Angry Bees! Swarms and Flocks of Sound in a New iPad Synth

Now, your iPad can go from sweet-sounding pads to hordes of angry bees and back again, all by modeling physical behaviors of flocking. It’s called the Photophore, and it’s a “flock synthesis” instrument. You may have seen synths that produce lush sounds by combining oscillators – the eight-oscillator Swarmatron springs to mind. Well, this synth […]

'The Nature of Code' Book Illustrates Coding Design Secrets – And Power of Self-Publishing

In traditional visual arts, some knowledge of color theory and form is essential to being expressive. From there, you move on to tricks of shading and perspective. These shared understandings allow even radical experimentation: the likes of Picasso, Dalí, and even Pollock played with their classical inspirations and training. Creative programmers have a bag full […]

Peter Kirn - October 29, 2012

‘The Nature of Code’ Book Illustrates Coding Design Secrets – And Power of Self-Publishing

In traditional visual arts, some knowledge of color theory and form is essential to being expressive. From there, you move on to tricks of shading and perspective. These shared understandings allow even radical experimentation: the likes of Picasso, Dalí, and even Pollock played with their classical inspirations and training. Creative programmers have a bag full […]

Peter Kirn - October 29, 2012

Touchscreen Particle Drawing, Memo’s MSAFluid Particle Library, and Why Sharing is Good

Peter Kirn - May 12, 2009

Touchscreen Particle Drawing, Memo’s MSAFluid Particle Library, and Why Sharing is Good

Peter Kirn - May 12, 2009

Learning Processing Book Available; Beginners' Guide to Coding for Visualists

Peter Kirn - September 1, 2008

Learning Processing Book Available; Beginners’ Guide to Coding for Visualists

Peter Kirn - September 1, 2008

Audiovisual Inspiration: Suryummy Imagines Interstellar Cooking Show

Peter Kirn - August 11, 2008

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