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