http://www.mediamatic.net/id/264402011-06-29T10:28:21+02:00Urban Typography WorkshopExperimenting and iteratively fine-tuning urban designs<p>A two-day course centered on experimenting and iteratively fine-tuning urban designs with FabLab. Use materials such as frames and stencil sheets in combination with light and mirrors in order to create spatial constructs.</p><h2>Workshop approach</h2>
<p>The course starts off with several lectures and short presentations designed to act as a catalyst for the brainstorming and concept development process of its participants. </p>
<p>First <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-19919-en.html">Mirthe Blussé</a> (graphic designer, maker of Amsterdam Guerilla Art magazine) discusses the use of typography on and off the street as well as its application in creative design concepts. <br/>
Also the renown Dutch graffiti artist and graphic designer <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-26443-en.html">ZEDZ</a> will introduce his fresh insight on typography inspired by his particular background and know-how of the creative possibilities of graffiti. </p>
<p>The rest of the program is the hands-on experience portion of the program. It is directed at experimenting and iteratively fine-tuning designs. Here you will be assisted by the coach and the technical Fablab supervisor <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-18431-en.html">Bernardo Gaeiras</a> and you will receive a short introduction to the Fablab machines.</p>
<h2>What is a FabLab?</h2>
<p>Pioneered by MIT's Neil Gershenfeld, a FabLab (fabrication laboratory) is a small scale workshop with the tools to make almost anything. This includes technology-enabled products generally perceived as limited to mass production. It empowers people to create material objects in line with their own artistic aspirations.</p>
<h2>What can you make with it?</h2>
<p>"Almost anything!" if we are to believe Gershenfeld. The only real limitation is your own imagination! The FabLab equipment is designed to complement one another so that most aspects of a given project can be developed within one workspace. To see what equipment is available during this Fablab workshop edition <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/artefact-19580-nl.html?lang=en">click here</a> NB with the exception of the laser cutter.</p>
<h2>For who is this course?</h2>
<p>The workshop is for people who want hands-on experiment with urban typography , and that have some (graphical) design skills: graphic designers, taggers, fashion designers, exhibition designers.</p>
<h2>Trainers</h2>
<p>(Graphic) designer and Guerilla Art magazine creator Mirthe Blussé, Graffiti artist and designer ZEDZ and FabLab expert Bernardo Gaeiras.</p>
<h6>Workshop Report</h6>
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<p>Urban Typography: what does your city say to you and what do you say to your city? This workshop encouraged participants to express themselves through words and text in their urban environments through the use of Mediamatic's Fab Lab.</p>
<p>The Urban Typography workshop took place at Mediamatic over two days. Participants were encouraged to form groups for collaboration. Ideas, inspiration, and brainstorming were the focus of day one, while day two focused on putting ideas in practice on the machinery of the <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/artefact-19580-en.html">Fab Lab</a>. A Fab Lab is a space where computer controlled machines allow one to build just about anything. The focus of the Urban Typography theme helped reign in the participants to create works using the Fab Lab that shout, scream and engage others using text in an urban environment.</p>
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</a><span class="caption-inline"><span class="title"><a title="Click to get a larger image - These letters will be used in a stop motion video by one of the participants in a project about Amsterdam Noord. - Mediamatic.net" href="/29832/en/these-letters-will-be-used-in-a-stop-motion-video">These letters will be used in a stop motion video by one of the participants in a project about Amsterdam Noord.</a></span></span></span></p>
<p>The workshop started out with some engaging presentations by visual artist Mirthe Blusse, street artist and graphic designer ZEDZ, and architect Jack Bakker from Zwarts en Jansma Architects. Participants then were encouraged to brainstorm, share ideas, and form pairs and teams for their projects. Day two was strictly hands-on as the participants put their ideas into practice with the help of <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-18431-en.html">Bernardo</a>. Some participants chose to focus on one larger project, while others used their time to pursue more than one computer-controlled medium. By far the biggest challenge was vectorizing all of the design files to work with the various driver software systems for the machines. If you attend a workshop, be sure to familiarize yourself with vectorization ahead of time and come prepared with your designs in a compatible vectorized format.</p>
