One of my latest addictions on my iPad is WURM for creating experimental generative art. The developers did a fantastic job giving you patterns, colors and shapes to play with, and then you can fine tune your masterpiece with all of the controls. WURM even has a blog setup on Tumblr (gallery.wurmapp.com) that showcases all the user submitted art.
“Pattern recognition is a hallmark of expertise in any number of fields; it is what allows experts to do quickly what amateurs do slowly.”
Joseph T. Hallinan, The Young and the Perceptive
Before concepts or ideas become trends patterns begin to emerge.
PATTERNS are how we capture and share some of the common insights we see bubbling up across projects, as well as out and about in the world. They are a foundation for intuition. A way to elevate insights to the level of cultural impact. And a way to tap into IDEO’s collective intelligence to do better work for our clients—even faster.
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Brand expression agency Black Coffee posted an article on the science of pattern recognition and how it relates to our perception of any brand through visual, sound, taste, touch, smell or action signals. Our mind has an incredible way of interpreting abstract symbols into meaning.
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Continue to read Black Coffee’s full post on Pattern Recognition
*Illustration by Black Coffee
