We’re excited to announce the release of 45 Symbols — Clay to Code, a new publication documenting the decade-long, global design research project exploring visual language, symbolic systems, and collective ways of seeing. The book is being released and distributed by Slanted, and you can explore it and order your copy here. In our increasingly AI-saturated visual landscape, authentic […]
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Portugal, estamos a chegar! 45 Symbols — Clay to Code has been selected for the Porto Design Biennale. We brushed up our Processing skills to code a new animation—introducing 45 selected projects from the past ten years. That’s 2,025 visual elements coming to life on screen. The exhibition opens on October 23rd and runs until […]
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The jury for The Phaistos Project—Forty-five Symbols was impressed by the quality and scope of projects submitted for the open call 22/23. Submissions came in from all over the globe, including South Africa, Norway, the United Kingdom, Germany, and the United States. Using sophisticated and ingenious methods, each participant translated their point of view into […]
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You can download your digital copy or order a printed copy at the end of this article. ISBN: 979-8-9988076-5-7 Editor: Pascal Glissmann Design: Pascal Glissmann Things we buy in the supermarket. Words we speak in a political debate. Trips we take across the globe or across the street. Flowers we pick in our neighbor’s garden. […]
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Student work developed in the course “Introduction to Information Design I” at the New Design University in Austria, taught by Olivier Arcioli. Signs and Symbols are an essential part of information design and visual communication as they allow intuitive and quick access to information. New Design University students start their research process with an everyday […]
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The jury for The Phaistos Project — Forty-five Symbols, was overwhelmed with both the quality and scope of projects received during the 2020 open call. Submissions came in from all over the globe, including Japan, Switzerland, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates and the United States. Because of the long shadow of the COVID-19 […]
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It’s gold, black, and neon. And it is out now: FORTY FIVE SYMBOLS magazine #6 showcases selected entries of the open call 18/19. The jury was overwhelmed with the quality and scope of projects for the open call 18/19. Submissions came in from all over the globe, including Taiwan, Switzerland, Lebanon, Germany and the United […]
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The jury for The Phaistos Project — Forty-five Symbols was overwhelmed with the quality and scope of projects for the open call 18/19. Submissions came in from all over the globe, including Taiwan, Switzerland, Lebanon, Germany and the United States. Using sophisticated and ingenious methods, each participant translated their point of view into a […]
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Data and identities In October 2018, we presented “The Phaistos Project — Forty-five Symbols” at IEEE VIS 2018, Berlin. IEEE VIS is the worldwide largest and most important conference on Scientific Visualization, Information Visualization and Visual Analytics. The Phaistos Project was selected to be presented in a paper session and is included in the conference […]
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June 2018: Issue #5 of the the FORTY FIVE SYMBOLS magazine is risographed in gold and black. It introduces the six winners and three honorary mentions of the open call 17/18 which received more submissions than any open call before including entries from India, Dominican Republic, Lebanon, Spain, Switzerland, and USA. Participants conducted forensic analysis […]
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The Phaistos Project was selected to participate the Sphinx festival 2018 in Thebes. Language by the festival organizers: “The intent of the Sphinx festival is to highlight ancient philosophical questions that “challenge” the modern world. In a sense of practice and wider policy, we try to try out a kind of “social sculpture”, by interfering […]
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We updated our animation to include the latest entries. The 10 minute loop shows more than 3000 distinct visuals representing global concerns and thoughts of the upcoming design generation.
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We presented The Phaistos Project at “Beyond Change: Questioning the role of design in times of global transformations” in the panel: “Culture, Identity, and Critique, moderated by Sarah Owens, Zurich University of the Arts”
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We will be showcasing a few projects and distribute flyers for the globalmurmurs open call. Visit us at seaport south!
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We are invited to present The Phaistos Project at typotalks Berlin this year! Come visit us at our booth or join our talk and get your flyer/poster globalmurmurs 16/17!
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Magazine #3 is just coming out of the risograph. It is blue. And pink!
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900—20 designers, 45 symbols each. Produced by senior graphic design students at University of Houston’s School of Art under the direction of Professor Sibylle Hagmann. Influenced by the international collaboration, FORTY FIVE SYMBOLS, 900 is a chronicle of twenty voices exploring our changing world. Each voice speaks through a visual language of forty-five symbols that […]
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Randa Abdel Baki will give a lecture about the 45 Symbols project at the Lebanese American University.
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The FORTY FIVE SYMBOLS magazine is being risographed now! FORTY FIVE SYMBOLS | Publication #1 from FORTY FIVE SYMBOLS on Vimeo.
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Spiral of Symbols from FORTY FIVE SYMBOLS on Vimeo.
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