by Kiran Desai
First published 2014
Kiran Desai opens her studio each morning to face rows of computer screens displaying pattern possibilities. She begins with basic designs in just a few colors, then applies geometric transformations through computational methods. Her algorithms perform reflections, replications, and other manipulations that generate symmetric textile patterns from simple starting points. The computer searches through solution spaces, narrowing options based on specific criteria that Desai sets as parameters. Each transformation creates new images from existing ones through digital processing techniques. Desai refines the algorithms, limiting herself to a fixed set of mathematical operations that produce the patterns filling this collection. Every design emerges from her systematic approach to pattern generation, blending artistic vision with computational precision to create original textile works.
Genres: art, mathematics, technology, design
Vibes: intimate, precise, thought-provoking
Tropes: artistic-vision, systematic-approach
50 pages · Paperback · Createspace Independent Pub