Research
📍 Kulturhaus Helferei
Creativity in Constraints
Alexandre Binninger
Ruben Wiersma
Danielle Luterbacher
Olga Sorkine-Hornung
Modern AI creates stunning images, but lacks the understanding of physical limitations required for physical fabrication. Our algorithms use artifical «intelligence» to create designs with geometric shapes and limited colors. We physically create these designs as embroidery, mosaics or faux stained glass. The algorithms work with simple building blocks, like triangles or large pixels. An AI evaluates a digital photograph of these blocks with a text description to guide a feedback loop that adjusts the blocks to match the description. Integrating AI allows us to capture complex concepts, like style and meaning, that traditional algorithms find hard to capture.

