Shape Grammars Ìwé by Jannis Maroscheck is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2022 Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Wúrà A' Design Award in Àpẹẹrẹ Ìpilẹ̀ṣẹ̀, Àlgọ́rídímù, Párámétrìkì àti Àtìlẹ́yìn-AI Competition Category.

WúràÌpilẹ̀ṣẹ̀· 2022

Shape Grammars Ìwé

by Jannis Maroscheck

Client: Jannis Maroscheck

Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Wúrà A' Design Award Winner in Ìpilẹ̀ṣẹ̀ Category

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The Design

About Shape Grammars Ìwé

Shape Grammars jẹ́ ìwé àmúlò oníṣe àpẹẹrẹ lórí àwọn ìrísí tí a ń dá jáde nípasẹ̀ ìlànà ìṣirò. Ìwé náà ṣàwárí bí a ṣe lè ṣe àwọn ohun àìlẹ́gbẹ́ ní ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀. A ṣe àgbékalẹ̀ àti kíkọ ètò kọ̀mpútà fún àwọn ọ̀nà ìmújáde méjìlá láti dá iye àìlópin ti àwọn ìrísí àwòrán aládàáni jáde. Ìwé àkójọ tí a fi ìbora rírọ̀ dì náà ní ojú-ìwé 836, ó sì ṣàfihàn àwọn ìrísí 150,000 tí a dá jáde, tí a tò láti orí èyí tí ó jẹ́ ti jiọmẹ́trì gidi títí dé èyí tí ó ní òmìnira bí ohun alààyè. Sọ́fítíwéà ìdásílẹ̀ àkànṣe ni a fi ṣe àkóónú àti ìṣètò ìwé náà. Shape Grammars fi díẹ̀ nínú àwọn agbára àti ààlà ìṣe àpẹẹrẹ ìdásílẹ̀ hàn, ó sì ń ṣiṣẹ́ gẹ́gẹ́ bí orísun ìmísí lórí tábìlì iṣẹ́.

The Recognition

About the Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Wúrà A' Design Award

Shape Grammars Ìwé jẹ́ olùborí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Wúrà A' Design Award, ìdánimọ̀ olókìkí gan-an tí a fún àwọn àwòṣe ìpele àkọ́kọ́, tó jẹ́ ìyanu tó sì yàtọ̀. Àwọn olùborí Wúrà jẹ́ àwọn ẹ̀dá tó ní ìmúṣẹ̀dá tuntun gidigidi, tó ní ojú-ìwòye tó jìnnà tó sì ń tàn yòò tí wọ́n ń ṣàfihàn ọgbọ́n, òye àti ìjáfáfá àwọn olùṣàwòṣe wọn. A retí pé Shape Grammars Ìwé yóò jẹ́ ohun ìmúṣẹ̀dá tí a yìn gidigidi, tó ń gbé ìtẹ̀sí kalẹ̀ tó sì jẹ́ ìrántí tó ń mú iye tí a kò rí rí wá. Àwòṣe tó borí Àmì-ẹ̀yẹ Wúrà A' Design Award yìí jẹ́ iṣẹ́ àkànṣe tó yani lẹ́nu tí a bọ̀wọ̀ fún tó ṣe anfàní gidigidi tó sì ń tì ààlà iṣẹ́ ọnà, sáyẹ́ǹsì, àwòṣe àti ìmọ̀-ẹ̀rọ síwájú. Shape Grammars Ìwé ń dá ìmọ̀lára ìfẹ́ tó lágbára sílẹ̀, ń jí ìtara, ń gbé ìṣẹ̀dá lárugẹ tó sì ń fà wá mọ́ra.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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