BNMI Advanced Research Technology Collaboration and Visualization Lab Presentations

From Gosh! 2009: Open Source Hardware Summit

11:00 - 11:20 Presentation of TextDraw

11:20 - 11:40 Towards and Understanding of Emergent Circuits

11:40 - 12:00 InTML – developing a new tool for VR / AR and Tangibles interfaces

12:00 - 12:30 SquireWire: 802.15.4 Wireless Networks

TextDraw

In this project we are looking at current methods for typographic design and seek to challenge current paradigms in ways that move beyond remediated printing press models.

Our curiosity begins in two different places. At the level of structure and representation, we are interested in pushing the limits of data structures, representations and implementations of current programming interfaces. In terms of technique and implementation, we are interested in new metrics for the creation of typographic layouts and graspable and tangible interfaces to open up new possibilities for measurement and manipulation.

As a canvas, TextDraw currently uses a pen interface for the control and position of text, where lines drawn in real time provide the basis for position and orientation of individual glyphs. In addition, other metrics such as speed, pressure, tilt, rotation and deviceID can be interpreted in varieties of different methods that break away from the line and the remediation of movable type.

The vision for this project moves beyond its current interface into tangible environments where gesture and objects become the primary methods for the creative exploration of the materiality of letterforms.

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