<p>All in all the two-day workshop was a success for each participant. The Fab Lab made text pop seamlessly from dream into an urban environment-- whether in the form of an interesting object, or lettering on a sticker to place on a building, or words for a stop motion video.</p>
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</a><span class="caption-inline"><span class="title"><a title="Click to get a larger image - A piece of paper cut like lace as textural inspiration. - Mediamatic.net" href="/29799/en/a-piece-of-paper-cut-like-lace-as-textural">A piece of paper cut like lace as textural inspiration.</a></span></span></span></p>
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<img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/022/29798-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="An example from Zwarts en Jansma architects showing how to construct 3D pieces with 2D paper cut by a laser." playable="1"/>
</a><span class="caption-inline"><span class="title"><a title="Click to get a larger image - An example from Zwarts en Jansma architects showing how to construct 3D pieces with 2D paper cut by a laser. - Mediamatic.net" href="/29798/en/an-example-from-zwarts-en-jansma-architects">An example from Zwarts en Jansma architects showing how to construct 3D pieces with 2D paper cut by a laser.</a></span></span></span></p>
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<img src="http://fast.mediamatic.nl/f/sjnh/image/084/29802-400-267.jpg" height="267" width="400" alt="" title="Participants are discussing in front of a red mural by one of the inspirational speakers, street artist ZEDZ." playable="1"/>
</a><span class="caption-inline"><span class="title"><a title="Click to get a larger image - Participants are discussing in front of a red mural by one of the inspirational speakers, street artist ZEDZ. - Mediamatic.net" href="/29802/en/participants-are-discussing-in-front-of-a-red">Participants are discussing in front of a red mural by one of the inspirational speakers, street artist ZEDZ.</a></span></span></span></p>
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</a><span class="caption-inline"><span class="title"><a title="Click to get a larger image - Some laser cut pieces to inspire the participants and get the creative juices flowing. - Mediamatic.net" href="/29800/en/some-laser-cut-pieces-to-inspire-the-participants">Some laser cut pieces to inspire the participants and get the creative juices flowing.</a></span></span></span></p>Workshop ArchiveUrban Typography WorkshopFablab at its best<p>Een twee-daagse cursus waarin het praktisch experimenteren met urban design doormiddel van Fablab centraal staat. Gebruik frames en sjablonen in combinatie met lichten en spiegels om ruimtelijke constructies te realiseren.</p><h2>Aanpak</h2>
<p>De cursus begint met enkele lezingen en korte presentaties die bedoeld zijn om het ontwerp process van de deelnemers te stimuleren. </p>
<p>Eerst discussieert <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-19919-nl.html">Mirthe Blussé</a> (grafisch ontwerper, maker van het tijdschrift Guerilla Art) het gebruik van typografie en zijn toepassing in het ontwerpen van creatieve concepten. </p>
<p>Ook zal de erkende Nederlandse grafitti kunstenaar en grafisch ontwerper ZEDZ zijn inzichten op typografie bieden vanuit zijn achtergrond en kennis van graffiti. </p>
<p>Het overige deel van het programma is geheel gewijd aan de praktijk. Je kunt dan experimenten met verschillende ontwerpen. Je ontvangt een korte inleiding over het gebruik van de Fablab machines, en wordt gedurende de workshop bijgestaan door onze Fablab expert <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/person-18431-en.html">Bernardo Gaeiras</a>. </p>
<h2>Wat is Fablab?</h2>
<p>Ontwikkeld door Neil Gershenfeld op MIT, een Fablab (fabrication laboratory) bestaat uit een vaste combinatie van minimaal drie machines waarmee bijna alles kan worden gemaakt. Ook kleine technische apparaten waarvan vaak gedacht wordt dat deze buiten de productie mogelijkheden ligt van de gewone mens. Met Fablab kunnen mensen materiële objecten creëren voortkomend uit hun eigen artistieke aspiraties. </p>
<h2>Wat kun je er mee maken?</h2>
<p>"Bijna alles!", als we Gerschenfeld moeten geloven. De enige restrictie die de FabLab kent is dat van de verbeelding van zijn gebruiker! De Fablab tools zijn ontworpen om elkaar aan te vullen zodat het mogelijk is om een project binnen een ruimte te creëren. Met uitzondering van de lasercutter zijn <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/artefact-19580-nl.html">deze Fablab apparaten</a> beschikbaar.</p>
<h2>Wie?</h2>
<p>De cursus is voor mensen die praktisch willen experimenteren met urban typograpie en die enige (grafische) ontwerpkennis hebben: grafische ontwerpers, tagger, mode ontwerpers en tentoonstellingsontwerpers. </p>
<h2>Trainers</h2>
<p>(Grafisch) ontwerper en Guerilla Art tijdschrift maker Mirthe Blussé, Graffiti kunstenaar en ontwerper ZEDZ en Fablab expert Bernardo Gaeiras.</p>
<h6>Workshop Report</h6>
<p>(Alleen in het Engels beschikbaar. Zie <a href="http://www.mediamatic.net/artefact-26440-nl.html?lang=en">de engelse versie van de pagina</a>)</p>Workshop Archive-4.9098252.3758ARTEFACTeventworkshop1