This is a series of tests using our Koala MEL Script in conjunction with the new randomization selection tool in Maya.
Playing With Koala and Randomization
This perforations in this surface were made using our Koala MEL Script and Maya's randomization tool.
Perforation Studies Using Wolford
Wolford is a MEL script I wrote that produces geometric
primitives that contain a reciprocal relationship between form and
perforation. The above renderings show a Wankel inspired torus with two
slightly varied strategies. The left form has perforation with a bit of randomization whereas the right form is a consistent perforation based on the surface geometry.
Random Holes
Spash Beta 2
Here's another (lighter) splash idea, currently running on the Bureau V welcome page
Dynamic Tiling
Random Numbers / Random Text
These are the byproducts of some experiments I’m doing in flash with randomization. Its nothing complicated, but kind of cool. The numbers are continuously random, while the text produces random organizations when you mouse over it. The file is embedded below if you want play around or edit. The random number code is quite elegant, but the text generator is pretty much a hack — I’m sure there is a better way but I haven’t had time to figure it out. Download the Flash file here.
Self Designing Systems
Looking through my old files I came across this early version of my last website. It is missing all of the content, but it shows the performance pretty well. I was trying to make a site that could constantly redesign itself based on certain parameters. The hexagon, which is wildly overused these days, seemed like a nice way to add a geometrical component into a random organization algorithm. There are a lot of subtle features built in that make the interface rather sophisticated. If you scroll over the hexagons they scale in proximity to the mouse. Clicking a hexagon causes the colors of every other hexagon to fade into a randomly selected new color. The buttons on the darker hexagon eventually became the navigation system for the whole site, but for now they just regenerate the system (you can also do this by pressing space). My friend Alex Mollere who is getting his Phd. in Mathematics figured out that there are approximately 36,000,000,000,000,000 possible graphic layouts for this site not including shifts in color.
PINC.US V1
These screenshots show variations of the original version of this website. The idea was to produce a site that constantly designed itself. Based on geometric relationships, randomization, and automated color selection, it produced billions of unique layouts, allowing chance to play a greater part in the design process.
