‘Polygon’ was created during the course "Golden Ratio and Generative Arts" in the first year of my Master's degree in Industrial Design. ‘Polygon’ is a night light and sunrise alarm. Imitating natural light that appears soft and slow is perceived as a more pleasant way to wake up than offensive, loud alarm clocks. Behind the design of 'Polygon' is the Heesch-Kienzle theory of tessellation. The tessellation was programmed in Processing using the Oogway library. The patterns were laser cut into pieces of felt. The final result was achieved by stacking the hexagons by hand to form the final star pattern.
Tessellation is the process or art of covering a plane or surface with one or more geometric shapes. These shapes are tessellated without gaps or overlaps [3]. Physical tessellations in our environment include tiles. They are made of cemented ceramics and have the shape of squares or hexagons. These decorative pattern tiles were used in ancient Rome and Islamic art.The challenge in this project was to create a tessellation of polygons using an algorithmic mathematical equation. Mathematical expressions must be converted to Java and parameters associated with vertices (n), the inradius, and rotation angles. The parameters must be linked together to provide an interactive experience when changing the values for vertices and number of lines.
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Creation 2018
Elective ‘Golden Ratio And Generative Arts’
Duration 10 weeks
Eindhoven University of Technology