Fashion meets math

Posted Sat, Aug 27, 2005 at 06:09 PM

I'm a sucker for edgy, high-end fasion magazines. Technically, I think that they are called "lifestyle" magazines although they bear only a remote resemblance to mine as I am neither fashionable nor high-end.

One particular read, MetroPop, has won my heart since their full-on illustration issue (Winter 2003). Their current issue (May/June 2005) pops off the shelf with a very distinctive black and white cover. Yes, the model is beautiful but what are those sexy overlays??

MetroPop - the denim issue fashion spread

Flip to the fashion spread and nestled among "photography" and "make-up & hair" in the list of credits you'll find: "generative art particle attractions - tom carden".

I love this cross breeding of fashion photography and computer art. You'll find more info about Tom Carden and his work on his processing sketchbook.

Carden was first approached by photographer Clayton James Cubitt who is fast becoming a favourite of mine.

Read an interview with Cardin by Cubitt.

And take a look at the "making of" in the Processing gallery.