Gold Generativ · 2022
Shape Grammars Buch
- A' Design Award an Gold 2022 in Generativ
- CLIENT: Jannis Maroscheck
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About Shape Grammars Buch
Shape Grammars ass en Handbuch fir Designer iwwer generativ Formen. D'Buch ënnersicht, wéi eenzegaarteg Stécker a Masseproduktioun hiergestallt kënne ginn. Zwielef Produktiounssystemer goufen entworf a programméiert, fir eng onbegrenzten Unzuel un individuellen grafesche Formen ze generéieren. De broschéierte Katalog huet 836 Säiten a presentéiert 150.000 generéiert Formen, sortéiert vum streng Geometreschen bis zum organesch Fräien. Souwuel den Inhalt wéi och de Layout goufe mat spezieller generativer Software produzéiert. Shape Grammars weist e puer Potenzialer a Limitatioune vum generativen Design an déngt als Inspiratiounsquell um Schreifdësch.
About the A' Design Award an Gold
Shape Grammars Buch ass e Gewënner vum A' Design Award an Gold, enger héich prestigiéiser Unerkennung, déi un éischtklassesch, wonnerbar an erausragend Designe vergi gëtt. Gold-Gewënner si ganz innovativ, visionär a blendend glänzend Kreatiounen, déi d'Talent, d'Wäisheet an d'Fäegkeete vun hire Designer reflektéieren. Et gëtt erwaart, datt Shape Grammars Buch eng héich gelueften, trendsetzend a monumental Erfindung ass, déi beispillosen Wäert liwwert. Dëst mam Gold ausgezeechent Design ass e spektakuläert, respektéiert Projet, dat d'Grenze vun der Konscht, der Wëssenschaft, vum Design an der Technologie erweidert. Shape Grammars Buch erzeegt intensiv Wënsch, erweckt Leidenschaft, encouragéiert Kreativitéit a faszinéiert eis.
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.
- Patents
- © 2020 – 2021 slanted publishers & Jannis Maroscheck
- Image Credits
- all images by Jannis Maroscheck
