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Aesthetic computing

Author: Paul A Fishwick
Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, ©2006.
Series: Leonardo (Series) (Cambridge, Mass.)
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Explores the way art and aesthetics can play a role in different areas of computer science. This book discusses the spectrum of aesthetics - from qualities of symmetry and form to ideas of creative  Read more...

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Genre/Form: Aufsatzsammlung
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Aesthetic computing.
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2006
(OCoLC)607820139
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Paul A Fishwick
ISBN: 026206250X 9780262062503 9780262562379 0262562375
OCLC Number: 61478852
Description: xvi, 457 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: 1. An introduction to aesthetic computing --
2. Goodman's aesthetics and the languages of computing --
3. A forty-year perspective on aesthetic computing in the Leonardo journal --
4. The interface as sign and as aesthetic event --
5. Metaphorical dimensions of diagrammatic graph representations --
6. Metaphoric mappings : the art of visualization --
7. Public space of knowledge : artistic practice in aesthetic computing --
8. Visually encoding numbers utilizing prime factors --
9. From the poesy of programming to research as art form --
10. Transdisciplinary collaboration in "cell" --
11. Processing code : programming within the context of visual art and design --
12. Aesthetics and the visualization and quality of software --
13. Aesthetics and mathematics : connections throughout history --
14. Aesthetic computing and shape --
15. The foundations of aesthetics --
16. Aesthetics of large-scale relational information visualization in practice --
17. The well-tempered computer? The aesthetics of program auralization --
18. Tertiary artifacts at the interface --
19. Transparency and reflectivity : digital art and the aesthetics of interface design --
20. Articulating the use qualities of digital designs --
21. Exploring attributes of skins as potential antecedents of emotion in HCI.
Series Title: Leonardo (Series) (Cambridge, Mass.)
Responsibility: edited by Paul Fishwick.

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""Aesthetic Computing" brings the exploration of aesthetic experience beyond the representation of natural processes and technological events, and beyond optimization in mathematics and computing. Read more...

 
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