NOTE: This page is an archival copy. The ‘official’ web page for this project is:http://fffff.at/qr-stenciler-and-qr-hobo-codes/. Yep, it’s a QR code stencil generator! In cooperation with the F.A.T. Lab and my student Asa Foster III, I am pleased to present QR_STENCILER, a free, fully-automated utility which converts QR codes into vector-based stencil patterns suitable for laser-cutting. [...]

Earlier this week I presented “Infoviz Graffiti“, an adjustable lasercut stencil for the rapid deployment of pie-chart infographics. Shortly thereafter, Nicola Bozzi of Owni.eu, and Suzanne LaBarre of FastCompany.com, independently contacted me seeking interviews. Their questions were complementary so I have compiled my responses to them here. How did you come up with the concept [...]

I designed an adjustable lasercut stencil, suitable for the rapid deployment of pie-chart infographics. The design comes with a set of re-arrangeable letters. Changing the message and percentage is straightforward. The stencil has some noteworthy design features: The letters are designed to be held in place with adhesive tape. The pie chart pointer is held [...]

I created a demo of tag clouds in Processing using MCavallo‘s excellent Java-based OpenCloud library. The development was extremely straightforward. Below is the Processing applet (hosted at OpenProcessing), visualizing a tag cloud of Dr. Suess’ Green Eggs and Ham, and its code. (The entire project can be downloaded here.) Clicking the applet alternates between alphabetic [...]

The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University has announced a Tenure-Track Faculty Search in Design and Computation, for a position beginning August 2011: http://www.design.cmu.edu/show_job.php?id=795 The Position We are seeking a dynamic individual working in computational design to tackle global concerns, with experience in one or more of the following areas: information visualization and data [...]