“Programming Posters” at FH Dortmund

We live in an unbelievable time: never before have there been so many innovations in such a short period of […]

This is a recording of a rehearsal for my talk at the great TAAALKS conference on June 27th 2020. The […]

Communication design is changing at a rapid pace, everything is becoming even faster, more digital and above all more modular. […]

I have been interviewed by Franco Varriano for the awesome Tech+Art-podcast. We spoke about my way into technology, the important […]

My personal journey from a design-student to a creative coder.

In this tutorial I show you how to create abstract 3D portraits from any image file. Here you will learn […]

After more than 7 months of experimentation, planning and creating i am finally abled to release a first Alpha-version of […]

Level: Beginner & intermediate In this tutorial i’ll guide you through all the necessary steps to rasterize an image with […]

In the last years i’ve observed a new tendency in typography and graphic design which has been made possible by […]

One of the most powerful features of Processing in comparison to all web-based approaches and frameworks (like p5.js) is the […]

So called “libraries” extend the functionality of the software-development-enviroment Processing. Please handle those extensions with care: If you are a […]

I passionately collect a special kind of media in a huge dropbox-folder: Resources that are free to use, not copyrighted […]

In this video i share my opinions about the benefits of p5.js and Processing. I also talk about how i’ve […]

A growing collection of resources, mainly scoped to Creative Coding and Generative Design.

A few months ago, Philip Jursch and Dogu Kaya interviewed me for their Master Thesis titled “Constants & Variables” at […]

Some of you asked for it, so today i release the code package with examples of my courses and many […]

In the next Q&A session I have another wonderful guest: Vera van de Seyp. I met Vera years ago at […]

About 6 months ago PAGE magazine published my rasterization-tutorial (for Processing) in the German print-issue. Now the tutorial is available […]

A 5-day remote-workshop at écal

I am always fascinated by the creative energy that shapes the scene around art, design and technology in these special […]

Generative Illustrations for nytimes.com

Rasterization is an essential technique for creating a wide range of visuall systems. Furthermore the process of rasterizing contains essential […]

The internet holds incredible treasures of media, free to use for anyone. This short video-essay gives you insights into the […]

»Nur programmierende Gestalter sind den Problemen unserer Zeit gewachsen« 08.01.2020 von Lena Simonis

Here are some impressions from my talk at the Digital Experience Conference of the Art Directors Club on November 21st […]

In greek mythology, Odysseus resisted the tempting voices of the singing sirens through shackling himself on the mast of the […]

This is the first part of a brand new tutorial-series about Waves, a fundamental skill and feature in Generative Design […]

I quite get often asked for advices on how to get started with creative coding. These are my most essential […]

PAGE, Germany’s magazine for the creative industries featured my project Programming Posters with a 6-page article in the April issue. […]

In this post i’ll teach you how to access the data of an image and how to use it to […]

To me, programming means much more than just writing code. It is a way to create invaluable opportunities, to connect […]

In October 2018 i gave a talk about my approach on teaching at the Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven.

The attached mindmap explains in a simple way, how Generative Design works (from my point of view).

“Creative Coding = Unexplored Territories”: In my talk at TEDx UniPaderborn 2017 i tell my personal story and how i came in touch with Generative Design, what it is and why it is awesome.