Jigsaw Image Mosaic (JIM Download pdf) , where image tiles of arbitrary shape are used to compose the final picture (tile configuration that minimizes a mosaicing energy function).

Recognizing Patterns (PDF)

Using 2D Space Effectively : (Lecture Slides )

Geometric Folding Algorithms : http://www.fucg.org/ (Linkages , Origami , Polyhedra )

Syntactic Theory of Visual Communication : http://commfaculty.fullerton.edu/lester/writings/viscomtheory.html

6 illuminating concept maps : http://www.lifeclever.com/2006/09/01/6-illuminating-concept-maps-you-should-know-about/

(Fractal and) ZoomGrid philosophy; "a very complex object that can be generated through a recursive (iterative) process based on a simple generating rule ". Via

"Mapping from the margins” : http://www.huntalternatives.org/pages/397_rita_manchanda.cfm (mapping process as a catalyst for discussion and developing new understanding of conflicts; a vehicle for challenging state-centric representations of conflict and borders).

Visualization research team : http://www.qviz.org/contact.htm

Now that IE7 is out my pages are broken : http://www.bravenet.com/resources/newsletters/?newsletter=tips

DIGITAL CREATIVE MAP : http://www.mixedmedia.it/eng/map/index.html ARTISTS : AGON, AIEP Avventure in Elicottero Prodotti, Ennio Bertrand, Mario Canali, DotDotDot, LeftLoft, Limiteazero, N!03, Otolab, Claudio Sinatti, Studio Azzurro, TheBigSpace, 263 Films

Seamless tile tutorial - Photoshop

Animated image development : http://clicks.robertgenn.com/big-small.php

Digital poster printing for short runs : http://www.largeformatposters.com/

(Book Review) "King of Infinite Space": http://leonardo.info/reviews/feb2007/king_ryssen.html Donald Coxeter (the Man Who Saved Geometry)

Now featured (8 Feb) at 'Creative Mapping Project blog maintained by inIVA staff, educators, artists and academics' : http://creativemapping.blogspot.com/index.html

"Setting a good example for children takes all the fun out of middle age." - William Feather
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"Nearly every man who develops an idea works at it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged." - Thomas Edison
"Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves." - Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist (1623 - 1662)
"The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.” - Wilhelm Stekel