Abstract
We investigate using generated decorative art as a source of inspiration for design tasks. Using a visual similarity search for image retrieval, the Camera Obscurer app enables rapid searching of tens of thousands of generated abstract images of various types. The seed for a visual similarity search is a given image, and the retrieved generated images share some visual similarity with the seed. Implemented in a hand-held device, the app empowers users to use photos of their surroundings to search through the archive of generated images and other image archives. Being abstract in nature, the retrieved images supplement the seed image rather than replace it, providing different visual stimuli including shapes, colours, textures and juxtapositions, in addition to affording their own interpretations. This approach can therefore be used to provide inspiration for a design task, with the abstract images suggesting new ideas that might give direction to a graphic design project. We describe a crowdsourcing experiment with the app to estimate user confidence in retrieved images, and we describe a pilot study where Camera Obscurer provided inspiration for a design task. These experiments have enabled us to describe future improvements, and to begin to understand sources of visual inspiration for design tasks.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Computational Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art and Design |
| Subtitle of host publication | 8th International Conference, EvoMUSART 2019 Held as Part of EvoStar 2019 Leipzig, Germany, April 24–26, 2019 Proceedings |
| Editors | Anikó Ekárt, Antonios Liapis, María Luz Castro Pena |
| Place of Publication | Cham Switzerland |
| Publisher | Springer |
| Pages | 51-68 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9783030166670 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783030166663 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2019 |
| Event | International Conference on Evolutionary and Biologically Inspired Music, Sound, Art and Design 2019 - Leipzig, Germany Duration: 24 Apr 2019 → 26 Apr 2019 Conference number: 8th http://www.evostar.org/2019/cfp_evomusart.php |
Publication series
| Name | Lecture Notes in Computer Science |
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| Publisher | Springer |
| Volume | 11453 |
| ISSN (Print) | 0302-9743 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 1611-3349 |
Conference
| Conference | International Conference on Evolutionary and Biologically Inspired Music, Sound, Art and Design 2019 |
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| Abbreviated title | EvoMUSART 2019 |
| Country | Germany |
| City | Leipzig |
| Period | 24/04/19 → 26/04/19 |
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