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1. Who is he? 3. Coding 5. Style 7. Art Journey 9. Praystation 11.Products
Who is He?
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Joshua Davis, born June 13, 1971, is a New-York artist, designer, and technologist that produces products for companies, collectors, and institutions. He experiments with code in design, playing with texture, color, and shape – moving away from traditional art to learn to design through coding.
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Coding 3
Davis is known for his coding skills, winning awards. He won Prix Ars Electronica 2001 Golden Nica for “Net Vision / Net Excellence”. He had a role in designing the visualization of IBM’s Watson, an intelligent computer program that’s capable of answering questions for quiz shows. He uses his coding skills to create intense, yet colorful, patterns that’s used for many
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“I never want to paint again because with writing programming and using hardware, I’m really creating things that sort of dazzle my eyes and dazzle my brain.” -Joshua Davis His style is ecstatic, intense, and very drastic in patterns and colors. His reknowned website, Praystation.com, houses his portfolio. A mountain of pieces that reflects his stages of art. His notorious pieces all done through coding started due to his love of coding.
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Art Journey
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His art journey kick started with paint, loathing the idea of doing something people have done in the past. Instead, he went for a different approach, going for graphic design, advertising, and typography. In a transitional era of technology, he then learnt to code, and with that skill he learnt to draw with code.
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Praystation
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Praystation was Davis’first website. He was given the role to create a website for his university, his first domain being called ‘praystation.com. It was a hallmark of his accomplishments and what makes him who he is today. His progression into coding aided his love for designing - thus bringing a new era of design. This accomplishment brought a reward that sets off his business.
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