Technology as Handmaiden to Generative Drawing 1/4

This research was conducted by Managing Director, Neil Barron, part-time, over five years at the Royal College of Art in London.

The research explored an innovative

approach to generative drawing (sketching) by hybridizing paper and screen based drawing in a coherent process with particular reference to the industrial design profession. During the research a number of experimental objects were generated and these are

presented on the following pages. A more detailed summary of the project as a whole is presented in the research abstract.

Hybrid Electronic Drawing & Writing Tablet (above)

This is a soft Connolly hide drawing surface which rests on the lap for informal generative drawing. The LCD screen has an overlaid matrix which senses the pen and results in drawing directly on screen unlike conventional

computer drawing tablets. The top surface is suitable for paper - encouraging a hybridized approach to drawing as characterised by the concerns of the research project.

This object was simplified and reduced to generate the Kidley drawing and writing tablets.