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Mondrian and JavaScript

38 points by jmduke 12y ago

huskyr 12y ago
Last year we had a competition in the Netherlands were people could submit digital recreations in code of Mondrian's 'Victory Boogie Woogie'. Quite a few interesting submissions over here: http://elegant.setup.nl/#inzendingen http://elegant.setup.nl/#inzendingen
CmdrKrool 12y ago
I did something quite similar once, though with canvas instead of tables: http://www.dl.unospace.net/mondrian/ http://www.dl.unospace.net/mondrian/. I think part of the fun after making a simulation like this is to get silly with the parameters, so crank those sliders but be prepared for your browser to lock up :)
hnriot 12y ago
I'm glad the author got it right about green, but I was surprised not to find any explanation for those who aren't up on their art history.
rmckayfleming 12y ago
Might be interesting to bring up the Piet esoteric programming language: http://www.dangermouse.net/esoteric/piet.html http://www.dangermouse.net/esoteric/piet.html
Igglyboo 12y ago
OP: institute is a tld now? Seems really obscure.
- delluminatus 12y ago
  There are a lot of new TLDs with that property (obscurity). For instance, .camera, .moe, and .plumbing. For other examples, consult the wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_top-level_domains https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_top-level_dom...
ukoki 12y ago
Nice! I made something similar a long time ago — create your own Mondrian painting through the medium of Tetris (warning: sound you can't turn off and bad graphics): http://www.kongregate.com/games/pete205/mondriaan-tetris http://www.kongregate.com/games/pete205/mondriaan-tetris
peterfirefly 12y ago
My favourite Mondriaan picture is Gray Tree: http://acdn.architizer.com/thumbnails-PRODUCTION/ac/4f/ac4f2c7ae66c3d6440be7c1bfa8bca2f.jpg http://acdn.architizer.com/thumbnails-PRODUCTION/ac/4f/ac4f2... Very different from the stuff that he's famous for.
clement75009 12y ago
I also did a Mondrian painting generator last year. Fun subject to play with. http://www.clementpigeon.fr/mondrian/ http://www.clementpigeon.fr/mondrian/
jplattel 12y ago
Past year there's been a competition organized by Setup where people could enter algorithms for generating art like Mondrian: http://elegant.setup.nl/ http://elegant.setup.nl/ (It's in Dutch though..)
masswerk 12y ago
Hmm, maybe use something like a fractal algorithm? At least Mondrian is about the disposition of weights and space as it may be found in natural grown structures, like trees ...

38 points by jmduke 12y ago

Last year we had a competition in the Netherlands were people could submit digital recreations in code of Mondrian's 'Victory Boogie Woogie'. Quite a few interesting submissions over here: http://elegant.setup.nl/#inzendingen http://elegant.setup.nl/#inzendingen

CmdrKrool 12y ago

I did something quite similar once, though with canvas instead of tables: http://www.dl.unospace.net/mondrian/ http://www.dl.unospace.net/mondrian/. I think part of the fun after making a simulation like this is to get silly with the parameters, so crank those sliders but be prepared for your browser to lock up :)

hnriot 12y ago

I'm glad the author got it right about green, but I was surprised not to find any explanation for those who aren't up on their art history.

rmckayfleming 12y ago

Might be interesting to bring up the Piet esoteric programming language: http://www.dangermouse.net/esoteric/piet.html http://www.dangermouse.net/esoteric/piet.html

Igglyboo 12y ago

OP: institute is a tld now? Seems really obscure.

delluminatus 12y ago
There are a lot of new TLDs with that property (obscurity). For instance, .camera, .moe, and .plumbing. For other examples, consult the wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_top-level_domains https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_top-level_dom...

ukoki 12y ago

Nice! I made something similar a long time ago — create your own Mondrian painting through the medium of Tetris (warning: sound you can't turn off and bad graphics): http://www.kongregate.com/games/pete205/mondriaan-tetris http://www.kongregate.com/games/pete205/mondriaan-tetris

peterfirefly 12y ago

My favourite Mondriaan picture is Gray Tree: http://acdn.architizer.com/thumbnails-PRODUCTION/ac/4f/ac4f2c7ae66c3d6440be7c1bfa8bca2f.jpg http://acdn.architizer.com/thumbnails-PRODUCTION/ac/4f/ac4f2... Very different from the stuff that he's famous for.

clement75009 12y ago

I also did a Mondrian painting generator last year. Fun subject to play with. http://www.clementpigeon.fr/mondrian/ http://www.clementpigeon.fr/mondrian/

jplattel 12y ago

Past year there's been a competition organized by Setup where people could enter algorithms for generating art like Mondrian: http://elegant.setup.nl/ http://elegant.setup.nl/ (It's in Dutch though..)

masswerk 12y ago

Hmm, maybe use something like a fractal algorithm? At least Mondrian is about the disposition of weights and space as it may be found in natural grown structures, like trees ...