Designer:

Ben Fry, American, b. 1975  Search this

Medium:

Digital print on archival paper

Dimensions:

92.1 × 92.1 cm (36 1/4 × 36 1/4 in.)

Type:

graphic design

Print

Object Name:

Print

Made in:

Boston, MA, USA

Date:

2003

Description:

Visualization of the human chromosome known as chromosome 21. Depicts a portion of the 50 million letters of genetic code that comprise the chromosome and was created using Java and custom code. The dark purple depicts sequences of genetic code (called exons) that are used by a cell as the set of instructions for building a protein. These instructions are interrupted by unused pieces of code (introns), which are depicted in light purple. The grey areas have no currently known function.

Credit Line:

Gift of Ben Fry

Accession Number:

2017-11-5

Restrictions & Rights:

Usage conditions apply

Copyright Notice:

© Ben Fry, 2009

See more items in:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq427dfdef0-fb48-4ea3-aef3-bd77830d01c0

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_2017-11-5