Technology and the Arts 2.0 – Series 1, Ep. 7 (10.08.2012)

Topics discussed:

• John talked about NFC tags and a couple of design books — Universal Principles of Design and 100 Ideas That Changed Graphic Design.
  
• Brian discussed Scape, a music composition app for the iPad from the innovative musical mind of Brian Eno and Peter Chilvers for Generative Music (see the video demonstration below).
• Brian also talked about a “lost” Steve Jobs speech from a 1983 design conference in Aspen in which he painted a pretty accurate picture of the future of technology.
• Brian also shared with John this recent post about recreating one of his songs from the late 1980s, “Form of Life”, and recording a new version of it completely on his iPhone with GarageBand.

Scape – Generative Music