Knut Synstad

Design @reddit Past: @DubberlyDesign, @Liveworkstudio, and @Sjoforsvaret. Interested in the applications of AI, ML, and computation in design. #BlackLivesMatter

[Knut Synstad @knutsynstad]

Does Gatsby Pages not support React hooks out of the box?

[Knut Synstad @knutsynstad]

These are fantastic

[Matt DesLauriers @mattdesl]

Procedural color selection study, solving the Four-Colour Graph Theorem. The code ensures that adjacent shapes in the grid use different colours.

Using @kGolid's wonderful chromotome palettes again.

#generative #javascript

[Knut Synstad @knutsynstad]

Here's a closeup of a variant with some color

[Knut Synstad @knutsynstad]

I got inspired by @zachlieberman's excellent work and wanted to make some fuzzy fingers using 3D simplex noise, SVG, and NodeJS.

[Google DeepMind @GoogleDeepMind]

For students and others interested in expanding their knowledge of AI during this period, we thought it might be helpful to ask our researchers what they consider to be the most impactful and insightful resources available to use #AtHomeWithAI (1/9)

[François Chollet @fchollet]

The most interesting applications of machine learning sometimes come from people with very little technical background. The intersection of tech & art is where our humanity can really shine

[Knut Synstad @knutsynstad]

@dmitryn @movito Minecraft is a fantastic educational tool. The game's Redstone mechanics mirror digital electronics. Introducing players to concepts like logic gates. Players have even gone so far as to build a functional CPUs.

[Knut Synstad @knutsynstad]

@movito "Where conventional programming was thought of as a sequence of steps, this new thing was no longer sequential in effect: When you made a change in one place, all other things changed instantly and automatically."

2/2

[Knut Synstad @knutsynstad]

@movito Ted Nelson wrote this about VisiCalc in the early 80s:

"VisiCalc represented a new idea of a way to use a computer and a new way of thinking about the world."

1/2

[Knut Synstad @knutsynstad]

I've been a long time reader and fan of @css . Pleasantly surprised to see the faux code generator project I made a while ago mentioned there today. First time for everything :)

[CSS-Tricks @css]

Fake Code https://t.co/gRLCvkYatG

[Knut Synstad @knutsynstad]

@css Thank you for featuring my little faux code project. Great to see others finding it interesting or helpful as well.

[Knut Synstad @knutsynstad]

@kimgoodwin Absolutely agree. User conceptual models are incredibly helpful for all stakeholders. Austin Henderson and Jeff Johnson do a great job of describing them in their book "Conceptual Models: Core to Good Design."

[Knut Synstad @knutsynstad]

Here are the slides from my #Latham presentation at @IITDesign, "AI + Computing for Design: Data Visualization of Fortune 500 Logos." Thank you to everyone who attended and those who submitted questions.

https://t.co/Av3qzYyQ2Y

[Knut Synstad @knutsynstad]

@zachlieberman Gotta love t-SNEs! They are a lot of fun to play with.

I made an interactive one exploring visual similarity and difference in the logos of the Fortune 500 a while ago.

https://t.co/ZArIJDxzM9

[Randy Deutsch @randydeutsch]

Knut Synstad
AI + Computing for Design
Wednesday, April 8, 6pm https://t.co/XVfUaX4GWC #AI #ML @knutsynstad @IITDesign @DubberlyDesign

[Knut Synstad @knutsynstad]

Trying to do some common design tasks using a multi-objective #GeneticAlgorithm (NSGA-2). It seems promising, but I've run into a problem. Some objectives seem to compete, while others might get stuck in local maxima. Are there any best practices for writing good objectives?

[Knut Synstad @knutsynstad]

Uploaded a higher resolution render to YouTube.

https://t.co/m8cfY0spTk

[Knut Synstad @knutsynstad]

Experimenting with data-driven animations in #NodeJS. Made an animated #tSNE to try it out. Here are the logos of the Fortune 500 as they are organized by visual similarity.

#ComputationalDesign #design

[Knut Synstad @knutsynstad]

@electricessence Yeah, it seems the color features are currently dominating the shape features.

[Knut Synstad @knutsynstad]

@nlevin Great to see more vector map resources! You might enjoy https://t.co/hmxCDBO5Pq . It features a wide range of maps built from data from the NaturalEarth corpus. Some maps even have multiple projections to pick from.