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Designing Programmes by Karl Gerstner is one of the most elusive design books in the world. Brand new copies retail for over $2,000, and even used versions go for over $250. Luckily for you, I spent my hard earned $277 for a copy so you don’t have to.
Let’s start
The book itself is surprisingly thin and it’s not really a book per se- it’s a compilation of four essays from Karl Gerstner.
The entire introduction is spent philosophizing the very definition of a “programme” but in essence, you can think of it as an algorithm that produces different, yet cohesive outcomes.
It starts with an example of a 15th century Gothic cathedral Karl passed by on his way to work every day…
Notice how every window design is different, yet looks related.
The architects of the cathedral used a “design program” which adheres to the same constraints and variables in order to produce different ornamental designs which feel like they belong together.
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MIT’s Media Lab Rebrand
Another great modern example of a visual design program comes from MIT’s media lab.
In 2011, they rebranded their identity and for a logo, they used a “program” that could generates 40,000 different permutations so each student, faculty member, building and project can get their own unique logo for the next 25 years…
Just 3 years later, MIT’s media lab changed its identify yet again, but retained the grid of the earlier logo design program…
This in essence captures the spirit of what design systems are all about.
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The book offers another great example of a morphology program:
- Divide a square into 9 smaller squares
- Replicate 3x, forming a bigger square
- Mark the 49 intersecting nodes (dots)
Now, the program itself is very simple: connect the nodes in the original 3×3 square (shown in #5 below) anyway you wish, then reflect it onto the other 3×3 squares as show in examples 6–20:
As you can see, immensely diverse and interesting possibilities exist within these extremely simple set of rules.
Now let’s shift to applying programmes outside of visual design to other fields as well.
Morphological Typography
Designing means to pick out determining elements and combine them
In this section, Gerstner presents us with his “morphological box of the typogram” which breaks down certain expressive characteristics of typography by rows…
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The power of this mechanism is that you could blindly make selections as you go from row to row and arrive at the creative solutions shown below:
Let’s examine how the first example could have been generated by the typographic morphological box.
This logotype…
…is the result of the following choices:
This systematic, generative approach to creative output is another great example of a design programme.
Program as Grid
The typographic grid is a proportional regulator for composition, tables, pictures, etc. It is a formal program to accommodate x unknown items. The difficulty is to find the balance, the maximum of conformity to a rule with the maximum of freedom. Or: the maximum of constants with the greatest possible variability.
The grid is a fundamental principle in design which plays a major role in 60s Swiss design, thus explaining Gerstner’s affinity for it (he was a prolific Swiss graphic designer for those who haven’t Google’d him yet.)
His contribution to grid theory is his famous “mobile grid” which he developed for the German magazine Capital:
I know what your thinking- WTF.
But the grid is actually a lot less intimidating than it looks at first glance- I put together this diagram to show that it’s actually 6 separate grids into one:
Programs as Photography
An example is given of a photographic program: “a picture of pictures” which let’s the viewer select his or her own perspective of a car exterior:
Notice how the camera adheres to the same movement at each angle to provide a consistent perspective of the car.
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Programs as Literature
As beautiful as this beautiful poem may be, it wasn’t written by a romantic staring into the moon out of his window. Much like the morphological typography box earlier, it was generated by a similar mechanism…
As you can see, you can combine any of the alphabetically labeled boxes above to form poetic sentences without much thought. Go ahead and try it.
Program as music
A partial example is give of a music generating program consisting of layers represented by squares.
This is the first layer:
The different sized points represent different sounds. In this second layer, the 5 lines represent different frequencies:
When you superimpose the 2 layers on top of each other, you get sounds played different frequencies:
Now in the last described step perpendicular lines are drawn between the points and lines, which represent “distance to be observed” which I only assume is time.
Although convoluted and difficult to understand, the beauty of this musical program is that it can be played by any number of performers with any kind of instruments.
Integral Typography
Integral means: shaped into a whole. There the Aristotelian dictum that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts is assumed. And this vitally concerns typography. Typography is the art of making a whole out of predetermined parts. The typographer “sets” individual letters into words, words into sentences
He goes on to say… “letters are the elementary particles of the written language- and thus of typography. They are figurative signs for sounds without content, parts which acquire meaning and a value only if they are combined. This means that combinations of two, three and more letters show in any case a word-picture, but define letters render a definite idea only in a certain sequence”
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The following example is applied to the brand identity of a record shop called “Boîte à musique”
The brand flexibility is displayed below- example 14 is company card with various proportions, example 15- notepaper, example 16 and 17- ads, and 18- a gift voucher:
Another example is given with Holzäpfel’s brand:
3D Programmes
Gerstner dives into three dimensional examples of programmes at work. The first example is a 3D sculpture which can be viewed from multiple angles yet appear cohesive from all angles:
The second example is a cylinder split into 9 rings based on the golden ratio proportions, which can be rotated to form various permutations based on the angle it’s observed:
Color Programmes
The very end of the books touches upon color and how it could be used systematically. One of the examples Gerstner gives is similar to an earlier example of reflecting a 3×3 square in order to arrive at different color patterns:
That’s all folks… I’ve tried to capture the main ideas that I found interesting, but the book has plenty more. If you found this useful, please like and share with others who might also derive use from it. Let me know your thoughts, feedback or questions in the comments :)
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