I did mainly this blogpost to proof not only that they are wrong, but also to showcase a design, which they even wouldn't be able to make with any proprietary software.
The reactions were overwhelming both from the free software world and outside. The Dutch architecture site did a competition for who could read all the names of the architects.
Anyone has a reference to this? Rem Koolhaas was happy he was number one. Also typography sites showed a lot of interest. The Ministry of Finance promoted the coin on national Dutch television with this clip. Unfortunately I was not involved in the production of the clip, otherwise it would have been 'Blendered'. The more this kind of success stories pop up, the more people will be convinced to switch to free software.
They are making a documentary about the 10 years existence of the euro. They chose my design as one of the most remarkable in the history of the euro. As the documentary is about the total history of the euro, I will probably get not more than one minute or maybe just some seconds. So in order to give some publicity, I wore an Ubuntu T-shirt for the interview.
As a location I chose the Fablab in Amsterdam. They are still looking for people experienced with graphical free software or writing 3d printer drivers. I guess the television crew really have never heard about free software design, because one of them asked me if I went for holiday in South Africa recently when she saw my Ubuntu T-shirt.
Gepostet von Stani an PM 3 comments:. Labels: blender , coin , graphics , python , ubuntu. Blender did not provide an interactive shell by default in the past. I wrote a quick script in case you want to interact with Blender from a real Python console. The Python console will appear in the terminal. Press Ctrl-D to quit. SetKey 'terminal. GetKey 'terminal. The modules 'Blender' and 'bpy' are preloaded into the console, so you don't need to import them manually.
Each time a Python statement is entered, the Blender window is updated. You can restart the terminal as many times as you wish and automagically all your local variables will be kept such as 'cube' in the example. The disadvantage is that the Blender window itself becomes unresponsive. For example you can not rotate the view during a Python console session. Also it would be much nicer to use IPython instead of the standard Python shell. However in a future blog post I'll have good news, if you want IPython integration inside Blender.
Gepostet von Stani an PM 1 comment:. Sunday, March 8, Vector rendering with Blender in Ubuntu. PantoGraph is a prototype for a vector rendering engine, developed in python by Severn Clay Studio. This can be nice for architectural presentations.
It is still beta, which means it gets quite slow for heavy drawings. It features two engines under the hood: cairo for svg, pdf and png output ming for animated flash output. First try it out with the default cube scene, before you let it crunch your heavy drawings. Gepostet von Stani an PM No comments:. Labels: blender , graphics , howto , ubuntu. Wednesday, October 29, How to make money with free software For a dutch text click here. Introduction The Dutch Ministry of Finance organized an architecture competition for which a selected group of architectural offices unstudio , nox , The goal of the competition was not to design a building, but the new 5 euro commemorative coin with the theme 'Netherlands and Architecture'.
The winner will be rewarded with a nice price, but most of all with the honor: his design will be realized and will be a legal coin within the Netherlands. I approached the subject 'Netherlands and Architecture' from two points of view. On one hand I paid tribute to the rich Dutch architecture history and on the other hand to the contemporary quality of Dutch architecture.
These form also the two sides of my coin. Traditionally the front of the coin needs to portray the queen, while the back side displays the value of the coin. Front side When someone looks closely click above on picture to enlarge to my portrait of the queen , it becomes clear that her portrait is constructed with names of important Dutch architects.
On the outside the names are clearly readable, while they slowly get smaller to the center. Under a magnifying glass all names are readable, but not with only the human eye. It is fascinating to see how an old medium like a coin can be in this way a 'compact disc' of information. The tension between what is readable and what not, is also a metaphor how time shapes history.
Some big names of the past, might be smaller names in the future and vice versa. To reflect this idea, I chose to order the architects not alphabetically or chronologically but in a new way: I used the internet as a seismograph and ordered the architects by the number of hits on the internet.
Of course this order changes over time and as such this is another time stamp on the coin besides the number ''. Only the first architects fitted on the coin, so that was immediately the selection. Apparently becoming famous goes exponentially: In order to achieve the image I developed my own single-line font system.
I let the line width change within the same character in order to evoke an underlying picture: Back side Nowadays Dutch architecture is famous for its strong conceptual approach. This translates itself in the fact that there are not only a lot of books about Dutch architects, but also by Dutch architects. On the back side of the coin I treated the edge of the coin as a book shelve.
The books rise as buildings towards the center. The following scheme reveals the process: One of the issues was how many books to take: many thin books or fewer thick books.
With one very thick book you would only get a circle. To get the best approximation of the Netherlands you would need books of only one page, which is not optimal either. Therefore I needed to find the optimum between these two extremes which you can see in the scheme below. On the left you see the approximation of the Netherlands, in the middle you see the 'skyline' of the books and on the right you see the difference between the 'skyline' of the books and of the border line of the Netherlands: The following is the idea sketch for the birds.
Each bird flies above the capital of each Dutch province. We expressly disclaim any liability whatsoever for any direct, indirect, consequential, incidental or special damages, including, without limitation, lost revenues, lost profits, losses resulting from business interruption or loss of data, regardless of the form of action or legal theory under which the liability may be asserted, even if advised of the possibility or likelihood of such damages.
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