Explore kinetic graphics and typography using code.
‘Designing Tools for Designing Designs’ with Kiel Mutschelknaus
The workshop will be hosted live online where you will join Kiel and your fellow workshop mates. Participate from the comfort of your home, office or anywhere with a good internet connection. All links and access will be provided ahead of your workshops beginning.
A familiarity of JavaScript, HTML, and p5.js is helpful but not necessary. Participants may have to review some material before attending the workshop.
Workshops are open to students, professionals and inquisitive creative minds of all ages and stages.
Skills Required
A familiarity of JavaScript, HTML and p5.js is helpful but not necessary.
Equipment Required
Computer / Internet
Schedule
Day 1: Monday 4th April 18:00-22:00 BST
Day 2: Monday 11th April 18:00-22:00 BST
Outcome
Participants will finish the workshop with a series of exercises and tools they can edit, remix, and craft into their own generators. They will gain access to code and exercises they can continue to experiment with. Beginners will be able to learn from the code while advanced users will be able to extrapolate on the material, pushing it into their own needs and styles.
About Kiel
Kiel D. Mutschelknaus is a designer with a focus on generative and motion work. Originally from South Dakota, Kiel began his trek East to attend Cranbrook Academy of Art for his MFA in 2D Design before joining the GD Department at MICA. In addition to teaching, he maintains an active freelance studio with clients including Nike, Spotify, Apple, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg New Economy, The New Yorker, The Verge, and Ray-Ban. Kiel has gained recent acclaim for development of Space Type Generator, an online motion and type generator featured in It’s Nice That, The Verge, étapes, Facebook Curated, Novum Magazine, TYPEONE, Page, and Eye Magazine. An open source application, STG has inspired projects across the globe including music videos, editorial illustrations, murals, magazine covers, and has found new innovative applications in commercial design.
Workshop Information
The roles tools play in the form and flow of our design work are expansive and complex. From sketching and concepting to executing and crafting, tools dictate how we solve design challenges. If we’re able to interact, edit and create our own tools, new avenues of exploration and experimentation quickly open. In this workshop, we’ll use JavaScript and the p5.js library to create tools for creating static and kinetic graphics and typography. Participants will finish the workshop with a series of exercises and tools they can edit, remix, and craft into their own generators. They will gain access to code and exercises they can continue to experiment with. Beginners will be able to learn from the code while advanced users will be able to extrapolate on the material, pushing it into their own needs and styles.
A familiarity of JavaScript, HTML, and p5.js is helpful but not necessary. Participants may have to review some material before attending the workshop.
