Designer self-descriptions

Browser extension that collects texts of how designers describe themselves

Year
2018 – ongoing
Tech
JavaScript, Chrome Extension API
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A Chrome browser extension that harvests the design-related <meta> descriptions it encounters on websites, as the user browses the web. It then sends the found pieces of text to an Are.na channel, which serves as an archive.

All experiments
Applied
Finding interesting configurations for a generative artwork through data analysis
Experiment
Increasing the chances of finding mushrooms through geospatial data analysis
Applied
Finger tracking tool
Experiment
Simulating blobs of fluids with particles
Experiment
Modified JPEG encoder for generating glitchy image effects
Experiment
Force-based simulation of bands of particles
Experiment
Mapping line drawings onto street networks
Experiment
GPS trace replay tool
Misc
Proof-of-concept for an alternative, more powerful Are.na client
Misc
Designer self-descriptions
Browser extension that collects texts of how designers describe themselves
Applied
Visualization how a text document got written and edited over time
Experiment
Experiments with movie image data
Applied
InDesign script that enforces alternating line lengths