From 79fafe2f44f5e31522dd93013950474342bfdfb0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: luxagraf Date: Sat, 4 May 2019 15:48:55 -0500 Subject: archived all the stuff from freelancing for wired --- old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2006/12.04.06/Fri/evolving-logo.txt | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) create mode 100644 old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2006/12.04.06/Fri/evolving-logo.txt (limited to 'old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2006/12.04.06/Fri/evolving-logo.txt') diff --git a/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2006/12.04.06/Fri/evolving-logo.txt b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2006/12.04.06/Fri/evolving-logo.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8256f74 --- /dev/null +++ b/old/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2006/12.04.06/Fri/evolving-logo.txt @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +There's a fascinating post over at [We Make Money Not Art][1] about the "evolving" logo used by the [Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics][2]. Michael Schmitz's logo evolves over time based on a number of factors related to the company, from the post: >Looking for a suitable design solution, Mika soon learned about cellular automata, especially Conway's famous Game of Life, subject of many art pieces. His software basically follows the same rules in creating a dynamic logo for MPI-CBG in time, but the parameters are coupled to certain factors: number of employees = density, funding = speed, number of publications = activity. Different logos are being "bred" and then picked by fitness in relation to the parameters or voted for by the employees. Thus, every time the logo is displayed on a website as an animated icon or printed out on a letter, it reflects the current state of the lab as a living organism. Could semi-intelligent, evolving designs be the wave of the future? The logo reminds me a little of designer Shaun Inman's [recently launched experiment Heap][3] where the archives of his blog fade in color as you go further back in time. [1]: http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/009179.php "Evolving Logos" [2]: http://www.mpi-cbg.de/ "Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics" [3]: http://www.shauninman.com/post/about/the_heap/ "About Heap" \ No newline at end of file -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2