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'Random War' lithograph by Charles Csuri and James Shaffer in the USA, 1967, published in London by Motif Editions. The landscape composition features a scattered composition of toy soldiers with guns, in black and red, larger at the bottom grading to smaller at the top.

Random War by Charles Csuri and James Shaffer

1967

'Return to Square (a)' lithograph by members of the Computer Technique Group in Japan, 1968, published in London by Motif Editions. The portrait composition features a profile female head, in black, facing left, produced by a series of concentric outlines emanating out from a square at the centre. The original plotter drawing for the lithograph was created by members of the Computer Technique Group at the IBM Scientific Data Centre in Tokyo. The idea was by Masao Komura and the programme by Kunio Yamanaka.

Return to Square (a) by the Computer Technique Group

1968

'Moire Pattern' lithograph by Maughan S. Mason in Utah, 1968, published in London by Motif Editions. The landscape composition shows a series of undulating red lines that interweave to produce the effect of a wave, pushing against the right of the picture frame.

Moire Pattern by Maughan S. Mason

1968

'The Snail' lithograph by Kerry Strand, 1967, published in London by Motif Editions. The portrait composition shows a computer-generated drawing of a recurring elliptical shape, in black, resembling an upright nautilus shell. The original computer graphic was produced using a Calcomp 770 tape system in association with a Model 207 Flat bed plotter. Plotting time 4 1/2 hours.

The Snail by Kerry Strand

1967

'3-dimensional bug pattern' lithograph by Donald Robbins in the USA, 1968, published in London by Motif Editions. The portrait composition features a checkerboard of cubes with swirling patterned sides, in dark blue.

3-dimensional bug pattern by Donald Robbins

1968

'Running Cola is Africa' lithograph by members of the Computer Technique Group in Japan, 1968, published in London by Motif Editions. The landscape composition shows a computer plotter drawing, in black, depicting a sequence of contour drawings in which a running person transforms into a Cola-bottle which then transforms into the map of Africa. A more condensed transformation below, The original plotter drawing for the lithograph was created by members of the Computer Technique Group at the IBM Scientific Data Centre in Tokyo. The idea was by Masao Komura, the data by Makato Otake, and the programme by Koji Fujino

Running Cola is Africa by members of the Computer Technique Group

1968

'Articulated Figure Development' lithograph by William Fetter in the USA, 1968, and published in London by Motif Editions. It shows an ergonomic study of the movements of a computer-generated human figure. The landscape composition features three rows of seated outline figures, in black, their legs straight, showing the sequential movement of raising and lowering the left arm and turning the head.

Articulated Figure Development by William Fetter

1968