Posts Tagged: INTERVIEW

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 [...]

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. [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
Dimitri Nieuwenhuizen is one of the founders of LUST studio....

Interview with Dimitri Nieuwenhuizen – Lust, The Hague

By francescacoluzzi, November 9, 2012

Dimitri Nieuwenhuizen is one of the founders of LUST studio. LUST is a multidisciplinary graphic design practice established in 1996 by Jeroen Barendse, Thomas Castro, and Dimitri Nieuwenhuizen, based in The Hague, Netherlands. LUST works in a broad spectrum of media including traditional printwork and book design, abstract cartography and data-visualisations, new media and interactive [...]

Interview with Niels Schrader – Mind Design, Amsterdam

By francescacoluzzi, November 6, 2012

Niels Schrader is a concept-driven information designer with a fascination for numbers and data. He is founder of the Amsterdam-based design studio Mind Design and member of the AGI – Alliance Graphique Internationale. Currently he lectures at the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague and ArtEZ – Academy of Art & Design in Arnhem. [...]

Interview with Michele Aquila and Valeria Di Rosa – U10, Milan

By francescacoluzzi, November 1, 2012

U10 is a web publisher and book design studio based in Milan. In this interview Michele Aquila and Valeria Di Rosa will tell about the Tweetbooks they made and the software they are now developing. Institute of Network Cultures: I can see two different possibilities in the whole project that are in a certain way [...]