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NftBiker
@nftbiker
"Graphic Design Manual" by Armin Hofmann The book contain many nice research and also a specific one that inspired Ringers :-)
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Anna Wolf
@annawolf
"inspired" is kind
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Vanessa Williams
@fridgebuzz.eth
So the secret to generational wealth is finding old books and copying what’s in them. 🤔 I wish I’d known that 10 years ago.
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Anna Wolf
@annawolf
At least it will bring Armin Hofmann the recognition he deserved...
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Piter Pasma
@piterpasma
Let's be honest, we're extremely "kind" to people using stuff like p5's noise() function, or other algorithms they barely understand. Dmitri actually understood what he was doing and let's also not diminish the work of turning a graphic design study into long form genart.
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Piter Pasma
@piterpasma
Plus, similar to Truchet tiling, Armin Hofman wasn't the only one who independently came up with this system. I honestly think people are making a way bigger deal about Ringers _because_ it was successful (as a long form project, not a gfx design study), than other "inspired" algorithms.
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Anna Wolf
@annawolf
But I'm asking myself, would it have been that successful if people were aware of the strong aesthetic link to Hofman's work? What was Ringer's contribution to the field of generative art and art in general?
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Piter Pasma
@piterpasma
His contribution to genart was at least showing the power of long form genart + NFTs on the Art Blocks platform. I think there's two sides to it. On one hand I think it would have been nice if Dmitri had been clearer about the inspiration. On the other hand I also saw other graphic design artists ...
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Piter Pasma
@piterpasma
.. using the same concept/algorithm, before 2020 without credit, or thinking too much of it. And I think Ringers also falls in a similar boat, while working on it Dmitri didn't know it would blow up. Also the algorithm is in fact pretty complex to implement in code, so I can also imagine that ..
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