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MATTJAKOB - generative art and morphogenetic design

I am a generative artist and a morphogenetic designer.
My artworks aim at
deconstructing the analogue world
to rebuild a digital/amplified one.
As a designer I create objects, develop code,
build installations and change environments
with a methodology based on the observation
of natural phenomena and its translation
into abstract logical synthesis.

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email\ info@mattjakob.com

london\ +44 (0)7598 940 090

berlin\ +49 (0)175 55 74 909

the Big bottle

Some pics taken at the studio during the shooting for the special effects. Woa we have a 2L bottle of Chanel No 5… is it filled with real perfume or just piss?

Published in June 2009.
Categories: Design

Generative methods for Architecture

Soon the slides and course notes on Generative methods for Architecture held at the AA - Architectural Association of London (w/ Simon Donger)

Published in June 2009.
Categories: Design
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Books I am currently reading:

Realtime rendering

“Real-Time Rendering, Third Edition” (Tomas Akenine-Moller, Eric Haines, Naty Hoffman)

Published in June 2009.
Categories: Books

Books I am currently reading:

Cities and complexity

“Cities and Complexity: Understanding Cities with Cellular Automata, Agent-Based Models, and Fractals” (Michael Batty)

Published in June 2009.
Categories: Books

YHILAYY - Jena

Click on the images to see them fully.
Soon the documentary of the event!

Published in May 2009.
Categories: Art

Reharsing Jena…

First day in Jena for the YHILAYY installation.
The installation mounts a 2.2×1.4 m touch panel and a 5×5 m spiral of (pseudo) particles.
Today it was the assemblage and the calibration of the panel.
The installation is opening on Friday May 15th with a performance by Ulrike Haage.
Ingredients: 640 LEDs, 6Kg Silicon, 4L Xylol, 3 spongy brushes, [...]

Published in May 2009.
Categories: Art

Dynamic Antibodi (Moroso)

Study application for a dynamic and interactive wallpaper to be operated by three knobs (w/ Heather Lyons)

Published in May 2009.
Categories: Art

YHILAYY - Test scenes

Here is a first study for the next touch installation YHILAYY.

Published in May 2009.
Categories: Art

RSS Fish - Screensaver

Test application based on QuartZ technology.
Currently it reads the news from BBC.co.uk
– For OSX only –
To install it, DOWNLOAD IT and save the file in the Library/Screen Savers folder inside your Home (ex. /Jakob/Library/Screen Savers).

Published in May 2009.
Categories: Art

Particles engine #1

One of the very first experiments as part of the on-going research on lighting installations for the Jena/Bauhaus festival and the theatre practice at the University of London.
The screen-shots depicted here are based on Hodging’s algorithm for physical simulation.
The language used is Java/processing with OpenGL customised function calls.
At the moment I’m evaluating a C++ / [...]

Published in March 2009.
Categories: Code

Interface design at ZKM

Published in March 2009.
Categories: Design

Coordinate Image for LexisRicerche

Brand redesign for the market research company LexisRicerche, one of the biggest institute in Italy.
The makeover took consideration of the pre-existing co-ordinate image and brought it to a more contemporaneous style as well as reflecting some important changes in the company’s trends.
The design commission started with a successful proposal for a new website which further [...]

Published in March 2009.
Categories: Design

Algorithmic cover design

This is a project part of the interactive typography series.
In this case I wanted to demonstrate what algorithmic design can bring to a standard design practice: uniqueness.
By use of computer code I could generate a limited series of 50 covers to be used for my extended portfolios, the algorithmic design was based on the modulation [...]

Published in March 2009.
Categories: Code

TripHunter - Customisation

Published in March 2009.
Categories: Design

Mediafacades 2008 - Pong is a selected artwork

Medienfassaden schaffen völlig neuartige Berührungspunkte zwischen digitalen Räumen einerseits und Architektur und städtischen Räumen andererseits. Noch nie war eine Schnittstelle zwischen der physischen und der digitalen Welt so öffentlich, dass sie nicht nur wie beim PC einzelne Nutzer anspricht, sondern ganze Gruppen und teilweise sogar eine ganze Stadtbevölkerung und auch Möglichkeiten vorsieht „zurückzusprechen”, also mit [...]

Published in March 2009.
Categories: Art

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