Category Archives: Justin Lange

Justin Lange, Katherine Dillon, Projects, Thesis

New Circuits for Dancing with Light

Justin Lange

Gloves as a luminous dance instrument that are not simply pretty, but expressive

Description

LEDs wands, poi, hoops and other “light-up” instruments and toys constitute a desired aesthetic in EDM culture, but as tools for individual movement-based expression, they are no more expressive than a flashlight. Most LED devices have only two states (“on” or “off”), or offer preprogramed sequences. Several state-of-the art POV (“persistence of vision”) devices allow custom images to be uploaded, but none allow immediate control over LEDs' expressive potential, such as luminance or hue. To encourage light dancing that is not simply pretty but also expressive, I created a new hand-held kinetic instrument — a pair of gloves — with onboard sensors and controls that allow dancers to spontaneously generate and display novel light patterns while dancing.

Classes

Thesis

Alexandra Coym, Connected Devices and Networked Interaction, Justin Lange, Natasha Dzurny, Projects, Tom Igoe

THE DRAFTMASTER

Alexandra Coym, Natasha Dzurny, Justin Lange

A retrofitted ventilation system for New York apartments that regulates room temperature.

https://itp.nyu.edu/classes/cdni-spring2014/projects/final-project-the-draftmaster/

Description

The draftmaster targets the millions of new yorkers that get up night after night to crack open and close their windows to somehow regulate the sweltering heat streaming from central heating systems. The ventilation unit automatically regulates the temperature by controlling the airflow based on temperature preferences set by the user.

Classes

Connected Devices and Networked Interaction

Asli Aydin, Batu Sayici, Brett Peterson, Claire Kearney-Volpe, Devin Curry, GJ Lee, Gladys Chan, Jinyi Fu, Jorge Brake, Justin Lange, Leslie Lin, Michelle Lin, Printing Code, Projects, Qingyuan Chen, Rune Madsen, Sharang Biswas, Susanne Forchheimer, Tan Ma, Xinyi Deng, Yu Ji

Printing Code: An Exploration of Algorithmic Art and Graphic Design

Sharang Biswas, Asli Aydin, Jorge Brake, Devin Curry, Xinyi Deng, Susanne Forchheimer, Jinyi Fu, Batu Sayici, Brett Peterson, GJ Lee, Justin Lange, Gladys Chan, Tan Ma, Leslie Lin, Michelle Lin, Claire Kearney-Volpe, Yu Ji, Qingyuan Chen

An exhibition of algorithmically created art and graphic design, by students of Rune Madsen's "Printing Code" class.

Description

What happens when you merge the two seemingly distinct fields of computer programming and graphic design? How can a deliberate, algorithmic automaton be used to convey a designer's frissons of creative genius? Featuring various examples of “Algorithmic Art”, this showcase of works created through computer code examines just such questions.

Created by students of Rune Madsen's “Printing Code” class.

Classes

Printing Code