SIGGRAPH 1984: CAD Show – ACM SIGGRAPH HISTORY ARCHIVES

SIGGRAPH 1984: CAD Show




 

Conference:


Chair(s):


Art Show Overview:

As is clear to those who habitually attend the SIGGRAPH conference, the exhibition is different this year. In it are, among other things, a ski boot, a remote control device, hand-colored images of an arched doorway, and a computer game that explains machine logic. The common element uniting these seemingly disparate projects is that they demonstrate current applications of computers to design problems. In each of them the computer played a significant role in the design and, often, in production.

The point of view illustrated in the exhibition is that the computer will, as is so often said, serve as a tool in helping with various aspects of our work. More important, however, the computer is viewed here as having the potential for becoming a medium capable of altering our ways of thinking about our work. The exciting objective for computer-supported design at this time is to go beyond mimicking past media (as all new media do at their inception) and continue to develop processes and formal structures that are inherent to the computer’s distinct characteristics.

Patrick Whitney, Chairman
Design Arts Exhibition Committee


Visual Proceedings:


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Acknowledgements:

Editor
Cheryl Kent
Whitney and Kent, Limited

Communication Development and Evaluation
C.G. Screven
University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee

Supporting Organizations
Cray Research

Graduate School of Architecture and Urban Planning
University of California – Los Angeles

International Neon Products Incorporated

Institute of Design
College of Architecture and Design
Illinois Institute of Technology

Visible Language Workshop
Massachusetts Institute of Technology


Exhibition Artworks:

[Design] [Interactive and Monitor-Based]
Artist(s):
1984 Welton Beckett Associates: Century City 1
[Architecture] [Design]
1984 Skidmore Owings and Merrill: Chicago Skyline 2
[Architecture] [Design]
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[Architecture] [Design]
1984 Purcell: Electronic Archive 1
[Design] [Interactive and Monitor-Based]
1984 Brown University: Electronic Classrooms 6
[Design] [Interactive and Monitor-Based]
Artist(s):
1984 Ramirez and Woods Inc: Konxville
[Design] [Interactive and Monitor-Based]
1984 Jencks, Heile: London Column 1
[Architecture] [Design]
1984 Martin: Los Angeles City Hall
[Architecture] [Design]
Artist(s):
1984 Calma: Microchip
[Design]
Artist(s):
1984 Architecture Machine Group: Movie Manual 3
[Design] [Interactive and Monitor-Based]
1984 WGBH-TV Design Department: NOVA Opening
[Animation and Video]
1984 Computer Corporation of America: Program Visualization
[Design] [Interactive and Monitor-Based]
1984 Robinette: Rocky's Boots
[Design] [Interactive and Monitor-Based]
1984 Marcus, Arent: SEEDIS 1
[Design] [Interactive and Monitor-Based]
1984 Welton Beckett Associates: Site Massing Study 4
[Architecture] [Design]
1984 Brownrigg Turner: Terminal Four
[Architecture] [Design]
1984 Computer Corporation of America: View System 2
[Design] [Interactive and Monitor-Based]

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