Shape Grammars Buch by Jannis Maroscheck

Shape Grammars Buch by Jannis Maroscheck is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award in Gold in Generatives Design Competition Category.

GoldGenerativ· 2022

Shape Grammars Buch

by Jannis Maroscheck

Client: Jannis Maroscheck

A' Design Award in Gold Winner in Generativ Category

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The Design

About Shape Grammars Buch

„Shape Grammars“ ist ein Handbuch für Gestalter zum Thema generative Formen. Das Buch untersucht, wie einzigartige Einzelstücke in Massenproduktion hergestellt werden können. Zwölf Produktionssysteme wurden entworfen und programmiert, um eine unbegrenzte Anzahl individueller grafischer Formen zu erzeugen. Der broschierte Katalog umfasst 836 Seiten und präsentiert 150.000 generierte Formen, sortiert von streng geometrisch bis organisch frei. Sowohl der Inhalt als auch das Layout wurden mit eigens entwickelter generativer Software erstellt. „Shape Grammars“ zeigt Potenziale und Grenzen des generativen Gestaltens auf und dient als Inspirationsquelle am Arbeitsplatz.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award in Gold

Shape Grammars Buch ist Gewinner des A' Design Award in Gold, einer überaus prestigeträchtigen Anerkennung für erstklassige, wunderbare und herausragende Designs. Gold-Gewinner sind äußerst innovative, visionäre und glamourös blendende Schöpfungen, die das Genie, die Weisheit und die Meisterschaft ihrer Designer widerspiegeln. Von Shape Grammars Buch wird erwartet, dass es eine hochgepriesene, trendsetzende und monumentale Erfindung ist, die beispiellosen Mehrwert liefert. Dieses mit dem A' Design Award in Gold prämierte Design ist ein spektakuläres, respektiertes Projekt, das den Grenzen von Kunst, Wissenschaft, Design und Technologie in hohem Maße zugutekommt und sie voranbringt. Shape Grammars Buch erzeugt intensive Gefühle des Verlangens, weckt Leidenschaft, ermutigt zur Kreativität und fasziniert uns.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Shape Grammars is a study on generative shapes, asking: how can unique pieces be mass produced? 12 production systems that can generate an unlimited number of individual graphic shapes were designed and programmed. The result is a designer's handbook which, in addition to 150,000 generated shapes, shows some potentials and limitations of generative design.
Dimensions & Packaging: Soft-bound catalogue, digital print. 836 pages. 185x235x45mm
Tags: generative, shapes, book, massproduction, graphic production, shape collection, dictionary of shapes
Production Technology: The content as well as the book layout was produced with custom generative software.
Design Challenge: The main challenge was to create very simple rulesets, which are able to generate a high variety of shapes. Simple means, their logic can be expressed in a sentence, that is easily understood. Simple also means they make use of a core geometrical principle. Detailed decorations were not allowed.
Research: Graphic shapes and systems were collected, categorized and reverse-engineered. A broad range of geometrical principles for shape generation were translated into machine readable code.
Furthermore layout and sorting programs were developed.
Inspiration: Noam Chomsky has tried to formalize all sorts of languages that obey some rules. With Shape Grammars I have made a similar attempt for graphical systems. Of course, this could never be completed, but at least I wanted to try to cover as large a spectrum of geometric principles as I could.
Project Duration: The development of the book started in Wuerzburg in October 2019, was completed in Tokyo, and published by slanted publishers, Karlsruhe in July 2020
Operation Flow: The 836 page book is meant as a tool. The format is balanced between having enough space to show the shapes and being handy enough to be used during work at the desk. The weight and thickness of the book is a result of and communicates the sheer endless collection of shapes, that can be discovered, and used as a source of inspiration.
Team Members: Jannis Maroscheck
Image Credits: all images by Jannis Maroscheck