Posts By: francescacoluzzi

The Infinite Adventure Machine (TIAM) is a proposal for a...

Interview with David Benqué – The Infinite Adventure Machine

By francescacoluzzi, February 1, 2013

The Infinite Adventure Machine (TIAM) is a proposal for a computer program which generates fairy-tale plots. While fully automatic story generation remains an unsolved problem for computer science, this project explores the links between imagination and computation. Tales and myths; the core narratives of human culture, have been transmitted for generations through various technologies and [...]

Interview with Anna and Britt – Visual Editions, London

By francescacoluzzi, January 8, 2013

“Visual Editions, nicknamed VE, is a London-based book publisher, started in early 2009 by Anna and Britt. The idea for VE comes from our joint love of books and a (mischievous) desire to do things differently, so that everything we do translates into a new experience for our readers, and for all the writers and [...]
Institute of Network Cultures: Can you introduce yourself: your background...

Interview with Waldemar Węgrzyn – Elektrobiblioteka

By francescacoluzzi, January 1, 2013

Institute of Network Cultures: Can you introduce yourself: your background and what you are doing now? Waldemar: My name is Waldemar Węgrzyn and I’m a graphic designer from Katowice, Poland. This year I graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts of Katowice in the department of design. My fields of interest are book design, typography [...]
The Café Society Project was initiated in 2007 by Astrom...

Interview with Anthon Astrom (The Café Society – Astrom / Zimmer) – Lines, Interacting with an idea

By francescacoluzzi, December 30, 2012

The Café Society Project was initiated in 2007 by Astrom / Zimmer and collaborators. Anthon Astrom and Lukas Zimmer run shop out of the Woods (Zürich). Through The Café Society Project they investigate frameworks —rulesets— based on how reading, writing and organisation of textual information could work differently. “We are convinced, that as our reading [...]

Interview with Monika Parrinder – Limited Language

By francescacoluzzi, December 19, 2012

Monika Parrinder is a lecturer and writer who specialises in the history of design and visual communication. She teaches at the RCA and at the London College of Communication. She has recently co-authored Limited Language: Rewriting Design – Responding to a Feedback Culture (Birkhäuser, 2010). Monika Parrinder is co-founder, with Colin Davies, of Limited Language. [...]
Wednesday 28 November, 16:00 – 17:30 / Print Room studio...

Incongruous Counterparts: On the many lives of Independent Publishing @ Kunstvlaai 2012

By francescacoluzzi, December 7, 2012

Wednesday 28 November, 16:00 – 17:30 / Print Room studio in Sint Nicolaas Lyceum, Amsterdam. Kunstvlaai 2012, INexactly THIS Round table about independent publishing in the field of visual arts. Participants: Karin de Jong (Print Room), Paul Gangloff (artist and graphic designer), Freek Lomme (Onomatopee). In the realm of artist-designer collaborations, typography and DIY printing, [...]
Lars Böhm is one of the students of the MediaLAB...

Interview with Lars Böhm – Uncovered magazine

By francescacoluzzi, December 5, 2012

Lars Böhm is one of the students of the MediaLAB of HvA who were involved since the beginning of 2012 in the project called “The Future of Publishing”. In this interview he will tell about his experience with digital magazine. This interview was made on November the 27th in the HvA building in Rhijnspoorplein in [...]

Teach me how to make a book! – Education in graphic design and visual art in the age of digital publishing

By francescacoluzzi, November 21, 2012

Digital technologies in education – In recent years there has been a great increase in the interest in how digital technologies in the field of education and academic research can be such a useful tool and also a crucial way of testing the educational practice itself. The development of these technologies has been pushed through [...]
Kunstverein is a domestic franchise (Amsterdam, New York, Milan) and...

Interview with Maxine Kopsa – Kunstverein, Amsterdam

By francescacoluzzi, November 16, 2012

Kunstverein is a domestic franchise (Amsterdam, New York, Milan) and functioning curatorial office that offers presentations, lectures, screenings and independent publishing. By creating a critical pool and exploring public-private relationships, Kunstverein reflects upon the manner in which cultural practices are traditionally administered. Due to its unconventional make-up it allows alternative methods to be considered in [...]

Interview with Erik Kessels – KesselsKramer, Amsterdam

By francescacoluzzi, November 13, 2012

Erik Kessels is the founder of KesselsKramer. KesselsKramer is an international communications agency based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. It has been operational since 1996 and comprises 35 people from 8 nationalities. KK is responsible for creating a range of very diverse work in a variety of media. Campaigns include J&B, the Hans Brinker Budget Hotel, [...]