Josef Albers discussing Paper Sculptures presented by his students during the Preliminary Course at the Bauhaus, Dessau, Germany (1928-1929).

Generative Systems, creative coding, visual communication, algorithmic behaviours, machine learning, experiences

Interaction, interfaces, sensors, data, physical computing

Tools, materials, discourse, prototypes, fabrication, immersion, expression, creative technology

Requires few to no code to quickly build an application. This doesn't mean there is no code involved, the code just all runs in the background. Often purely UI, pull-down and drag-and-drop based.

Similar to No Code, however, some code is exposed in the application development environment you are using. Although often related to visual programming environments, a basic understanding of coding concepts is useful.

Limited to the tool

Some customisation possible

Some coding skills required 

Build your own

Wordpress

TouchDesigner

Code templates

Blender

html, css, JavaScript

Code frameworks (p5js, Processing)

Scripting

Arduino

Unity

Knowing and understanding some code as a designer allows you to innovate, collaborate better, and communicate across disciplines when technical expertise is required. Basic knowledge in software and hardware development required–can be acquired through practice.

This is when you are able to build your own software with ease. Needless to say this needs time and practice but allows you to create your own tools applied to your design practice.

Cargo and similar platforms

Figma

Spark AR

Prompting (Midjourney, Dall-e, etc.)

Pen and Paper

Text Editor

Any programming language

Command Line

Git

Art+Com Studios. Futurium, permanent exhibition, invites visitors to explore potential futures through experiential artefacts in a mix of analogue and digital media.

Generativity here refers to a design approach that can be regarded as computational, iterative, modular and emergent. By creating and using generative systems, a designed outcome can respond quickly to change and adapt.

An emphasis of your work may be on creating interactive scenarios that can be tested and observed in order to make the designed outcomes experiential for the audience and communicate with them through interactions.

A discursive approach can be considered a thought catalyst. The designed object’s primary role is no longer utilitarian, aesthetic or commercial but is given form and function so that it can communicate ideas—this is the goal and the measure of success. Rather than tools for living and doing, these are tools for thinking.

An experimental approach can consider unconventional materials, tools, design methods and outcomes. The centre of this approach is exploration. Often this goes in line with topics that look at future scenarios addressing artificial intelligence, climate change, sustainability or bio design.

Sketching is about bringing ideas to life and putting them on paper to better communicate the nature, relationships and flow of ideas and processes through simple but meaningful mapping and diagrams. This approach is designed to help both students and their supervisors have constructive and productive discussions, critiques and feedback sessions to move the enquiry and exploration of a project forward step by step.

An experiment in the broader sense may refer to practicing by trial and error, trying and testing the unknown, and learning through a process of approximation and correction until a satisfactory state is reached. This state may mean that a particular problem has been solved, or that a state of beauty has been achieved, or some other form of successful (or possibly unsuccessful) result.

The term prototype, along with the verb prototyping, has become popular in design research. Originally, the term indicated a precursor of a mass-produced product, which shares its material qualities, but will undergo testing and development during implementation. In design research, the term prototype may also be used for all kinds of product-like physical constructions.

The outputs designed in this atelier are a collection of sketches, experiments and prototypes that are created during the course of a study. These outcomes can be stand-alone, such as a series of artefacts, an installation, a screen-based application and more, or they can be the material for a publication that documents the process and the gathered findings and outcomes in a printed or digital document.

Generative Systems, creative coding, visual communication, publication

Generative Systems, tool, screen-based, real-time visuals

Creative coding, experiences, interaction, interfaces, prototypes

Augmented Reality, interactive narratives

Interaction, sensors, physical computing, experience, machine learning,immersion

Matthew Lau, Hello I am here. Matthew is currently pursuing his Master in New York at the ITP program at NYU.

