Programming for artists and designers
Why are we here, Nake and Nees, computers and programs, Python, the tools, git & GitHub. What the room answered is linked from each question.
x Download PDF Week 1Reading code
Types, control flow, data structures, uv. Given working code, predict the output; given broken code, find the fault.
x Download PDF Week 2Numbers into pictures
A phenomenon, a file of numbers, and every way to look at it: loops, functions, vectors, transformations, matplotlib. Assignment 2 is set here.
x Download PDF Week 3Interfaces
Give the work a surface: input, state, callbacks, Streamlit, FastAPI, and tests.
x Download PDF Week 4Images & video
Week05 in the repository, taught on 8 October after the holiday. Read pixels as data, make images with code, and sketch an interaction.
x Download PDF Week 5Sound as data
Make noise from numbers, request a song, and live-code four musical layers in Strudel. Includes linked code and a guided Easel exercise.
x Download PDF Week 6Build something amazing
Key concepts, Ask Me Anything, the 10:00–10:30 midterm, then team ideas and project mock-ups.
x Download PDF Week 7Build together. Ship something.
Teamwork, Codex cloud environments, CI delivery and live MediaPipe camera examples.
x Download PDF Week 8Connected interactions
Trace a message through a service, keep only the state you need, and design a visible failure.
x Download PDF Week 9UPCOMING DATES
More to come
New lesson dates will be shown here as they are confirmed.
xWhat the room answered, week by week · Words we use
Course documents
COURSE REPO · SD5913/PFAD
Tutorials, week by week
Branch 2026 is this year. Branch 2025 is last year’s complete thirteen weeks, kept as reference.
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