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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…

Happy Monday! Since 2006 I have taught at the prestigious Barcelona design school ELISAVA, and even co-directed a Postgraduate Degree. At the Master of Visual Design, led by Marc Panero, I have taught since 2020 a fun workshop on Systemic Type Design. Although we just have 5 days, the results are always beyond everyone’s expectations. Today I…

Dear Flexible Systems Designers, I hope you had a nice weekend. In Hamburg, Germany, where I am based, it is still summer. Long days with blue sky and temperatures around 30 degrees Celsius. Knowing that soon temperatures will drop and days will get shorter, I am enjoying this time of year and the energy that…

Hey!!!  I hope you had a lovely weekend! Today is a very special day. I am finally able to share the Flexible Visual Systems Design Tool by Supermarket. Read everything about how it works, how it was made and who is Supermarket in this new interview in our Resources section: https://flexiblevisualsystems.info/resources/interviewsupermarket/ William from Supermarket, who…

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Happy Monday! I have a big announcement for my Super Supporters, which potentially changes your learning experience considerably. I am going to program a monthly Flipped Classroom Session on Zoom. In these sessions, you can share with me the work you have done for the courses, get feedback and ask any questions that arose while…

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