What makes a good jigsaw puzzle
@charlotte_dann
charlottedann.com
abstractpuzzl.es
A bit about me
- Kid coder
- Jewellery Design
- Computational Arts at Goldsmiths
The big IDEa
A puzzle subscription service where every quarter I'd commission a piece of generative art and produce a set of unique mass-market jigsaws
Wants
- Explore the platonic ideal of a jigsaw
- Play with generative techniques and workflows
- Have a regular artistic output
- Make something physical
Avoid
- Mass-production
- Marketing
- Basically all the commercial stuff
The Small idea
Make one generative puzzle per week
Film myself solving it
Share it
Have fun
What next
@charlotte_dann
charlottedann.com
abstractpuzzl.es
Thanks for listening
Some personal history
- Kid coder
- CSM for fashion
- Pivoted to jewellery
- Comp Arts MA at Goldsmiths
The big IDEa
A puzzle subscription service where every quarter I'd commission a piece of generative art and produce a set of unique mass-market jigsaws
The epiphany
What if everything didn't have to be a business idea
What if I made things just for the joy of making them
Wants
- Explore the platonic ideal of a jigsaw
- Play with generative techniques and workflows
- Have a regular artistic output
- Make something physical
Avoid
- Mass-production
- Marketing
- Basically all the commercial stuff
The new idea
Make one generative puzzle per week
Film myself solving it
Share it
Have fun
London Creative Coding 2021 - What makes a good jigsaw puzzle
By Charlotte Dann
London Creative Coding 2021 - What makes a good jigsaw puzzle
Through the lens of her year-long jigsaw project Abstract Puzzles, Charlotte will reflect on establishing a creative practice, the intersection of generative art and generative design, the power of building your own tools, and what precisely makes a jigsaw puzzle so satisfying and fun to solve.
