Zach Lieberman and I held an ofLab in the Netherlands for the graphic design festival, GDFB. The lab was centered around the intersection of visual design and custom software. Participants developed new tools for programmers and designers – with the final output to print. The work was then exhibited at one of the festivals galleries. Watch the documentation video created by the GDFB.

links:
Graphic Design Festival Breda
openFrameworks
video made by GDFB

Bite in front of the camera and your teeth will shatter.

Here is a grabs from an experiment, as you move around particles of paint spray in the direction you move.

Zach Lieberman and I hosted a panel at SXSW on Openframeworks. The audience was a mix of artists, designers and programmers. Most of the talks at SXSW interactive were about internet privacy and social networking, so I was interested to see how people would react to our panel. We opened with a introduction to OF and then went into some projects that Zach and I have worked on. There was a very positive reaction from the talk which led to a mini workshop afterward. I really enjoyed the time in Austin and hope to do it again.

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Box2d Contour demo.

OpenFrameworks in iTunes demo.

The current issue of Contagious Magazine did an article on Research and Development, which included the Lab. They talked about agencies creating an R&D initiative, a space/mentality for free thinking, fast prototyping, and experimentation. This idea of R&D will be part of the creative process.

Recently apple released a job posting for a User Interface Designer / Prototyper. It was amazing to see that required skills listed were Openframeworks and Processing. Evan a large company like Apple see the need for this new way of creative thinking.

I also noticed that the Magazine featured the Night Lights project. This is a piece I did with yesyesno in New Zealand a few months ago.