“Aggregation: Complexity out of Simplicity”

  • ©Andy Lomas

  • ©Andy Lomas

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    Aggregation: Complexity out of Simplicity

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    This sketch presents a look at the creative processes and mathematical algorithms used to create the ‘Aggregation’ series of digital organic forms presented in the SIGGRAPH 2005 Art Gallery. The images explore how extremely complex structures reminiscent of plants and coral can emerge from simple rules for flow and deposition.1

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    Thompson, D. W. 1917. On Growth and Form. Cambridge University Press.
    Turing, A. M. 1952. The Chemical Basis of Morphogenesis. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, volume B 237, pages 37–72.
    Haeckel, E. 1974. Art Forms in Nature. Dover Pictorial Archive Series, Dover Publications, Inc.
    Kaandorp, J. A. And Kubler, J. E. 2001. The Algortithmic Beauty of Seaweeds, Sponges and Corals. Springer-Verlag.


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