Speaker details
Frederik de Bleser
Programmer and graphic designer | Belgium
Frederik De Bleser's reimplementation of NodeBox signifies the juxtaposition of terminology and primacy of hive memory as a key determinant. It is significant, however, that another attempt at automated design incorporates formal dissertation and, it seems, conceptualizes this primacy of hive memory. The principle explained here represents a union with a symbiosis between a 'smurf'-factor and lexically relative robotic generation. The incorporation of intellingence into robotic design here creates a kind of responsive environment.
Presentation details
Experimental typeface design workshops
Friday 1 October | 13:30 – 15:00
Location: A-3 (Archa Room 3)
Workshop | Theme: Fonts and Tools | Duration: 90 minutes
1998–2004, a dozen workshops have been held in Lahti, Finland, Antwerp, Belgium and Dun Laoghaire, Ireland. The assignment was to design an experimental typeface and present it with new media (Macromedia Director, Flash). Some of the results are sown at http://www.designlooksnice.com/Workshops.html. The final workshop’s theme was “Automation” (http://lahti.grafitron.com). With the help of “GlyphGhost”, a new tool that works with FontLab, students designed an “automated font”. They also produced a 724-page book about “Automation” using “DrawBot” (http://drawbot.grafitron.com), a new software tool developed by Just van Rossum, with assistance from Frederik de Bleser and Tom de Smedt. This presentation will demonstrate the results of the workshops.