Shape Grammars Libre by Jannis Maroscheck

Aur Generatiu · 2022

Shape Grammars Libre

by Jannis Maroscheck

A' Design Award d'Aur 2022 in Generatiu
CLIENT: Jannis Maroscheck
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About Shape Grammars Libre

Shape Grammars es un manual del dissenhaire sus las formas generativas. Lo libre explòra cossí de pèças unicas pòdon èsser produchas en massa. Dotze sistèmas de produccion foguèron concebuts e programats per generar un nombre illimitat de formas graficas individualas. Lo catalòg de religadura sopla compòrta 836 paginas e presenta 150 000 formas generadas, ordenadas del estrictament geometric al organicament liure. Tant lo contengut coma la mesa en pagina foguèron produsits amb un logicial generatiu personalizat. Shape Grammars mòstra qualques potencialitats e limitacions del disseny generatiu e servís coma font d'inspiracion sul burèu.

About the A' Design Award d'Aur

Shape Grammars Libre a ganhat la distincion A' Design Award d'Aur, una reconeissença immensament prestigiosa acordada a de designs de primièra qualitat, meravilhoses e excellents. Los ganhaires de l'Aur son de creacions extrèmament innovantas, visionàrias e esbleugissentas, que reflectisson lo prodigi, la sabença e la proeça de lors designers. S'espèra que Shape Grammars Libre siá una invencion fòrça lausada, que dintra de tendéncias e monumentala, que provesís un valor sens precedent. Aqueste design ganhaire de la distincion A' Design Award d'Aur es un projècte espectaclós e respectat, que fa un grand ben e fa avançar las frontièras de l'art, de la sciéncia, del design e de la tecnologia. Shape Grammars Libre crea de sentiments intensos de desirs, evòca la passion, encoratja la creativitat e fascina.

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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