angela chen http://s-p-r-a-w-l.com Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:26:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 WEBSITES http://s-p-r-a-w-l.com/graphic-screen/websites/ http://s-p-r-a-w-l.com/graphic-screen/websites/#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2011 18:00:30 +0000 admin http://s-p-r-a-w-l.com/?p=1957 CURIOUS DEVICE

Previous identity, interaction and website. Scripted in Flash and Actionscript 2.0.  The idea was to create a decoder wheel-like navigational menu that would act as a guide throughout the rest of the site.  As the user navigates through the menu, he or she would be able to encounter new scenes that would set the stage for each of the categories.
http://www.curiousdevice.com

curious device

Curious Device Sketches Page

Curious Device Page

PROCESS

Curious Device Process

LOVE IN A DIGITAL AGE

Website and identity for jewelry studio, Love in a Digital Age. Scripted and designed using Adobe Flash and Actionscript 2.0. The designer wanted something that was geometric and cutting edge with a unique navigational menu.

Love in a Digital Age Front Page

Love in a Digital Age Front Page

Love in a Digital Age

Love in a Digital Age

PROCESS

Process

UNE LUMIERE NOIRE

This client was a photographer who wanted a simple, beautiful website to showcase his works. It was scripted and designed in Flash, using Actionscript 2.0. I helped to develop his identity, visual design, and interaction. I designed the text so that it looked like it was flickering in the light to coincide with the name of his studio, “one black light”.

Une Lumiere Noire

Une Lumiere Noire

]]> http://s-p-r-a-w-l.com/graphic-screen/websites/feed/ right vs flight http://s-p-r-a-w-l.com/visualdiary/right-vs-flight/ http://s-p-r-a-w-l.com/visualdiary/right-vs-flight/#comments Tue, 14 Dec 2010 21:55:30 +0000 admin http://s-p-r-a-w-l.com/?p=1935 im flying back to LA soon and given the holiday season, i’m sure security at the airports are going to be even more crazy.  I’ve been through the full-body scanner and I’ve also been through a pat-down, neither of which is a particularly pleasant experience.

I came across this project recently that makes clothes with metallic ink-printed messages that show up under the X-ray scanner.
t-shirt
But it reminded me of this project, which used messages cut into stainless steel plates that are concealed in the travel bag.  When under the scanner, it turns into a communication tool aimed at airport security. stealth!  a bit heavy for my carry-on though.
nothing2see

]]> http://s-p-r-a-w-l.com/visualdiary/right-vs-flight/feed/ algorithmic dwgs + visualization | processing http://s-p-r-a-w-l.com/graphic-screen/theme-variation/ http://s-p-r-a-w-l.com/graphic-screen/theme-variation/#comments Tue, 14 Dec 2010 04:17:41 +0000 admin http://s-p-r-a-w-l.com/?p=521 NEON QUAKES

first iteration
A processing sketch developed with Filippo Vanucci as part of Visualizing Data.  We designed an algorithmic drawing tool using the that used voronoi geometry to draw a series of cells based on data gathered from the National Earthquake Information Center.  Each voronoi cell was drawn according to a corresponding x-y-position based on the epicenter’s latitude and longitude coordinates.

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THEME + VARIATION

Processing sketches inspired by graphic designer Saul Bass, exploring levels of theme + variation.  The goal of this sketch was to have one small variable change trigger a great deal of variation.
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first iteration
second iteration iteration
third iteration iteration

DLA

Diffusion Limited Authority
A processing sketch using particle systems that was developed to demonstrate diffusion limited aggregation or DLA. DLA is a phenomena found in nature in which molecules moving randomly according to Brownian motion, slowly aggregate to form complex patterns and structures. This is a demonstration of a static emergent process and is the same underlying principal that drives the formation of snowflakes.

BLIND TO THE WEATHER

weather blinds
A Processing sketch created to move like “window blinds” in a manner akin to a weather vane. Pulling the data from the Yahoo RSS feed, it visualizes in real time both temperature and wind speed by mapping the blinds’ color from blue (coldest) to red (hottest) using an HSB color mode, and the blinds’ rotational speed to actual wind speed.


The video shows weather data for New York City and Anchorage, AK.

