The monumental geometry of E Pluribus Unum
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2014
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ACM
Abstract
We describe the conception and construction of E Pluribus Unum, a large-scale artwork that combines text and geometry to depict over a million names of global organizations dedicated to social and environmental causes. The names are rendered in small type along lines arranged symmetrically in a disc. We examine the aesthetic choices involved in designing the artwork, and the technical challenges we faced in laying out and rendering a monumental amount of text.
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@inproceedings{10.1145:2630099.2630106,
booktitle = {Eurographics Workshop on Computational Aesthetics in Graphics, Visualization and Imaging},
editor = {Paul Rosin},
title = {{The monumental geometry of E Pluribus Unum}},
author = {Kaplan, Craig S. and Jordan, Chris},
year = {2014},
publisher = {ACM},
ISSN = {1816-0859},
ISBN = {978-1-4503-3019-0},
DOI = {10.1145/2630099.2630106}
}