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Co-creator of "Processing" and founder of Fathom Information Design — Ben Fry (@ben_fry) — on the beginnings of the Processing programming environment, the use of information design and visualization to understand complicated data problems, and his approach to design, life, & work.
Ben Fry is founder and principal of Fathom Information Design, a studio in Boston focused on understanding complicated data problems. He holds a Ph.D. from the MIT Media Laboratory and is a Lecturer at MIT. Fry has authored and co-authored multiple books and develops "Processing" — the programming environment he co-created with Casey Reas used by artists, engineers, scientists, and students all over the world since 2001. His work can be found in museums, feature films, research labs, and the portfolios of Fathom's clients such as Nike, JP Morgan, DARPA, and National Geographic. In 2011, Fry was honored to visit the White House to receive the National Design Award for Interaction Design.
Connect with Ben at Fathom.info, benfry.com, and Processing.org.
Links
Processing
Netscape
Fathom Information Design
Arduino
OpenFrameworks
acu by Ben Fry, Jared Schiffman, and Tom White (1999)
acWorld by Tom White, Jared Schiffman, and Ben Fry (1998)
acWindows by David Small (1996)
OpenGL
C++
Bad Windows by Bob Sabiston (1988)
Visible Language Workshop
Aesthetics + Computation Group (ACG)
Design by Numbers
NYU ITP
Valence by Ben Fry (1999)
Valence in Minority Report
National Air and Space Museum
Star Wars
Star Trek
NASA
MIT Media Lab
Valence in the Hulk
On needing approval for what we create, and losing control over how it's distributed by Ben Fry (2010)
SGI Octane
Photoshop
Sentinel typeface by Hoefler & Co.
National typeface by Klim
Fabriga typeface by Lux Typo
Ringside typeface by Hoefler & Co.
ProPublica
MacRecipes by Fathom
Rocky Morphology by Fathom
Books
The Information by James Gleick
The Innovators by Walter Isaacson
Movies
Big Hero 6
2001: A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick
Alien by Ridley Scott
Powers of Ten by Charles and Ray Eames
People mentioned
John Maeda
Casey Reas
Daniel Shiffman
Andres Colubri
Tom White
David Small
Bob Sabiston
John Underkoffler
Tom Cruise
Jose Luis García del Castillo y López
Jack Dorsey
Charles Kingsley
James Gleick
Walter Isaacson
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Co-creator of "Processing" and founder of Fathom Information Design — Ben Fry (@ben_fry) — on the beginnings of the Processing programming environment, the use of information design and visualization to understand complicated data problems, and his approach to design, life, & work.
Ben Fry is founder and principal of Fathom Information Design, a studio in Boston focused on understanding complicated data problems. He holds a Ph.D. from the MIT Media Laboratory and is a Lecturer at MIT. Fry has authored and co-authored multiple books and develops "Processing" — the programming environment he co-created with Casey Reas used by artists, engineers, scientists, and students all over the world since 2001. His work can be found in museums, feature films, research labs, and the portfolios of Fathom's clients such as Nike, JP Morgan, DARPA, and National Geographic. In 2011, Fry was honored to visit the White House to receive the National Design Award for Interaction Design.
Connect with Ben at Fathom.info, benfry.com, and Processing.org.
Links
Processing
Netscape
Fathom Information Design
Arduino
OpenFrameworks
acu by Ben Fry, Jared Schiffman, and Tom White (1999)
acWorld by Tom White, Jared Schiffman, and Ben Fry (1998)
acWindows by David Small (1996)
OpenGL
C++
Bad Windows by Bob Sabiston (1988)
Visible Language Workshop
Aesthetics + Computation Group (ACG)
Design by Numbers
NYU ITP
Valence by Ben Fry (1999)
Valence in Minority Report
National Air and Space Museum
Star Wars
Star Trek
NASA
MIT Media Lab
Valence in the Hulk
On needing approval for what we create, and losing control over how it's distributed by Ben Fry (2010)
SGI Octane
Photoshop
Sentinel typeface by Hoefler & Co.
National typeface by Klim
Fabriga typeface by Lux Typo
Ringside typeface by Hoefler & Co.
ProPublica
MacRecipes by Fathom
Rocky Morphology by Fathom
Books
The Information by James Gleick
The Innovators by Walter Isaacson
Movies
Big Hero 6
2001: A Space Odyssey by Stanley Kubrick
Alien by Ridley Scott
Powers of Ten by Charles and Ray Eames
People mentioned
John Maeda
Casey Reas
Daniel Shiffman
Andres Colubri
Tom White
David Small
Bob Sabiston
John Underkoffler
Tom Cruise
Jose Luis García del Castillo y López
Jack Dorsey
Charles Kingsley
James Gleick
Walter Isaacson
Chapters
I'd love to hear from you.
Submit a question about this or any previous episodes.
Join the Discord community. Meet other curious minds.
If you enjoy the show, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts/iTunes? It takes less than 60 seconds and really helps.
Show notes, transcripts, and past episodes at gettingsimple.com/podcast.
Theme song Sleep by Steve Combs under CC BY 4.0.
Follow Nono
Twitter.com/nonoesp
Instagram.com/nonoesp
Facebook.com/nonomartinezalonso
YouTube.com/nonomartinezalonso
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