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Question 1: 
Are you a: Students, Artists, Designer, 
Researchers, Hobbyists, or other
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Answer 1: 
Designer + Researcher + Educator
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Question 2: 
When did you started with writing code?
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Answer 2: 
1989 when I bought my first computer.
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Question 3: 
What was the reason or motivation 
that you started with this?
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Answer 3: 
Games never interested me. 
I found more inspiration in the things 
coming from the demoscene of the time. 
Wanted to see how I could turn 
code into new and exciting visuals.
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Question 4: 
Which computer program do you use the most?
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Answer 4: 
Processing
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Question 5: 
Are there any other programming tools 
you would like to experiment with?
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Answer 5: 
Lots. But despite (or perhaps because of) 
33 years of autodidact programming 
experience, I’m still paralyzed 
and terrifird about the prospect 
of having to learn a new language 
from scratch.
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Question 6: 
What are the things you hope to 
achieve by learning the write code?
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Answer 6: 
Push the boundaries of visual language. 
Push the field of visual 
communication forward. Push for people 
to break the shackles of commercial 
software and reclaim the power to 
create their own design tools in 
the digital realm.
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Question 7: 
What are the benefits of learning 
how to code?
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Answer 7: 
Numerous. Iterate fast. Fail fast. 
Speak the language of the medium. 
Think of design as a system, 
not an artefact. Discover new 
and fertile grounds for artists 
to play in. Plus loads more.
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Question 8: 
But are there also any downsides 
or limitations?
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Answer 8: 
Steep learning curve. Anxiety attack when 
starting as a total n00b. Takes time to 
build fluidity and confidence = often 
your limited knowledge of code will 
dictate what you can makeand not 
vice versa. Plus loads more.
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Question 9: 
Do you think learning code should 
be mandatory within the design academy?
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Answer 9: 
Yes
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Question 10: 
What is your view on the future 
of creative coding, how is it 
going to look in the next five years?
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Answer 10: 
I see increasing interest from 
lots of design agencies. They are gradually 
getting request from clients wanting 
solutions that require the 
involvement of coders. No doubt you will 
have an advantage on the future job market 
as a designer, if you can also understand 
how to think in code 
(and perhaps even dabble with it yourself).
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Question 11: 
The use of creative coding is generally 
thought of as more aesthetic 
than functional. However it is becoming 
more popular within advertising, branding 
and the wider design industry (for example 
Studio Dumbar). How would you describe 
the intersection between graphic design 
and programming?
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Answer 11: 
The two distinct disciplines converged 
around the time of the early internet, 
when all the cool stuff on the web prompted 
designers to pick up programming manuals 
(Flash, Director, etc). A tech-savvy 
generation of young designers weren’t at all
scared rather thrilled about exploring the 
potential of code as an expressive material 
through endless screens of 
gnarly looking syntax. Since then the cross
pollenation of aesthetics and code has 
intensified and lead us to where
we are today, where people like you, 
dear author of this survey, as the most 
natural thing in the world, is asking 
questions about code in a community of 
artists and designers. I wrote my PhD 
dissertation about programming + graphic 
design + education.
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