '''

Upload your image and code sketches to the wiki here: '''[[/designs/]]'''

==Literature==

* Joshua Noble: Programming Interactivity, O’Reilly, ISBN 978-0596154141
* Casey Reas und Ben Fry: Processing, Mit Press, ISBN 978-0262182621

==Links==

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[[Category:Frederic Gmeiner]]
[[Category:Martin Schied]]
[[Category:Physical Computing]]
[[Category:Processing]]
[[Category:Programming]]
[[Category:WS14]]
[[Category:Werkmodul]]
[[Category:Fachmodul]]
[[Category:Interface Design]]
[[Category:Frederic Gmeiner]]
[[Category:Martin Schied]]
[[Category:Physical Computing]]
[[Category:Processing]]
[[Category:Programming]]
[[Category:WS14]]
[[Category:Werkmodul]]
[[Category:Fachmodul]]
[[Category:Interface Design]]

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