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the design helper

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Michael Eckersley's design-helper computer programs generate graphical concepts and patterns that students use to complete images related to specific design questions.

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  • Eckersley's design helper computer programs: Michael Eckersley created computer-based programs he called "the design helper", a natural evolution of his work translating computer-generated random number streams into graphical concepts. As the paper reports, "Students use these program to complete images and patterns that can be related to specific design questions." The editor of Micro Cad News connected such tools to chaos science's mode of exploring a solution and then asking what problem it has solved, suggesting the design helper embodies that reversed inquiry role for design learners. (McWhinnie (1991))

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Key Sources

  • McWhinnie, Harold J. (1991). Chaos Theory in the Arts and Design. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED368622
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description Michael Eckersley's design-helper computer programs generate graphical concepts and patterns that students use to complete images related to specific design questions.
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