Interaction, sensors, physical computing, experience, immersion

Goh Sing Hong, Listening Lab

interfaces, interactions, generative, sensors, haptics, plants

Aditi Neti, Bio-Interfaces, currently working at SIT, the Singapore Institute of Technology

generative design, digital fabrication, real-time visuals, data, interfaces

Rachel Lee, Selfscapes. Currently Junior Art Director at Designory Singapore

interactions, materials, making, sensors, awareness, exhibition

Aimee Junoes, Urban Plastisphere. Designer at Designory Singapore

Zoom Lab, prototypes by Lasalle's Media Lab and alumni. Part of the Faculty of Design exhibition Encounters, Institute of  Contemporary Arts Singapore, 2019.

Alternative Web Spaces. Exploring interactivity and design to imagine alternative web spaces as a means to resist effects of commercialisation

Designing with Our Roots, Nature. A study through interaction design to bridge the ecological relationship between humans and nature during a time of environmental crisis in Singapore

Dreaming of an Interspecies Sensor. Reimagining human-nature interactions through sensory augmentation and speculative design to discuss human agency over their senses.

Gestural Interactions. Exploring the potential of gestural communication to enhance human machine collaboration in interactive art through a series of prototypes

Interactive Storytelling. Exploring the use of paper craft and physical computing integrated with symbolism to narrate myths and legends

Human-Machine Memory. Exploring the boundaries between humans and machine memory through a series of reflective experiments

The Internet is a Space for Divination. A Reimagination of Divinatory Objects/Spaces on the Internet through Speculative Design.

prAI-vacy. Investigating the Oversaturation of AI and Concerns Over Data Privacy as Data Turns into a Commodity through Speculative Design

Soundscapes of Memory. Exploring how sound influences the perception of emotions and triggers memory recall, studied through multi-sensory audio-visual experiences.

Mind in Motion. Promoting a Sense of Authorship in Contemporary Artists through Prototyping an Interface for EEG-Based Generative Art

Attention Span in Brand Experience Understanding Cognitive Load and Attention Span for Brand Experience

Creativity as a Commodity Speculating the future of the Creative Industries amid the increasing adoption of generative AI technologies.

Digital Stroll Revamping digital reading for Gen Z through tailored typography and enhanced readability.

Tangible Theater Exploring a new configuration of theater experience through tangible and interactive objects and non-linear narratives.

Artefacts of Fragmentation Provoking reflections on algorithm curation dilemmas through speculative artefacts

Exhibition beyond Immersive Augmented Reality An investigation into AR interactions within contemporary museums, with the aim of enriching a meaningful experience

Tactile Playgrounds Assistive navigational tools for visually impaired children

Sculpting Perceptions Exploring textures in digital-physical interaction bridging realms seamlessly.

Antidotes for Bruised Creatives An exploration of translating displays of expressions to visuals

Motivation Makeover Cultivating motivation through a guided experience, one challenge at a time.

Farm to Fork to Phenotype Experiments in computer-mediated intervention design and mediated food behaviour during a time of global food crisis.

Selfscapes: Redefining Digital Identities Experiments into the potential of generative visual systems as visual representations of identities in the online space.

Ubiquitous Nuisance A study on how sound walks are used to understand urban noises within parks in Singapore.

Interactive Signage Explore the design of interactive signages that interpret a neighbourhood’s identity through generative visuals.

Bio-Interfaces. Facilitating human-plant interaction in a potential hybrid future to uphold urban nature as a public good

Integrating machine learning in design An exploration into creative machine learning through the use of interactive prototypes to encourage designers to integrate design and creative technology

Promoting Healing via Interactive Positive Distractions. Utilising affective computing and ludic engagement methods to create enhanced positive stimuli for spaces of healing

Urban Plastisphere. Exploring the role of interactive artefacts in soliciting awareness of plastic pollution.

Generative Systems, creative coding, visual communication, algorithmic behaviours, machine learning, experiences

Interaction, interfaces, sensors, data, physical computing

Tools, materials, discourse, prototypes, fabrication, immersion, expression, creative technology