Golan Levin Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Micrographia
R. HookeGolan Levin@rux_twitts_here That's definitely a key inspiration, along with Robert Hooke's Micrographia (1665) and Edmund Fry's Pantographia (1799)
Hardcover, 2020
$79.90Member price:$54.90 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
African Fractals: Modern Computing and Indigenous Design
Ron EglashGolan Levin@camillerouxart African Fractals: Modern Computing and Indigenous Design, by Ron Eglash; Constructivism by George Rickey; Computers, Patterns, Chaos and Beauty by Clifford Pickover
Paperback, 1999
$47.95Member price:$45.55 + Free shipping5% off
When the Machine Made Art: The Troubled History of Computer Art
Grant D. TaylorGolan Levin@SimonGColton Yes, sort of. Grant Taylor gives many examples of this in his book, "When the Machine Made Art: The Troubled History of Computer Art". Basically, a few of the earliest artists to use a computer (1960-65) did make this claim, as a sort of rhetorical provocation it seems.
Paperback, 2014
$39.95Member price:$39.95 + Free shipping0% off(Limited Discount Book)
Micrographia
Robert HookeGolan Levin@rux_twitts_here That's definitely a key inspiration, along with Robert Hooke's Micrographia (1665) and Edmund Fry's Pantographia (1799)
Paperback, 2018
$8.99Member price:$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Computational Drawing: From Foundational Exercises to Theories of Representation
Carl LostrittoGolan Levin@camillerouxart Structure in Nature is a Strategy for Design, by Peter Pearce; Li: Dynamic Form in Nature by David Wade; Logic and Design by Krome Barratt; Computational Drawing by Carl Lostritto; The Phenomenon of Life (Book 1) by Chris Alexander; Shapes/Branches/Flow (3 books) by Philip Ball
Paperback, 2022
$35.00Member price:$17.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Pantographia: Containing Accurate Copies Of All The Known Alphabets In The World (1799)
Edmund FryGolan Levin@rux_twitts_here That's definitely a key inspiration, along with Robert Hooke's Micrographia (1665) and Edmund Fry's Pantographia (1799)
Hardcover, 2010
$49.95Member price:$44.96 + Free shipping10% off
The Grammar of Ornament
Owen JonesGolan Levin@camillerouxart Depends on your preferences, I guess. Check out: The Grammar of Ornament by Owen Jones; Experimental Pattern Sourcebook by Jackie Herald; Graphic Games, by Victor Baumgartner; Form+Code by Casey Reas & Chandler McWilliams; Pedagogical Sketchbook by Paul Klee;
Paperback, 2010
$34.99Member price:$31.49 + Free shipping10% off
Living in Data
Jer ThorpGolan Levin#LivingInData—capping years of work by world-class mensch @blprnt—is going to be THE hot book next month, and you should pre-order it. The ideal gift for your pal concerned with how our data exhaust is mined for profit, power, and political gain. https://www.jerthorp.com/
Paperback, 2022
$19.00Member price:$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Logic and Design, Revised: In Art, Science, and Mathematics
Krome BarrattGolan Levin@camillerouxart Structure in Nature is a Strategy for Design, by Peter Pearce; Li: Dynamic Form in Nature by David Wade; Logic and Design by Krome Barratt; Computational Drawing by Carl Lostritto; The Phenomenon of Life (Book 1) by Chris Alexander; Shapes/Branches/Flow (3 books) by Philip Ball
Paperback, 2005
$29.95Member price:$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book