RUBY LENNOX - ALGORITHMIC OPEN DESIGN
BUILD YOUR OWN ALGORITHM
ALTERING PARAMETERS
ALTERING STEPS
FROM SCRATCH
THE ALGORITHMS OUTLINED ON THIS WEBSITE ARE THE BEGINNING OF A COLLECTION THAT WILL BE GENERATED BY MULTIPLE DESIGNERS, PRODUCERS AND CONSUMERS. THEY DO NOT REPRESENT AN EXHAUSTIVE SELECTION NOR SHOULD THEY REMAIN STATIC AND IMPERSONAL. ON THIS WEBSITE IS ALL THE INFORMATION NEEDED TO UNDERSTAND THE COMPLETE FUNCTIONS OF THE 4 ALGORITHMS, USE THIS TO REWRITE THEM AND GENERATE YOUR OWN. THE IDEAS SHOULD BE SHARED AND COLLECTIVELY REFINED TO BECOME TRUELY COLLABORATIVE AND OPEN SOURCE. ACCESS AND CONTROL OVER PROCESS IS IMPORTANT TO ENGAGING WITH PRODUCTS IN USEFUL AND ACTIVE WAYS..
THE EASIEST WAY TO ALTER THE ALGORITHMS IS TO CHANGE THE PAPARETERS OF EACH STEP - THE CONDITIONS AND EFFECT OF THE STEP . THIS WILL KEEP THE BASIC FUNCTION OG THE ALGORITHM THE SAME BUT WILL GIVE A SMALL AMOUNT MORE CONTROL OF THE EFFECT IT HAS. TRY TO KEEP THE PARAMETERS SIMPLE AS EVEN VERY BASIC SOUNDING CHANGES CAN END UP DRASTICALLY CHANGING THE DESIGN AND THE WHOLE ALGORITHM TOGETHER WILL QUITE COMPLEX ANYWAY.
FOR MORE SPECIFIC CONTROL OF THE FUNCTION OF THE WHOLE ALGORITHM, YOU CAN SWAP OUT OR REWRITE WHOLE STEPS. FOR EXAMPLE, SOME OF THE STEPS GIVEN FOR ALGORITHM 1 HAVE MULTIPLE OPTIONS. THIS WILL CHANGE THE WAY THE ALGORITHM WORKS OVERALL SO IT IS IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER HOW MUCH FABRIC YOU HAVE IN THE PATTERN AND HOW MUCH YOU NEED FOR FIT. THE STEPS ALSO HAVE TO BE ABLE TO WORK WELL AS A SEQUENCE NOT JUST INDEPENDENTLY SO CONSIDER THE ALGORITHM AS A WHOLE AND START BY CHANGING ONLY A FEW STEPS WHEN TRYING THIS FOR MORE CERTAINTY IN OUTCOME FUNCTIONALITY. IF YOU ARE MORE OPEN REGARDING THE OUTCOME AND YOUR REQUIREMENTS, YOU CAN BE VERY FREE WITH THIS.
USING THE ALGORITHMS AND TIMELINES EXPLAINED HERE, CREATE YOUR OWN ALGORITHM OUTSIDE OF THE CONFINES OF THESE EXAMPLES. THIS CAN INCLUDE DESIGNING NEW FORMS OF PATTERN AND DATA GENERATION TOO OR CAN REDESIGN THE USE OF THESE WITHIN THE ALGORITHMS. IT IS USEFUL TO BASE THE ALGORITHM IN SOME FORM OF ABSTRACTION OF EXISTING DESIGN PROCESS OR SPECIFIC ACTIONS OF GARMENT CONSTRUCTION HOWEVER ONCE YOU HAVE WORKED OUT A BASE FUNCTIONALITY, YOU CAN EXPLORE HOW LOSE THESE LINKS CAN BE.
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