Dezeen promotion: a personalised flower generated by an algorithm has won the wallpaper category in the Samsung Mobile Design Competition.
Created by Finnish designer Kalle Järvenpää and titled Garden of Galaxy, the work would give every Samsung Galaxy user the chance to grow a virtual flower, unique to their device, on their screen.
Finnish designer Kalle Järvenpää won the wallpaper category of the Samsung Mobile Design Competition
The look of each flower would be determined by an algorithm, which draws on a sequence of randomly generated "genes" as well as contextual factors around the user, such as their environment.
Each user would receive a unique "seed" when they register their Galaxy device, which would grow over time and bloom after one month. The flower would regularly bloom at the same time each month, until it finally dies and is replaced by a new sapling. Users would be able to select a preferred colour for their flower, but otherwise the appearance of the plant will be random and unique to the user's device. However, users would be able to share cuttings of their flowers with other users, in order to build up a collection of different flowers on their device, or even cross-breed cuttings to create new flowers.
Järvenpää's Garden of Galaxy concept would allow Galaxy mobile device users to grow a unique flower on their screen
The flowers displayed on the screen would also react to contextual factors. The leaves and petals of the flowe...