Gull Myndandi · 2022

Shape Grammars Bók

by Jannis Maroscheck

A' Design Award í gulli 2022 in Myndandi
CLIENT: Jannis Maroscheck
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About Shape Grammars Bók

Shape Grammars er handbók hönnuða um myndræn form sköpuð með reikniritum. Bókin kannar hvernig hægt er að fjöldaframleiða einstaka hluti. Tólf framleiðslukerfi voru hönnuð og forrituð til að skapa ótakmarkaðan fjölda einstakra grafískra forma. Kiljuútgáfan telur 836 blaðsíður og sýnir 150.000 sköpuð form, flokkuð frá hinum stranglega rúmfræðilegu til hinna lífrænt frjálsu. Bæði innihaldið og umbrotið voru unnin með sérsmíðuðum skapandi hugbúnaði. Shape Grammars sýnir bæði möguleika og takmarkanir skapandi hönnunar og þjónar sem innblástur við vinnuborðið.

About the A' Design Award í gulli

Shape Grammars Bók vann A' Design Award í gulli, óendanlega virta viðurkenningu sem veitt er fyrsta flokks, dásamlegum og framúrskarandi hönnunarverkum. Sigurvegarar í gulli eru afar nýstárleg, framsýn og töfrandi glæsileg sköpunarverk sem endurspegla snilld, visku og hæfni hönnuða sinna. Þess er vænst að Shape Grammars Bók sé mjög lofuð, brautryðjandi og stórfengleg uppfinning sem skilar fordæmislausu virði. Þetta hönnunarverk sem vann A' Design Award í gulli er stórbrotið, virt verkefni sem gagnast mörkum listar, vísinda, hönnunar og tækni mjög vel og færir þau fram á við. Shape Grammars Bók skapar sterkar þráartilfinningar, vekur ástríðu, hvetur til sköpunar og heillar okkur.

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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