Shape Grammars Libro by Jannis Maroscheck

Shape Grammars Libro by Jannis Maroscheck is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 A' Design Award de Oro in Diseño Generativo Competition Category.

OroGenerativo· 2022

Shape Grammars Libro

by Jannis Maroscheck

Client: Jannis Maroscheck

A' Design Award de Oro Winner in Generativo Category

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The Design

About Shape Grammars Libro

Shape Grammars es un manual para diseñadores sobre formas generativas. El libro explora cómo pueden producirse en serie piezas únicas. Se diseñaron y programaron doce sistemas de producción capaces de generar un número ilimitado de formas gráficas individuales. El catálogo, encuadernado en rústica, cuenta con 836 páginas y presenta 150.000 formas generadas, ordenadas desde las estrictamente geométricas hasta las orgánicamente libres. Tanto el contenido como la maquetación se produjeron con software generativo desarrollado a medida. Shape Grammars muestra algunas de las posibilidades y limitaciones del diseño generativo y sirve como fuente de inspiración sobre el escritorio.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award de Oro

Shape Grammars Libro ha ganado el A' Design Award de Oro, un reconocimiento inmensamente prestigioso concedido a diseños de primera categoría, maravillosos y sobresalientes. Los ganadores de Oro son creaciones sumamente innovadoras, visionarias y glamorosamente deslumbrantes que reflejan el prodigio, la sabiduría y la destreza de sus diseñadores. Se espera que Shape Grammars Libro sea una invención muy elogiada, pionera y monumental que aporta un valor sin precedentes. Este diseño ganador del A' Design Award de Oro es un proyecto espectacular y respetado que beneficia enormemente y hace avanzar las fronteras del arte, la ciencia, el diseño y la tecnología. Shape Grammars Libro crea intensos sentimientos de deseo, despierta la pasión, fomenta la creatividad y nos fascina.

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