This is a fascinating project that started in 2012 as a Facebook page where ASCII and Unicode patterns have been generated. In this abstract project, the generated patterns are adapted for digital art. Why ASCII and Unicode for digital design are so clever? This project shows how a straightforward system of 8-bit and 16-bit code and potentially any HTML text field can be utilised to generate intensely beautiful patterns through iteration and duration and collaboration it can produce sophisticated and vibrant results. This project aims to set up an interactive digital patterns bank on Facebook.

Fogelman is a conceptual artist and eco-friendly designer originally from Tbilisi, Georgia USSR. Having relocated to Israel in 1975, she has been living and working in Berkeley, CA since 1998. With a diverse educational background encompassing dance, music, fine art, and design, Fogelman established a groundbreaking multi-disciplinary media art graduate program at California State University East Bay in 2011. Her exceptional contributions to the field have earned her the prestigious title of Research Scientist by the Israeli Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Jerusalem, Israel in 2016.

ASCII Digital Design Museum aka ADDM aims to be a futuristic Unicode pattern bank on Facebook, to be built on the fundamental principles of contemporary tech, arts, and design embracing the primary use of ASCII and Unicode code as digital building blocks for visual communication. ADDM is the 2021 A'Design Award-winning in the Idea Design category and the 2022 American Institute of Architects for an unbuilt project. ADDM was founded on Facebook by Rozita Fogelman from her studio in Berkeley, California, on July 5, 2012. https://www.facebook.com/Museum