Object Matrices

Object Matrices repackage ubiquitous product images in a new, friendly format, void of their original consumptive value.

Products are designed and engineered to elicit positive responses and increase consumption. Colors and shapes are mapped to our desires and credit cards insulate us from being aware of the true cost of our purchases. Your desires and mine can be revealed by looking at the top grossing products of the year. What colors, shapes and patterns were popular this year?

By analyzing images from the online marketplace with algorithms that group color, shapes, and patterns we can start to see the colorful failures, organized successes, and glut of images that are part of our everyday online world. Web scraping software and a custom Java application was used here to download the websites advertised in spam emails. To the frustration that is email, these are my responses.

In Progress

This is a project in progress, and more updates will be posted soon. If you’re interested in using the software for your project please get in touch with me.