Shape Grammars Raamat by Jannis Maroscheck

Kuld Generatiivne · 2022

Shape Grammars Raamat

by Jannis Maroscheck

Kuldauhind A' Design Award 2022 in Generatiivne
CLIENT: Jannis Maroscheck
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About Shape Grammars Raamat

Shape Grammars on disaineri käsiraamat generatiivsetest kujunditest. Raamat uurib, kuidas unikaalseid teoseid saab masstoota. Kaksteist tootmissüsteemi kavandati ja programmeeriti genereerima piiramatul arvul individuaalseid graafilisi kujundeid. Pehmes köites kataloog sisaldab 836 lehekülge ja esitleb 150 000 genereeritud kujundit, mis on järjestatud rangelt geomeetrilistest kuni orgaaniliselt vabadeni. Nii sisu kui ka küljendus loodi kohandatud generatiivse tarkvaraga. Shape Grammars näitab generatiivse disaini võimalusi ja piiranguid ning on inspiratsiooniallikaks töölaual.

About the Kuldauhind A' Design Award

Shape Grammars Raamat on Kuldauhinna A' Design Award võitja, ülimalt prestiižikas tunnustus, mis antakse esmaklassilistele, imelistele ja silmapaistvatele disainidele. Kuldvõitjad on ülimalt uuenduslikud, visioonilised ja glamuurselt pimestavad looming, mis peegeldab oma disainerite geniaalsust, tarkust ja oskusi. Shape Grammars Raamat peaks olema kõrgelt kiidetud, suundi seadev ja monumentaalne leiutis, mis pakub enneolematut väärtust. See Kuldauhinna A' Design Award võidudisain on suurejooneline, lugupeetud projekt, mis toob suurt kasu ning nihutab kunsti, teaduse, disaini ja tehnoloogia piire. Shape Grammars Raamat tekitab intensiivset soovi, äratab kirge, julgustab loovust ja lummab meid.

Press Kit

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.
Image Credits: all images by Jannis Maroscheck