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2014-03-19

1950s, 1957, textile, usa.

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Design 102 textile design by Frank Lloyd Wright, produced by F Schumacher & Co in 1957.

2014-03-18

1990s, 1996, embroidery, usa.

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Poster for the Cohen Brother’s thriller Fargo (1996).

2014-03-17

1920s, 1928, pattern, print, usa.

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Four geometric compositions by André Durenceau, 1928.

2014-03-17

2010s, 2014, usa, visualization.

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This is the Big Bang, sort of. It shows the gravitational waves of the oldest light in the world, discovered by macho science d00ds calling themsevels BICEP2.

So yeah. Only a textmode-ish style can describe the origin of everything.

Source

2014-03-17

1800s, 1860s, 1864, book, embroidery, usa.

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design-is-fine:

The Peterson’s magazine, 1864. Geometric design for embroidery. USA. NYPL

2014-03-14

1980, 1980s, ascii, conversion, usa, χχχ.

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Nude from 1980, copied by Comet, 2001.

The following picture was hand copied from an old printout from a Univac 1100 computer in 1980. Old mainframe printers made each page with 132 columns and 66 lines per page.

2014-03-12

2000s, 2005, drawing, labyrinth, pattern, usa.

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Pages from Ben Nicholson’s sketchbook (2005). Labyrinths, France 13th century and Meander folding, 8th century Greek Geometric Vase. Thanks to bitcraft lab for the tip.

2014-03-02

1990s, amiga, ascii, bbs, scene, usa.

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Stormbringer BBS ad, from BBS ads collection.

2014-03-02

1970s, 1979, animation, apple II, usa.

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Demo software that came with DOS 3.2 for Apple II, 1979. Author unknown.

2014-02-27

1960s, 1964, ascii, conversion, usa.

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prostheticknowledge:

Mona By The Numbers

Probably the earliest example of computer-generated text art, put together in 1964 by H. Philip Peterson:
In 1964, H. Philip Peterson of Control Data Corporation (CDC) used a CDC 3200 computer and a “flying-spot” scanner to create a digital representation of the Mona Lisa. The image contained 100,000 pixels that were plotted using numerals, sometimes overprinted, to approximate the required density and took 14 hours to complete.

Similar digital images of popular art, cartoon characters, and even nudes adorned the walls of corporate offices, labs, and computer centers throughout the 1960s.

You can find out more about the ‘Digital Mona Lisa’ here, and there is an online viewer for closer inspection here

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