Shape Grammars Incwadi by Jannis Maroscheck

Shape Grammars Incwadi by Jannis Maroscheck is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Ibhaso Legolide le-A' Design Award in Uyilo oluVelisayo, olwe-Algorithimu, olweParametrikhi kunye noluNcediswa yi-AI Competition Category.

IgolideOluvelisayo· 2022

Shape Grammars Incwadi

by Jannis Maroscheck

Client: Jannis Maroscheck

Ibhaso Legolide le-A' Design Award Winner in Oluvelisayo Category

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The Design

About Shape Grammars Incwadi

IiShape Grammars sisikhokelo somyili malunga neemilo eziveliswa ngendlela ye-generative. Le ncwadi iphonononga indlela iziqwenga ezizodwa ezinokuveliswa ngayo ngobuninzi. Iinkqubo zemveliso ezilishumi elinesibini zayilwa zaza zaqulunqwa ngeprogram ukuze zivelise inani elingenamda leemilo zegrafiki ezizimeleyo. Le khathalogu enoqweqwe oluthambileyo inamaphepha angama-836 kwaye ibonisa iimilo eziveliswe ezingama-150,000, ezicwangciswe ukusuka kwezijolene ngokungqongqo nejometri ukuya kwezikhululekileyo ngokwendalo. Zombini umxholo kunye nohlengahlengiso zaveliswa ngesoftware ye-generative eyenzelwe ngokukodwa. IiShape Grammars zibonisa amanye amandla kunye nemida yoyilo lwe-generative kwaye zisebenza njengomthombo wenkuthazo edesikeni.

The Recognition

About the Ibhaso Legolide le-A' Design Award

Shape Grammars Incwadi ngumphumeleli weIbhaso Legolide le-A' Design Award, ukuqatshelwa okuhlonitshwayo kakhulu okunikwa imiyilo yeklasi yokuqala, ephawulekayo nentle. Abaphumeleleyo beGolide ziimveliso ezintsha kakhulu, ezinombono ongaphaya nezikhazimlayo ezibonisa ubuchule, ubulumko nobuchule babayili bazo. Shape Grammars Incwadi iyathenjwa ukuba ibe yimveliso edunyiswe kakhulu, ebeka umkhwa nekumgangatho wesikhumbuzo enikela ixabiso elingazange libonwe. Lo myilo uphumeleleyo weIbhaso Legolide le-A' Design Award yiprojekthi emangalisayo nehlonelwayo eluncedo kakhulu kwaye inyusa imida yobugcisa, inzululwazi, uyilo kunye nobuchwephesha. Shape Grammars Incwadi idala iimvakalelo ezinzulu zonqweno, ivusa umdla, ikhuthaza ukuyila kwaye iyasikhwebela.

Behind the Design

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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

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.
Team Members: Jannis Maroscheck
Image Credits: all images by Jannis Maroscheck