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Dear Flexible System Designers,  I was asked by the German design magazine PAGE to write an article about A.I. Being critical of A.I. in the midst of an A.I. hype can be scary, but to my surprise, the response was very positive. Maybe because my intention was not to bash A.I., but to draw awareness…

Dear Flexible System Designers,  Many of you are aware that I am friends with Processing wizard Tim Rodenbröker. From the beginning of our friendship, we were talking about how we could bring our teachings about Creative Coding and Flexible System Design together. We had and had so many ideas. Now one of them is finally…

Hey! I realized that the FVS curriculum needs a foundation course, explaining the essentials of the FVS theory. One of the most important lessons is certainly the FVS model which explains the two different types of FVS. Even if you already read about it, have a look: https://flexiblevisualsystems.info/courses/foundation/thefvsmodel/ Which other lessons should be taught in…

Dear Flexible Visual System Designers, Before I start writing this newsletter I want to share with you how happy I am that people became more active on Discord. This is so important for all of us!  I finally found some time to write again. If you have seen one of my last lectures in Manchester,…

Dear Flexible System Designer, I have made BIG UPDATES on www.flexiblevisualsystems.info! Every lesson has now a table of contents on the bottom, making it easier for you to jump in between lessons and not just to the next lesson. It also gives you an overview of how many lessons you did and how many are…

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Dear Flexible System Designer,  in a couple of hours, I am traveling to Barcelona, but before I do so, I want to send you the last lesson of the Modular Type Design course. It was very difficult for me to find a good ending for this course. There is so much to say and show…

Just a quick message to let you know that my book will be available in Spanish! There is a presale discount until the 18th of October, using this link: https://graffica.info/nuevo-libro-sistema-visuales-flexibles/  Share the news! Please! 🙂  Happy Weekend to all of you! Martin 

Dear Flexible Systems Designers, October has arrived! This will be a pretty busy, but exciting month for me. Apart from teaching at the Bachelor Degree of Elisava a course about Flexible Systems for Data Visualization and at the Master Degree a workshop in Systemic Type Design, I will be giving a couple of lectures you…

Dear Flexible Systems Designers,  Most important news first: There is a new lesson for the Modular Type Design course. Super Supporters can access it here: https://flexiblevisualsystems.info/courses/modular-type/componentsfirst/ In the last lesson, I showed you a grid with column and row gaps, how the font’s design emerged out of the grid, and how the grid helped establish…