this workshop offers participants a mid-semester break which plays on the codes of representation. it is built around the glyph drawing club, a graphical, modular, web-based and open-source interface created by finnish graphic designer heikki lotvonen. it is based on old ascii text editors.
this tool offers a series of predefined shapes to assemble in a configurable grid. composing with these predefined shapes, these glyphs, references the history of printing illustrations, and in particular the work of albert schiller, a new york typographer who used lead typography ornaments to create illustrations at the beginning of the 20th century.
part 1| the reinterpretation in glyphs of a reference plan served as an introduction to the tool. these sometimes distant translations are inherent to the limitation of available glyphs.
part 2| the free composition of three independent graphical slices through the glyph drawing club.
part 3| the students were invited to spatialize their compositions. the three slices orienting themselves in the space of a cube intersect. the glyphs gain volume, the typographic fragments become threedimensional.
the week was also punctuated by two short talks. arnaud eubelen shared his practice between art and design. cortese mazza architects explained their approach to architecture.
a booklet was made to compile all students’ works.