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Jannis Maroscheck Receives the Golden A' Design Award for Shape Grammars Book in Generative, Algorithmic, Parametric and AI-Assisted Design
Jannis Maroscheck recognized for generative, algorithmic, parametric and ai-assisted design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 28, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ A' Design Award & Competition has confirmed the Golden A' Design Award in the Generative, Algorithmic, Parametric and AI-Assisted Design category for Shape Grammars Book by Jannis Maroscheck. The recognition forms part of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was reached through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who evaluated anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the Golden A' Design Award
The Gold A' Design Award is granted to designs that demonstrate a high level of innovation and a significant impact on their intended audience. Recognized as a major achievement by the A' Design Awards, these designs are characterized by their visionary approach and the exceptional skill of their creators. Winners of the Gold A' Design Award are noted for their ability to push the envelope in art, science, design, and technology, delivering solutions that not only meet but exceed expectations. These designs serve as benchmarks for excellence, encouraging further innovation and inspiring future generations of designers.
More About Shape Grammars Book
Shape Grammars is a designer's handbook on generative shapes. The book explores how unique pieces can be mass produced. Twelve production systems were designed and programmed to generate an unlimited number of individual graphic shapes. The soft-bound catalogue holds 836 pages and presents 150,000 generated shapes, sorted from the strictly geometric to the organically free. Both the content and the layout were produced with custom generative software. Shape Grammars shows some potentials and limitations of generative design and serves as a source of inspiration at the desk.
About Jannis Maroscheck
Jannis Maroscheck is a German designer. He studied at the Faculty of Design Wuerzburg and the Tokyo University of the Arts. Working as an independent designer and consultant in the culture, technology and finance industry, he designs print, digital and spatial products. His research practice deals with automation processes in graphic design, form- and image synthesis. The publication Shape Grammars is sold worldwide.
Award Record
Jannis Maroscheck is a winner of 1 A' Design Award, including this recognition.
About the A' Generative, Algorithmic, Parametric and AI-Assisted Design Award
The A' Generative Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good generative designs from leading creators and designers worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to generative designers, algorithmic design professionals, ai-assisted design experts and parametric designers from all countries. Entries typically include algorithmic artworks, parametric architectures, generative graphics, ai-assisted illustrations, computational sculptures and procedural patterns. Awarded generative designs are published at https://desingers.org/design-category/generative
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://desingers.org/130038
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/130038
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!130038
- Laureate Profile: https://desingers.org/d/314932
- Further Information from the Laureate: http://maroscheck.de
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Shape Grammars Book
- Function
- Book
- Category
- Generative, Algorithmic, Parametric and AI-Assisted Design
- Discipline
- Design Strategy
- Industry
- Innovation and Design Industry
- Colors
- Light Gray, Gainsboro, Silver, Dark Gray and Gray
- Images
- 5
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Jannis Maroscheck
- Country
- Germany
- Recognition
- Golden A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #130038
Credits
- Image Credits
- all images by Jannis Maroscheck
Design Details
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Realization and Technology
- The content as well as the book layout was produced with custom generative software.
- Operation and Interaction
- 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.
- Project Duration and Location
- The development of the book started in Wuerzburg in October 2019, was completed in Tokyo, and published by slanted publishers, Karlsruhe in July 2020
- Specifications
- Soft-bound catalogue, digital print. 836 pages. 185x235x45mm
- Keywords
- generative, shapes, book, massproduction, graphic production, shape collection, dictionary of shapes