]]> http://s-p-r-a-w-l.com/graphic-screen/theme-variation/feed/ ANTIMATTER http://s-p-r-a-w-l.com/graphic-screen/antimatter/ http://s-p-r-a-w-l.com/graphic-screen/antimatter/#comments Tue, 16 Nov 2010 22:22:18 +0000 admin http://s-p-r-a-w-l.com/?p=1965 antimatter_logo

Antimatter is a fresh, young new accessories studio based in Brooklyn, NY.  The name is derived from the studio’s mission to produce work that transcends its trade value and become meaningful pieces to both the creator and wearer.  Their line straddles both living jewelry, pieces that the wearer curates and takes care of, and functional jewelry, pieces that strive to facilitate your everyday living.

inside page 2

antimatter announcement newspaper

inside page

inside page 2

]]> http://s-p-r-a-w-l.com/graphic-screen/antimatter/feed/ 132 5 issey miyake http://s-p-r-a-w-l.com/visualdiary/132-5-issey-miyake/ http://s-p-r-a-w-l.com/visualdiary/132-5-issey-miyake/#comments Sun, 14 Nov 2010 17:50:32 +0000 admin http://s-p-r-a-w-l.com/?p=1851 miyake01

miyake02

why the man still reigns supreme.  miyake’s latest venture is the development of Reality Lab, a research and development team lead by him and textile and pattern engineers to find new ways to explore mathematics, code and clothes.  the collection is titled 132 5.  1 refers to a single piece of fabric, 3 to a three-dimensional shape reduced to 2-dimensions, and 5 refers to the fifth dimension, which according to miyake, is the moment the garment is worn and comes to life “through the communication among people.”

]]> http://s-p-r-a-w-l.com/visualdiary/132-5-issey-miyake/feed/ lets play bernanke http://s-p-r-a-w-l.com/visualdiary/lets-play-bernanke/ http://s-p-r-a-w-l.com/visualdiary/lets-play-bernanke/#comments Sat, 13 Nov 2010 21:00:18 +0000 admin http://s-p-r-a-w-l.com/?p=1929 an interesting experiment in the NYT today in which you get to be in charge of the nation’s finances.  about time!
NYT budget

]]> http://s-p-r-a-w-l.com/visualdiary/lets-play-bernanke/feed/ lines and shapes and…chickens http://s-p-r-a-w-l.com/visualdiary/lines-and-shapes-andchickens/ http://s-p-r-a-w-l.com/visualdiary/lines-and-shapes-andchickens/#comments Fri, 12 Nov 2010 19:47:32 +0000 admin http://s-p-r-a-w-l.com/?p=1834 Yesterday I spent an amazing day playing up in the Hudson Valley, visiting the Blue hill stone barnes cafe and Stormking Sculpture Park.
Although all of the sculptures were beautiful and augmented the landscape in their own ways, these were my favorites.

stormking-77

Sol LeWitt

stormking-63

Alexander Calder

stormking-71

Kenneth Snelson

The last one being a beautiful example of Buckminster Fuller’s tensegrity structures.

and Chef Dan Barber? Lets get married. I think it would be just great.

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]]> http://s-p-r-a-w-l.com/visualdiary/maison-martin-margiela-spring-summer-2011/feed/ flights of fancy http://s-p-r-a-w-l.com/visualdiary/flights-of-fancy/ http://s-p-r-a-w-l.com/visualdiary/flights-of-fancy/#comments Mon, 01 Nov 2010 19:41:43 +0000 Angela http://s-p-r-a-w-l.com/?p=1814
I would totally get married in one of these dresses.

cocky eek

Balloon Dress

cocky eek

Kite Dress

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Wind-Dress

from artist Cocky Eek

]]> http://s-p-r-a-w-l.com/visualdiary/flights-of-fancy/feed/ invisible mapping http://s-p-r-a-w-l.com/visualdiary/invisible-mapping/ http://s-p-r-a-w-l.com/visualdiary/invisible-mapping/#comments Tue, 19 Oct 2010 01:37:26 +0000 admin http://s-p-r-a-w-l.com/?p=1807 Trevor Paglen’s work is all about “seeing in the dark”.  Photographs of satellite warfare over the intrepid Sonora pass or restricted chemical and biological proving grounds in Utah reminds us that the space around us is hardly empty or pristine, despite what it looks like to the naked eye.   Landscape photographs hardly about the landscapes.  I’m a believer.

trevor paglan

Nine Reconnaissance Satellites Over the Sonora Pass

trevor paglan

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