Biogram
The visual identity for the Norwegian University of Life Science never comes to an end.
With a symbol created as a “Biogram”, it creates a new version of it self every day and reflects how the university is about life, living organisms and cycles.
The system is based on 21 points with 7 different sizes, where the size changes according to the date. This dates can be everyting from important milestones in the schools history or personal references for the users.
generative gestaltung
Reading old posts of Serial Consign, a blog about digital culture and information design, I came across this interesting generative layouts project.
The author is Benedikt Groß, at his website you get more information about generative strategies applied to graphic design and also find some InDesign scripting to play with.
He is also author, with Hartmut Bohnacker, Julia Laub and Claudius Lazzeroni, of Generative Gestaltung, a book published just in German at the moment. My German level is very very basic so I can’t wait for the English version.
Until now, designers used the tools developed for them by programmers, meaning that the persons doing the designing adapted themselves to the system. Generative design transforms design-schooled users of digital tools into programmers of their own individual digital toolbox. This opens up new visual vistas and fundamentally alters the design process.
Quoted from the publisher website (Verlag Hermann Schmidt), where you can sign in for the English version.
field
We have already published their work for AOL a few months ago.
All their work is truly generative with really engaging outcomes. Among their updates since last time we visit their website, Dokfest Lounge project catch my attention especially. Check their website.
They are giving a talk in London at the Glug BBQ at Cargo next Thursday, 22 May. Line up also includes Moving Brands, Mickey Stretton and Maverick Media. More info and tickets here.
qi.tv
Clicking through the Eye Magazine blog, I came across Angela Lorenz work, with this interesting identity for qi.tv
The logo has no static form: since this is about moving image, I generated a pool of different versions that are applied once and then thrown away.
There’s a generative approach through out all her work worth checking. Visit her website and read her profile from Eye here
decode V&A
Victoria and Albert Museum has commissioned the artist Karsten Schmidt to design a truly malleable, digital identity for the Decode exhibition by providing it as open source code. We are giving you the opportunity to recode Karsten’s work and create your own original artwork. If we love your work it might even become the new Decode identity.
Text quoted from Decode via FormFiftyFive. Image from toxi‘s Flickr.
AOL animations
Part of the already commented AOL rebrand. This videos from Field are truly generative, adding even more complexity to the identity.
Apart from that, there is an impressive body of generative work worth looking at at their own website.
Thanks to Generator.x
colour sucker
Colorsukr is an online application by Paul Burgess that generates colour palettes from images. An interesting tool worth looking at.
casa da música
Very interesting project from Stephan Sagmeister for the Casa da Música music venue in Porto, Portugal.
Thanks to Brand New
walker art center
NY based designer Chad Kloepfer created a great identity system for the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.
It is amazing how simple seems to be that just with a custom font using full words and patterns instead of standard glyphs and a very basic set of rules, a powerful generative identity is created.
The system fully explained here
faber covers
Using a logarithm from Ted Davis, Michael Kosmicki created this set of stunning covers for Faber & Faber.
Link to the Michael’s portfolio: http://www.hellosubsist.com/faber-film/
Thanks to TSA
