PictoOptic is a generative art project with The Noun Project. It generates compositions based on most english words.
composition for "strings"
Controls:
The Noun Project aggrigates pictograms created by graphic designers. PictoOptic utilizes The Noun Project's API to fetch a set of graphics and display them in a caleidoscopic composition.
Type any word and press enter to create a new composition.
Tap the "?" icon to see the creator of each symbol.
Press spacebar to shuffle the symbol's positions and use a new palette.
Tap the "?" icon to see the creator of each symbol.
Press spacebar to shuffle the symbol's positions and use a new palette.
The Noun Project aggrigates pictograms created by graphic designers. PictoOptic utilizes The Noun Project's API to fetch a set of graphics and display them in a caleidoscopic composition.
composition for "spiral"
composition for "thunder"
Displaying these icons in a dense cloud may help us see how multiple interpretations of a concept relate to each other, rather than a utility for communicaton.
Unnexpected thematic concepts may emerge such as in "strings" where many icons relate to music.
We may also recognize repeated forms in the icons such as the jagged forms in "thunder" or the round shapes in "spiral".
Unnexpected thematic concepts may emerge such as in "strings" where many icons relate to music.
We may also recognize repeated forms in the icons such as the jagged forms in "thunder" or the round shapes in "spiral".