Data Stories

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We have digital artist Nicholas Rougeux on the show to talk about his beautiful data art projects and the processes he follows. Nicholas created numerous iconic pieces with an extraordinary attention to details, such as “Seeing Music”, where he visualizes musical scores from famous composers, “Byrne’s Euclid”, a reproduction of Oliver Byrne’s geometric illustrations of Euclid’s theorem, and “Illustrations of the Natural Orders of Plants”, a digital reproduction and restoration of Elizabeth Twining’s catalog of botanical illustrations.

On the show we talk about how he gets inspiration for his projects, details about specific projects like those mentioned above, and technical details of how he actually produces these magical pieces of art.

Enjoy the show!

Links

• Nicholas Rougeux’ website
• Interview with Nicholas: “The Process of Familiarity: An Interview with Nicholas Rougeux“
• Project: Off the Staff
• Project: Byrne’s Euclid
• Project: Natural Orders of Plants
• Tool: RegExr (regex tester and debugging tool)
• Tool: NodeBox (tools for generative design)