Shapes of Imagination
Calculating in Coleridge's Magical Realm
- Paperback
264 pages
- Release Date
17 January 2023
Summary
Visual calculating in shape grammars aligns with art and design, bridging the gap between seeing (Coleridge’s “imagination”) and combinatoric play (Coleridge’s “fancy”).
In Shapes of Imagination, George Stiny runs visual calculating in shape grammars through art and design—incorporating Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poetic imagination and Oscar Wilde’s corollary to see things as they aren’t. Many assume that calculating limits art and design to suit computers, but shape grammars …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262544139 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 026254413X |
| Author: | George Stiny |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 264 |
| Release Date: | 17 January 2023 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 178mm |
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About The Author
George Stiny
George Stiny is Professor of Design and Computation at MIT. He first used shape grammars for painting and sculpture and is the author of Pictorial and Formal Aspects of Shape and Shape Grammars; Algorithmic Aesthetics- Computer Models for Criticism and Design in the Arts (with James Gips); and Shape- Talking about Seeing and Doing (MIT Press).
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