The Generated Space is a gallery of procedural and generative art which encompasses a wide variety of techniques and methods. It was created by the wonderful developer and artist Kjetil Golid.

In Kjetil’s own words:

It presents a wide range of different generative algorithms; from organic flow fields and particle systems to rigid fractals and grammar-based shapes. Some more serious than others.

The variety of generative art is really astounding, with creations taking inspiration from a wide range of diverse origins and sources.

From artists such as Jackson Pollock:

Pollock as a Service 👨‍🎨 https://t.co/bytH3F1mAu pic.twitter.com/YkskfVOwuu

— Kjetil Golid (@kGolid) February 9, 2020

Engineer and Mathemetician Oliver Byrne:

Byrne as a service! New experiment over at https://t.co/qN7zD6CfEb pic.twitter.com/ZTS0v2tZJM

— Kjetil Golid (@kGolid) June 23, 2019

Exploring different generative algorithms and ideas, like Cellular Automata:

A lot of new bells and whistles on my Hatch Automata client-thing!⚡️ Now able to generate a wider variety of patterns and structures: https://t.co/D8FQscZpE6 Create something cool and press 'p' to download it!👩‍🎨 (non-mobile browser recommended) pic.twitter.com/X4x9peqzdr

— Kjetil Golid (@kGolid) January 7, 2020

As well as amazing studies of isometric forms and shapes, creating wonderfully complex structures:

Countless cubic contraptions. pic.twitter.com/2kaJyHE0Jh

— Kjetil Golid (@kGolid) August 12, 2019

Synesthesia is a condition where certain senses overlap. For example, you could smell colors, or see sounds!

Bernadette Sheridan has a type of synesthesia whereby letters and numbers appear as colors within her brain (grapheme-color synesthesia). She has created a lovely map of those colors so we can experience it as well.

What Color Is Your Name? allows you to type in your name and see the colors that it produces. It’s a wonderfully simple idea grounded in Bernadette’s reality.

Does name match your personality? It might, depending on what color it is. https://t.co/e4tFjZe0J3 pic.twitter.com/kdQWLFvlRz

— Bernadette Sheridan (@SynesthesiaMe) February 7, 2020

You may be surprised by what you find. For me, I’m a long combination of blues, with a yellow flair right at the end. You can play around with random names on the site, or browse the project’s Twitter account and see everyone sharing their colors!

This is such a beautiful exercise. Thank you, Bernadette Sheridan! @SynesthesiaMe pic.twitter.com/7LfaEWUKes

— Aimee Muirnin Dunne (@aimeeinstl) February 11, 2020

The project has done a fantastic job of raising awareness of the condition, and to boot, allows you buy a beautiful, clean print of whichever word you choose. Which can make for a wonderful and unique gift, as well as a perpetual talking point!

If you’re looking for something unique as a gift, or for that personal flair, then look no further than KnitYak.

KnitYak started off as a kickstarter, launched by Fabienne “fbz” Serriere, with the goal of creating generative knitwear, and wow-oh-wow was it a success.

By basing all the designs off generative algorithms, KnitYak is able to make each item a one-off.

new backer update, 541 scarves have shipped so far, 93 left to ship: https://t.co/NKkPOhkauf pic.twitter.com/yJzvNgcJTJ

— KnitYak (@KnitYak) May 7, 2018

Looking through the catalog, you can recognize some of the generative algorithms that defined the art-space, from the Mandelbrot set to the Cellular Automata. There’s something very beautiful about pulling an algorithm out of the computer, and turning it into something you can physically touch and hold.