NodeBox Workshop Materials

In the spirit of open-source, here's how the Experimental Media Research Group give NodeBox workshops.

NodeBox workshops are typically structured as intensive 1-week classes. We typically have 10-20 students who work in small teams.

The first two days we teach the software. The rest of the schedule the students work in small groups. We do daily evaluations with the whole group where every team can present their work to the whole class.

NOTE We're currently converting the material to NodeBox 3.

Schedule

• Day 1 (Monday)

  • Introduction of the speakers
  • Introduction to generative design with examples
  • Downloading + installing the software
  • Overview of the user interface: what do all the panels do, difference between save/export.
  • Creating nodes, interacting with them using handles, relationship between handles / ports
  • Connecting nodes together, creating interactive drawing tools
  • List matching

• Day 2 (Tuesday)

  • Creating Data Visualizations.
  • Basic animation and advanced animation.

• Day 3 (Wednesday)

  • Students present the project they'll be working on as sketches
  • End-of-day: last presentation of students

• Day 4 (Thursday)

  • Presentation:

• Day 5 (Friday)

  • If we're working on a poster, the morning is the deadline to have it printed!
  • Final Presentation, open to the public
  • Evaluation

Things that work

• We work in small groups (2-3 people). Larger groups don't perform as well.
• Every evening, we hold a Scrum presentation:
  • What did you do yesterday?
  • What will you do today?
  • Do you need any help?

Credits

Course material and examples by:

• Lieven Menschaert
• Stefan Gabriëls
• Frederik De Bleser