A_B_ PEACE & TERROR ETC. THE COMPUTATIONAL AESTHETICS OF LOVE & HATE. PROCESS / FORMAT—Dual-sided screen print by K2 Screen London. The A_ side is printed verso in metallic graphite ink while the B_ side is printed recto in pearlescent white ink. 1st edition: GFSmith 180 gsm Transclear. 2nd edition: GFSmith 350 micron Plasma Polycoat Glass Clear. SIZE—618mm X 1000mm QUANTITY—20 / 50 DATE—06 / 2008 PUBLICATION—Data Flow, Made & Sold, AIGA 365, SIGGRAPH Proceedings, IDEA, Computer Arts, IdN, bio.21 Catalogue, WIRED, Design Week, InfoVis Catalogue, Computational Aesthetics Catalogue, Form, Diagrams, Coupe Design Annual, Business Week, +81 Magazine, De:Bug Magazine. EXHIBITION—AIGA 365 2009, SIGGRAPH 2009, Computational Aesthetics 2009, InfoVis 2008, New Views II 2008, bio.21 2008, +81 Gallery+Lab. AWARD—AIGA 365. DESCRIPTION—A_B_ ... is a geopolitical survey of the 192 member states of the United Nations with regard to the quantitative degree to which each contributes to peace and terror in the world. The project is a dual-sided poster where the A_ side displays measures of peace, while the B_ side, measures of terror. For each of the A_B_ measures, the graph is divided into 3 rings (3 separate indexes for peace and 3 separate indexes for terror) that are individual quantitative measures obtained from researchers working in the field of geopolitics. The quantitative variation for the peace and terror measures is represented as variation in line thickness: thin line=low value, thick line=high value. The functional nature of the poster becomes poignantly relevant when one makes detailed comparisons across nations for the various measures—many of the results are quite surprising and stand in contrast to prevailing norms of collective national perception. Available exclusively from Design Supremo —

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