A generative design toy: grow your own logotype for the Master of Digital Design, an innovative new course at the University of Canberra.

how to

+ Click inside the D to regrow from the mouse location

+ Adjust the sliders to change the growth parameters

+ Not all parameter values will grow a complete letter! Watch out for narrow branch angle ranges, especially if they fall between -0.5 and +0.5.

+ Different start points will give different results.

+ Enter your email address and hit send to receive a PDF of your logotype

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how it works

This system uses a simple algorithm (based on Eden's model of bacterial growth) to "grow" ornamented type. A hidden image of the letterform is used to constrain the growth. The parameters control branch angle, the initial curvature, and the incremental change in curvature. The colour is derived from a combination of branch depth and angle.

credits

Made by Mitchell Whitelaw : source code and output licensed (cc) by-nc-sa

The Java applet was made with Processing; it also uses the Controlp5 library, seltar's savetoweb hack, and PhiLho's InMemoryPGraphicsPDF.