resources

Bibliography

• John Maeda – Creative Code: Aesthetics and Computation
• John Maeda – The Laws of Simplicity
• Miller Puckette – Theory and Technique of Electronic Music
• Casey Reas / Ben Fry – Processing: A Programming Handbook for Visual Artists and Designers
• Massimo Banzi – Getting Started with Arduino
• Casey Reas and Ben Fry – Getting Started with Processing
• Przemyslaw Prusinkiewicz – The Algorithmic Beauty of Plants
• Sullivan & Igoe – Physical Computing: Sensing and Controlling the Physical World with Computers
• Tom Igoe – Making Things Talk – Practical Methods for Connecting Physical Objects
• Nicholas Collins – Handmade Electronic Music – The Art of Hardware Hacking
• Todd Winkler – Composing Interactive Music – Techniques and Ideas Using Max
• Andy Farnell – Designing Sound
• Frank Blum – Designing Interactive Installations
• Allesandro Cipriani / Maurizio Giri – Electronic Sound Design – Theory and Practice with Max/Msp
• Curtis Roads – Microsound
• Curtis Roads – The Computer Music Tutorial
• Casey Reas – Form + Code in Art, Design and Architecture
• Ben Fry – Visualizing Data
• Edward R. Tufte – Envisioning Information
• Greg Lynn – Animate Form
• Ron Brinkmann – The Art and Science of Digital Compositing
• Visual Music –  Synaesthesia in Art and Music Since 1900
• Krome Barratt – Logic and Design in Art, Science and Mathematics
• Peters + Tan – Flash Math Creativity

Filmography / Videography

• Microcosmos
• Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey
• Moog (Film)
• The Matrix
• Better Living Through Circuitry
• Between the Folds
• Ohm+ – The Early Gurus of Electronic Music
• The Pixar Story
• Modulations – Cinema for the Ear
• It Might Get Loud

Websites

See links in right column

Podcasts (all can be found in iTunes – below are links to the podcast’s website)

• Science Friday Audio Podcast
• WNYC’s Radiolab
• This Week in Microbiology
• Make Magazine
• TED Talks
• Science Talk
• How Stuff Works
• KCRW’s Design and Architecture
• Studio 360

Supplies

• Arduino Starter Kit
• Sketchbook dedicated to this class (Maker’s Notebook is recommended)
• A blog at wordpress.com / a vimeo account.