I have created a micro-site to house my modular type experimentation. It is nothing ground-breaking, but I think it is successful. Check it: modulartype.andymangold.com
I am in the midst of creating a modular letter set; our first assignment with House Industies‘ Ben Kiel. This is simply a skeleton I have created to construct the alphabet with as few pieces as possible. Now, I am actually planning on putting this into Flash, creating a symbol in the library for each module, and then editing the individual modules one at a time and watching how they affect the entire alphabet. Hopefully with this process I can create a unique, balanced, and dynamic letter set.
Perhaps I will look into an interesting way to publish the dynamic Flash file, allowing other folks to create their own modules and plug them into the skeleton I have made. Let me know which of the multiple/alternative letter forms are most successful? Let me know in the comments.
I have synthesized what little knowledge I have gleaned from studying Flash and Actionscript over the last month into this little educational interaction on the subject of simple machines. Enjoy!
I’ve got some more silly Flash exercises I have thrown together, thought I might share in the interest of documenting my development with the medium (in the hopes that I eventually make something pseudo-worthwhile).
My very good friend and colleague Anthony Mattox has FINALLY gotten around to putting his interactive work online in a form that you can actually interact with it (in addition to redesigning his blog!). The beautiful generative graphics and visualizations that have mesmerized those who have seen Anthony’s work first hand are now available to mesmerize everyone on the series of tubes. If you have any spare time on your hands, do yourself a favor and jaunt on over to www.anthonymattox.com/interactive and explore some of his beautiful generative works. If you find yourself on a white page where you are not sure what to do, just start clicking in the void and watch the magic happen.
I have begun experimenting with Flash and Actionscript 3, somewhat against my will, in my GD300 class this semester. This is my first real experience with the new program and the third iteration of Actionscript, so I have a lot of learning to do. I will be posting my progress here, thus providing some very, very silly, interactive things for you to play with.
This is also my first shot at embedding flash on my site here, so let me know if anything is wonky or if I should be doing something differently.