This course is an introduction to creative coding as a component of modern design exploration, process, and development. We‘ll explore the use of creative coding environments such as processing or openFrameworks for interactive prototypes, generative visuals, and sound, as well as data visualisation and the creation of fabrication-ready data.

To get an overview of the field of programmatic design, we‘ll be looking at examples from historical and recent artists who used programmatic approaches in their work and try to recreate a few of them. Additionally, we‘ll study remarkable modern interactive experiences and creative data visualisations and see how they can inform our own work and process.

No prior knowledge of programming is required. We‘ll focus on using processing (processing.org) to learn about the possibilities of a code-based environment for quick and convenient exploration.

Monday, 15.11.21

10:00 KickOff and Intro to the course & tasks

Friday, 19.11.21

Final Presentation: time to be determined

Deliverables include:

- Two „re-codings“ of a historic example of programatic „artwork“ (image/video & code)

- One individual final project presented in the final presentation

- Documentation of the weeks progress and final project

- Online documentation as project on „incom“