thought, process, creation.
Typomorph
Practice Makes Perfect
Ahn Sang-Soo
—Jen Stark
Typography has the power to shape entire cultures, languages, and nations. When Ahn Sang-Soo created the first real Korean typeface, he changed the culture forever. In Typomoprh, he tells the story of how it came to be.
Many artists live their entire lives without ever truly mastering their craft or finding a unique place for their passion. Jen Stark talks us through her passion for paper sculpture, the process of finding inspiration, and the work it takes to perfect a skill.
Embracing Darkness —Tim Burton The dark, macabre films of Tim Burton have shaped an entire generation of artists and filmmakers. But what is the benefit of seeing and embracing the darker side of life and exposing it?
Design & Manipulation —Neville Brody Design is a language of manipulation— how can it be used for good? Neville Brody has the answers.
01. 07.17 Events
Biological Design Processes —Neri Oxman In the near future, entire buildings will be 3D printed. This is the vision Neri Oxman began her research into 3D printing and bio design with, and in this talk she explains her passions for biology and architecture and how those things can inform each other.
Material Poetry —Richard Serra The monumental steelworks of Richard Serra dominate rooms, landscapes, and entire buildings with stunning elegance and brutalist architecture. In his talk, Serra walks us through his creative process and speaks about the poetics of space and materiality.
9:00AM–10:30AM — Breakfast & Registration Grab some coffee, food, and your pass! 10:30AM–11:00AM — Opening Remarks Thoughts about Flux 11:15AM–12:00PM — Neville Brody Design & Manipulation 12:00PM–1:00PM — Neri Oxman Biological Design Processes 2:30PM–3:30PM — Tim Burton Embracing Darkness 3:30PM–4:30PM — Ahn Sang-Soo Typomorph 4:30PM–5:30PM — Jen Stark Practice Makes Perfect 6:30PM–7:30PM — Richard Serra Material Poetry 7:45PM– — Closing Remarks & Drinks Open panel & craft beer
01. 07.17 Schedule
Tim Burton —Filmmaker
Tim Burton is one of the last people you’d imagine would become one of the most acclaimed directors in the world. He is an introverted, unassuming, sensitive person. His career got underway at the most famous animation studio in Hollywood, he landed his first directing gig because of a bootleg tape of a short film that was never released, and he had a movie in the all-time top-ten grossers of all time. In his four decades as a filmmaker, he has written and directed many dark, gothic, and quirky horror and fantasy films, all of which revolve around themes of life, death, absurdity, childhood, and loss. These seminal films kickstarted a new generation of artists and filmmakers and shaped an entire industry for years to come.
2:30PM–3:30PM Embracing Darkness
Tim Burton, a director, producer, and screen writer, is known for such seminal films as Beetlejuice and Edward Scissorhands, which blend themes of fantasy and horror.
6:30PM–7:30PM Material Poetry
Serrra was in born in San Francisco in 1939. His father was a Spanish factory worker and his mother was a Russian-Jewish immigrant. Paying his way through the Yale University School of Art and Architecture as a welder, Serra met his most influential teachers, including the painter Philip Guston and the experimental composer Morton Feldman. Richard Serra has become the most important contemporary sculptor in the world, creating monumental steel works that defy gravity, inspire fear and wonder, and create a poetic language of material & space. He has forever changed the perception of sculpture in the arts and brought about a new age of criticism and intention in the artistic community.
Richard Serra’s monolithic steel sculptures have played a pivotal role in advancing the tradition of modern abstract sculpture.
Richard Serra— Sculptor
Neville Brody —Type Designer
11:15PM–12:00PM Design, Language, & Manipulation
Neville Brody, helped shape modern design through his experimental typographic and editorial work and unusual, innovative style.
Neville Brody, the British designer and art director, has now been at the forefront of graphic design for over two decades. Initially working in record cover design, Brody made his name largely through his revolutionary work as Art Director for the Face magazine. Other international magazine directions have included City Limits, Lei, Per Lui, Actuel and Arena, together with London’s The Observer newspaper and magazine. Brody has consistently pushed the boundaries of visual communication in all media through his experimental and challenging work, and continues to extend the visual languages we use through his exploratory creative expression and fearless experimental concepts.
3:30PM–4:30PM Typomorph
Much more than a typographer and graphic designer, he is a multi-faceted cultural producer who transmits his poignant philosophy through various mediums from visual design to poetry and installation. Generally understood as the simplest writing system in the world, Hangul, so linguists say, can be learned within just a few hours. Comprising 14 consonants and 10 vowels, this practical linguistic system is founded on five basic elements: vertical, horizontal, and diagonal strokes, the dot, and the circle. Established by order of King Sejong in the mid-15th Century in a progressive effort to create an alphabet unique to the spoken idiom and, in doing so, break away from its foundation in Chinese ideograph, Hangul symbolically realizes Korea’s cultural independence Sang-Soo fosters and transmits the history of his native language through unparalleled idiosyncrasy.
Ahn Sang-Soo is the father of Korean typography who designer reinvented and championed the field of linguistic illustration.
—Ahn Sang-Soo Typographer
Neri Oxman —Biodesigner
Neri Oxman invented the field of Material Ecology, melding computation, fabrication, and material itself as inseparable dimensions of design.
Material ecology stands in contrast to assembly lines, “which have dictated a world made of parts framing the imagination of designers and builders.” Neri says. For over a century, “the assumption that parts are made from single materials and fulfill predetermined specific functions is deeply rooted in design and usually goes unquestioned; it is also enforced by the way that industrial supply chains work.” Neri is challenging this condition through her work, by leading the creation of novel tools, techniques, and technologies that lie at the intersection of design and bio-fabrication.
12:00PM–1:00PM Biological Design Processes
Inspired by nature, Neri has developed a new approach to design: material ecology. It aims to establish “a holistic view of design that considers computation, fabrication, and the material itself as inseparable and harmonized dimensions of design.”
4:30PM–5:30PM Practice Makes Perfect
Jen Stark’s artwork carefully mimics intricate patterns and colors found in nature while exploring the ideas of replication and infinity using common construction paper.
American artist Jen Stark was born in Miami, Florida in 1983 and received her BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore in 2005, majoring in fibers with a minor in animation. Her kaleidoscopic paper artwork brings to mind fractals, rainbows, geodes and topographic maps. Although Stark is most recognized for her astonishingly dimensional and dynamic paper sculptures, she has explored a variety of media including wood, drawing and animation. Her ideas are based on replication and infinity as well as hypnotic, optical designs that mimic mandalas and sacred objects. Her optically complex and methodically made sculptures, animations and drawings gather inspiration from nature and the microscopic designs, color, and mathematics found in it.
Jen Stark Paper Sculptor—