Jeffrey Isham

Notes:
-Creating complex results from simple sets of rules. Evidenced in nature and mathematics, function/efficiency equals beauty.

-Example of seed packing arrangement in sunflowers.

-Truchet tile. Extremely simple pattern. Square with a curved line over each corner. Repeated with random rotation creates complex texture.

-Voronoi diagram.

-Harmonograph – visual representation of complex sounds; chord structures. Decay of the sound over time creates diminishing pattern.

Thoughts:
Iterate simple rules over time results in visually compelling structures where each portion of the structure contains the entire base pattern. Rule based patterns that generate themselves over time create organic and familiar shapes. Variation within a system still displays the intrinsic properties of the system. Fig leaves may all be unique to each other, but they are all distinctly fig. What is the practical application of these generated pattern based system? Efficiency? Brevity of code by defining simple rules and properties? Or something larger, like being able to generate familiar, organic patterns in artificial, mathematic systems?