The Nature of the Code, Daniel Shiffman
“We want to take a look at something that naturally occurs in our physical world, then determine how we can write code to simulate that occurrence.”
Category: Inspiration
Python Primer
Processing
Grasshopper Primer & Forum
Software:
Grasshopper Primer 3rd Ed. Online
The Grasshopper Primer is an open source project, initiated by Bob McNeel, Scott Davidson, and the Grasshopper Development team at Robert McNeel & Associates.
Intro I.0 The Nature of the Code
Nature of the Code, authored by Daniel Shiffman, is an excellent resource to basic understanding of computational design with Processing. Shiffman has a Vimeo Page, that has wonderful videos to go through these concepts at your own pace.
This is the first video of his series:
Arthur C Clarke: Fractals: The Colors of Infinity
Arthur C. Clarke presents this unusual documentary on the mathematical discovery of the Mandelbrot Set (M-Set) in the visually spectacular world of fractal geometry. This show relates the science of the M-Set to nature in a way that seems to identify the hand of God in the design of the universe itself. Dr. Mandelbrot in 1980 discovered the infinitely complex geometrical shape called the Mandelbrot Set using a very simple equation with computers and graphics.
Neri Oxman
Design at the intersection of technology and biology, Neri Oxman
Videos
The Beautiful Math of Coral, Margaret Wertheim
Why Beauty Matters, Roger Scruton
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHw4MMEnmpc
Building Unimaginable Shapes, Michael Hansmeyer
Michael Pawlyn: Using Nature’s Genius in Architecture
12 Sustainable Design Ideas from Nature: Janine Benyus
Lars Spuybroek, The Sympathy of Things, University of Innsbruck 2012
Videos
Prof. Erik Demaine teaches Geometric Folding Algorithims: Linkages, Oirgami, Polyhedra at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His courses are fully documented here:
http://courses.csail.mit.edu/6.849/fall10/lectures/L01.html
David Rutten’s Grasshopper Webinars
Below you will find all the webinars by David Rutten, the creator of Grasshopper:
Introduction to Grasshopper with David Rutten:
David Rutten’s Introduction to Grasshopper Webinar:
Advanced Topics in Grasshopper: