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Jannis Maroscheck ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ Shape Grammars ᱯᱩᱛᱷᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱡᱮᱱᱟᱨᱮᱴᱤᱵ ᱯᱨᱚᱛᱤᱡᱚᱜᱤᱛᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱜ ᱨᱮ 2022 A' Design Award ᱥᱳᱱᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱢᱟᱱ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱡᱤᱛᱠᱟᱨ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾


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Shape Grammars ᱯᱩᱛᱷᱤ

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Shape Grammars ᱯᱩᱛᱷᱤ ᱵᱟᱵᱚᱛ ᱛᱮ

ᱥᱮᱯ ᱜᱨᱟᱢᱟᱨᱥ ᱫᱚ ᱡᱮᱱᱚᱨᱮᱴᱤᱵᱽ ᱥᱮᱯ ᱠᱚ ᱵᱟᱵᱚᱛ ᱛᱮ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱱᱟᱨ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱦᱟᱸᱰᱵᱩᱠ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱯᱩᱛᱷᱤ ᱨᱮ ᱪᱮᱫ ᱞᱮᱠᱟ ᱮᱠᱞᱟ ᱮᱠᱞᱟ ᱡᱤᱱᱤᱥ ᱠᱚ ᱟᱹᱰᱤ ᱟᱭᱢᱟ ᱛᱮ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱫᱟᱲᱮᱭᱟᱜᱼᱟ ᱚᱱᱟ ᱯᱟᱱᱛᱮ ᱵᱟᱰᱟᱭ ᱦᱩᱭᱩᱜ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱜᱮᱞ ᱵᱟᱨ ᱜᱚᱴᱟᱝ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱥᱤᱥᱴᱚᱢ ᱠᱚ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱯᱨᱚᱜᱽᱨᱟᱢ ᱦᱩᱭ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱥᱤᱢᱟᱹ ᱵᱟᱹᱱᱩᱜ ᱞᱮᱠᱷᱟᱱ ᱮᱠᱞᱟ ᱮᱠᱞᱟ ᱜᱽᱨᱟᱯᱷᱤᱠ ᱥᱮᱯ ᱠᱚ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱫᱟᱲᱮᱭᱟᱜᱼᱟ᱾ ᱠᱚᱢᱚᱞ ᱵᱟᱹᱱᱫᱷᱤ ᱠᱮᱴᱟᱞᱚᱜᱽ ᱨᱮ ᱘᱓᱖ ᱥᱟᱦᱴᱟ ᱢᱮᱱᱟᱜᱼᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱑᱕᱐,᱐᱐᱐ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱥᱮᱯ ᱠᱚ ᱩᱫᱩᱜ ᱦᱩᱭᱩᱜᱼᱟ, ᱡᱟᱦᱟᱸ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱮᱴᱮᱡ ᱡᱤᱭᱚᱢᱮᱴᱨᱤᱠ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱚᱨᱜᱟᱱᱤᱠ ᱯᱷᱨᱤ ᱦᱟᱹᱵᱤᱡ ᱥᱟᱡᱟᱣ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱡᱤᱱᱤᱥ ᱟᱨ ᱞᱮᱭᱟᱣᱴ ᱵᱟᱨᱭᱟ ᱜᱮ ᱠᱚᱥᱴᱚᱢ ᱡᱮᱱᱚᱨᱮᱴᱤᱵᱽ ᱥᱚᱯᱷᱴᱣᱮᱨ ᱛᱮ ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱦᱩᱭ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱥᱮᱯ ᱜᱨᱟᱢᱟᱨᱥ ᱫᱚ ᱡᱮᱱᱚᱨᱮᱴᱤᱵᱽ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱱ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱛᱷᱚᱲᱟ ᱫᱟᱲᱮ ᱟᱨ ᱥᱤᱢᱟᱹ ᱠᱚ ᱩᱫᱩᱜᱼᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱴᱮᱵᱩᱞ ᱨᱮ ᱢᱤᱫ ᱩᱭᱦᱟᱹᱨ ᱮᱢᱟᱱ ᱡᱟᱭᱜᱟ ᱞᱮᱠᱟᱛᱮ ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤᱭᱟᱜᱼᱟ᱾

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Shape Grammars ᱯᱩᱛᱷᱤ ᱫᱚ A' Design Award ᱥᱳᱱᱟ ᱯᱩᱨᱚᱥᱠᱟᱨ ᱧᱟᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ, ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱫᱚ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱛᱮ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱟᱨ ᱥᱩᱱᱫᱚᱨ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱠᱚ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱ ᱥᱚᱢᱟᱱ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾ ᱱᱚᱶᱟ ᱠᱚ ᱫᱚ ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱠᱚ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱵᱷᱟᱵᱱᱟ ᱟᱨ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱠᱟᱢᱤ ᱡᱷᱟᱞᱠᱟᱣ ᱠᱚ᱾ Shape Grammars ᱯᱩᱛᱷᱤ ᱫᱚ ᱠᱚᱞᱟ, ᱣᱤᱜᱭᱟᱱ, ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱ ᱟᱨ ᱴᱮᱠᱱᱚᱞᱚᱡᱤ ᱨᱮᱭᱟᱜ ᱥᱤᱢᱟ ᱵᱟᱲᱦᱟᱣ ᱟᱨ ᱫᱩᱱᱤᱭᱟ ᱵᱷᱟᱞᱟᱭ ᱞᱟᱹᱜᱤᱫ ᱜᱚᱲᱚ ᱮᱢ ᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾

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ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱤᱱᱟᱨ ᱧᱮᱞ ᱠᱷᱚᱱ ᱠᱨᱮᱰᱤᱴ, ᱴᱤᱢ ᱥᱫᱚᱥᱭ ᱟᱨ ᱴᱮᱠᱱᱤᱠᱮᱞ ᱵᱤᱵᱚᱨᱚᱬ ᱮᱢ ᱟᱠᱟᱱᱟ᱾

ᱟᱞᱜᱟ ᱜᱩᱱ ᱠᱚ
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.
ᱢᱟᱯ ᱟᱨ ᱯᱮᱠᱮᱡᱤᱝ
Soft-bound catalogue, digital print. 836 pages. 185x235x45mm
ᱴᱮᱜ ᱠᱚ
generative, shapes, book, massproduction, graphic production, shape collection, dictionary of shapes
ᱛᱮᱭᱟᱨ ᱛᱮᱠᱱᱚᱞᱚᱡᱤ
The content as well as the book layout was produced with custom generative software.
ᱰᱤᱡᱟᱭᱱ ᱪᱮᱞᱮᱧ
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.
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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.
ᱯᱨᱮᱨᱚᱱᱟ
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.
ᱯᱨᱚᱡᱮᱠᱴ ᱥᱚᱢᱚᱭ
The development of the book started in Wuerzburg in October 2019, was completed in Tokyo, and published by slanted publishers, Karlsruhe in July 2020
ᱠᱟᱹᱢᱤ ᱦᱚᱨ
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.
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© 2020 – 2021 slanted publishers & Jannis Maroscheck
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