Shape Grammars Buka by Jannis Maroscheck

Khauta Tlhahiso · 2022

Shape Grammars Buka

by Jannis Maroscheck

Moputso oa Khauta oa A' Design Award 2022 in Tlhahiso
CLIENT: Jannis Maroscheck
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About Shape Grammars Buka

Shape Grammars ke buka ya tataiso ya moqapi mabapi le dibopeho tse hlahiswang ka mokgwa wa generative. Buka ena e hlahloba hore na dikarolo tse ikgethang di ka hlahiswa jwang ka bongata. Ho ile ha etswa le ho ngolwa mananeo a tlhahiso a leshome le metso e mmedi ho hlahisa palo e sa lekanyetswang ya dibopeho tsa ditshwantsho tse ikgethang. Kathaloko ena e tlanngweng ka bonolo e na le maqephe a 836 mme e hlahisa dibopeho tse 150,000 tse hlahisitsweng, tse hlophisitsweng ho tloha ho tse thata tsa jeometri ho isa ho tse lokolohileng ka tlhaho. Dikahare le sebopeho sa maqephe di ile tsa hlahiswa ka software e ikgethileng ya generative. Shape Grammars e bontsha bokgoni bo bong le meedi ya moralo wa generative mme e sebetsa e le mohlodi wa kgothatso tafoleng ya mosebetsi.

About the Moputso oa Khauta oa A' Design Award

Shape Grammars Buka ke mohapi oa Moputso oa Khauta oa A' Design Award, kananelo e hlomphehang haholo e fuoang meralo ea maemo a pele, e ntle ka ho makatsa le e ikhethang. Bahapi ba Khauta ke lintho tse hlahisitsoeng tse nang le mehopolo e mecha haholo, tse shebileng pele le tse khanyang ka ho foufatsa, tse bontšang botsebi, bohlale le bokhoni ba baqapi ba tsona. Shape Grammars Buka e lebelletsoe ho ba mohopolo o babatsoang haholo, o thehang mekhoa e mecha le o moholo, o tlisang boleng bo sa kang ba bonoa. Moralo ona o hapileng Moputso oa Khauta oa A' Design Award ke mosebetsi o tsosang maikutlo, o hlomphehang, o tlisang molemo o moholo le o sutumelletsang meeli ea bonono, mahlale, moralo le theknoloji. Shape Grammars Buka e hlahisa maikutlo a matla a takatso, e tsosa tjantjello, e khothalletsa boqapi mme e re khahlisa.

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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