How should glyphs be composed into lightscreen designs? — This series of articles develops a glyph system for creating new lightscreen (perforated board) designs: Part I finds inspirations to build upon (“Steal like an artist” -Austin Kleon) Part II describes the design of the glyph system Part III (this article) applies the system to lightscreen designs How many glyphs should be in a lightscreen?

Building a set of glyphs — This series of articles develops a glyph system for creating new lightscreen (perforated board) designs: Part I finds inspirations to build upon (“Steal like an artist” -Austin Kleon) Part II (this article) describes the design of the glyph system Part III applies the system to lightscreen designs Building on the Hofmann glyph layout The first article…

Building on the works of Frank Lloyd Wright and Armin Hofmann — Why create a glyph system? A glyph system defines the rules for creating a set of symbols and how they are used. Applications range from establishing an official writing system to increase literacy (Korean Hangul introduced by King Sejong in 1443BE) to fictional world building (Tolkien’s Tengwar and Star Trek’s Klingon scripts). …

Interpreting Usonian perforated board designs as glyph-based visual poems — TL;DR: This article explores how Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonian perforated designs might be viewed as typography. A proposal to create new lightscreen designs based on abstract glyphs and typographic layout principles is made. Design guidelines appear at the end of the article. My ongoing project to understand the visual art…

Recreating the subtle illusion behind an elusive smile — TL;DR This article uses image processing to examine the Mona Lisa Effect- an expression that seems to change depending on where you are looking. After verifying the perceptual mechanism leading to the elusive smile, the theory is tested by trying to create a modified Mona Lisa with a lessened effect…

How to use Gaussian and Laplacian image stacks to modify and combine images — TL;DR This article is an introduction to image blending techniques using Gaussian and Laplacian image stacks (expanded pyramids). The task of changing a background image provides an example of one use of this image processing method. …

Mapping how effectual thinking found success — TL;DR: This post shows how the Effectuation Map and Business Model Canvas are tools that can be applied to the search for a business model. The fascinating story of how Stacy’s Pita Chips found their model is a case study in effectual thinking and bootstrapping. …

Applying effectual thinking in the search for a business model — TL;DR This post shows how to use the Effectuation Map to iterate your business model. Effectuation is a business model search heuristic. An iteration starts by setting your immediate next-step goals based on the current means at hand. Your business model is driven by these goals. The results from running…

Creating an effectuation plug-in for the Business Model Canvas — TL;DR This post covers the development of a Business Model Canvas “plug-in” that helps explore possible ventures based on the means currently at hand (“Effectuation”). The plug-in tool was designed using mind mapping to add the required layer of detail to the relevant canvas blocks. These additions were then collected…