A publication for the London College of Communication exhibition ‘Our Algorithmic Lives’ documenting the college wide projects and programme of events.
The cover is printed digitally enabling each one to be a unique design.
Existing software didn’t fully encapsulate the idea of algorithmically generated artwork, leading me to explore the potential for coding an algorithm using Processing.
The printer FE Burman was keen to assist this new way of working — which has since led to discussions with HP Indigo, and the development of the software HP Spark .
The covers are finished with silver ink dots in a grid, which when held under a UV light have vertical and horizontal lines running between them reminding us that algorithms impact our lives in ways both seen and unseen.
The tall format of the magazine is reminiscent of vertically mounted screens often used by developers, with indented paragraphs alluding to the formatting of source code.
While the publication went ahead, the exhibition was indefinitely postponed due to Covid-19.