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A man of Many Parts

What
"A man of many parts" is a booklet in which each part of an SVG clipart becomes the constituting element of a pattern.

How

I broke down an SVG clip art found on OpenClipArt.org. In this way I obtained shapes that don't necessarily refer to a figurative image. Then I used python to generate a pattern for each one of these elements.

Why

I spent much time exploring the Open Clip Art archive because I found interesting the simplicity with which these designs can be break into parts. After a while I realized that I was less interested in the final designs than in their constituting elements. Therefore I looked for a way to repurpose these abstract shapes.

Code

The code I used is pretty simple: basically I played around with a nested loop.

PS

I had a hard time setting the pages in order to print and fold a booklet. Often I had the temptation to solve the issue in Mac OS, but in the end I stumbled upon this useful tutorial by OSP.

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 '''Why''' <br/>
+I spent much time exploring the [http://www.openclipart.org/ Open Clip Art archive] because I found interesting the simplicity with which these designs can be break into parts. After a while I realized that I was less interested in the final designs than in their constituting elements. Therefore I looked for a way to repurpose these abstract shapes.
-I was fascinated by the Open Clip Art archive and by the simplicity to rework these files. What I found particularly interesting were not the final designs, but their constituting parts.
+'''Code''' <br/>
+The code I used is pretty simple: basically I played around with a nested loop.
-Taken singly they sometimes have a strong iconic value. The repetition of a simple shape, liberates it from its figurative referent.
+'''PS''' <br/>
+I had a hard time setting the pages in order to print and fold a booklet. Often I had the temptation to solve the issue in Mac OS, but in the end I stumbled upon this [http://ospublish.constantvzw.org/tools/how-to-print-a-booklet-in-16-steps useful tutorial] by OSP.