Author: DRMLTPN

Friends! Our very own Ricardo, FVS community member since day 1, turned Figma into a powerful tool for Flexible Visual Systems. In his hands, it is much more than just another design software. I had the pleasure to interview him about his approach and upcoming workshop and course: Interview with Ricardo Lodroño «In these days where…

«The system tells its own story and can contribute positively to legibility, and its expression will determine the leeway I allow myself regarding legibility. Nothing is absolute.» I had the pleasure of interviewing my long-time type design hero Benoît Bodhuin. https://flexiblevisualsystems.info/resources/benoitbodhuin/ You’ll notice many parallels with how you’d design a visual identity system. For me,…

Exciting news! If you follow us on Instagram ( https://www.instagram.com/schoolofsystems/ ) you will have read it already. Two of my heroes will be giving workshops for the School of Systems in April, the super star of experimental type, Benoît Bodhuin, and the FVS community member from day one, Ricardo Lodroño. Benoît will give rare insight…

«This is how rules function in my work. They are not restrictions. They are relational designs that come alive by relationships and change.» Seo Hyo-jung said so many beautiful things in this interview, and the work … stunning. See for yourself: https://flexiblevisualsystems.info/resources/seo-hyo-jung/ Wish you a wonderful week,Martin P.s.: Some of you might be reminded of the…

Hi friends, It took me a while to write the recap of the workshop I gave at the Art University of Linz. Here it is and you will see how I turned the article “From Flexible To Contextual” into a workshop format. Would you be interested in me turning it into an FVS Online Course?…

Dear FVS community, We have seen one of the biggest shifts in design in the last 20 years. The shift from static to flexible. What if this shift just laid the groundwork for another, even bigger shift? The shift from flexible to contextual. From becoming more eloquent to becoming more conversational. https://flexiblevisualsystems.info/resources/fromflexibletocontextual/ It has been…

¡Hola a todos y todas! Os escribe Lupi: no sé si os acordáis, pero estoy traduciendo los cursos de Martin con “inteligencia humana” y tengo el placer de comunicaros que el segundo curso esta disponible en español: Historia de los Sistemas Visuales Flexibles: https://flexiblevisualsystems.info/cursos/history-2/ Si encontráis algún error, por favor, responder en Patreon o Discord…

Dear Friends, I have some news related to the School of Systems for you. Donald’s course, “The Don’t/Do System” (https://schoolofsystems.org/donald-roos/), is starting soon and some of you had questions. To make that easier, we are organising a little Q&A with Donald, me and Franziska. This Friday at 4 pm CET. https://meet.google.com/rvy-gvvi-kuc See you soon,Martin If…

Dear Friends, As we are easing into the new year, I have a beautifully simple exercise from my friend Donald Roos for you, author of the best-sellers Don’t Read This Book — Time Management for Creative People (30.000 copies, translated into seven languages), Don’t Buy This Book — Entrepreneurship for Creative People and If You…

Dear Friends, Happy New Year! This is for all the Motion Identity Systems and Transformation-based Systems Lovers! Filippo is a 24-year-old graphic designer from Rome, Italy. Over the past three years, he has worked as a freelance designer for festivals and music events in his city. He is currently part of the team at Mistaker,…