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LEARN AS YOU PLAY SAM AARON NOTES ON THE SYNTHESIS OF FORM CHRISTOPHER ALEXANDER [Design is] "the process of inventing things which display new physical order, organisation, form, in response to function..." Christopher

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LEARN AS YOU PLAY

SAM AARON

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NOTES ON THE

SYNTHESIS

OF FORM

CHRISTOPHER ALEXANDER

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[Design is] "the process of inventing things which display new physical order,

  • rganisation, form, in response to

function..." Christopher Alexander

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λ rake spec (in /Users/sam/Development/monomer) ....................................... .........*............................. ....................................... ........*.............................. ......*................................ ....................................... ....................................... ........

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"eyes".scan /the_darkness/ catch( :in_the_wind ) { ?a.round; "breath" \

  • r "a".slice /of_moon/ }
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SLIDE 26 Sam Aaron - Aesthetic Programming in a Communicative age - May 2009

better watchout better !cry !pout lpr why santa claus <north pole > town cat /etc/passwd > list ncheck list ncheck list cat list | grep naughty > nogiftlist cat list | grep nice > giftlist santa claus <north pole > town who | grep sleeping who | grep awake who | egrep ‘bad|good’ for (goodness sake) {be good}

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"Art is, in part, the practice of intense and disciplined noticing of details, of life, of how the world works and in that way at least it resembles science." Richard P . Gabriel Kevin J. Sullivan

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What are we?

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What are programmers?

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Are we Scientists?

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Scientists

create knowledge are problem driven seek to understand and explain design experiments to test the theories prefer abstract knowledge rely on tacit knowledge
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Are we Engineers?

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Engineers

create knowledge are problem driven seek to understand and explain design experiments to test the theories prefer contingent knowledge rely on tacit knowledge
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Are we Artists?

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Artists

create knowledge, language, alternative reality are image or “piece” driven seek to understand and explain design devices (their pieces) to explore the world and the self prefer contingent knowledge rely on tacit knowledge
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Scientists Engineers Artists

create knowledge create knowledge create knowledge, language, alternative reality are problem driven are problem driven are image or “piece” driven seek to understand and explain seek to understand and explain seek to understand and explain design experiments to test the theories design experiments to test the theories design devices (their pieces) to explore the world and the self prefer abstract knowledge prefer contingent knowledge prefer contingent knowledge rely on tacit knowledge rely on tacit knowledge rely on tacit knowledge
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science engineering art

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How do we create knowledge?

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a → b

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a → b

Deduction

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a → b

Induction

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a → b

Abduction

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Guessing!?

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Conceptual and Experimental

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Concept Experiment Science Art

Pica Pica mathematician Einstein waterfall Warhol Picasso craftsperson Darwin engineer 1970s Hacker agile live coders

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“This is the full process of art—exploration, discovery, and then verification or understanding—and it’s also the full process of

  • science. Naturally, it’s not a linear process but one with cycles of

explore-discover-understand within any of its steps.”

Richard P . Gabriel Kevin J. Sullivan

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“If we attempt to map the world of a story before we explore it, we are likely either to (a) prematurely limit our exploration, so as to reduce the amount

  • f material we need to consider, or

(b) explore at length but, recognising the impossibility of taking note of everything, and having no sound basis for choosing what to include, arbitrarily omit entire realms of information. The opportunities are overwhelming.”

Peter Turchi

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motivation learn expertise confidence Play Value

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“Play appears to be the bonobos’ key to problem- solving, creativity, forming connections, and avoiding conflict.” Isabel Behncke

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We need to cultivate tacit knowledge practice & discipline and being able to notice deeply as artists do

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Thank you

@samaaron http://sam.aaron.name