Language, space, and technology might be used as three coordinates for evaluating the field of graphic design’s past and its future. The same might be said for poetry. In this commonality this talk finds its subject, drawing on recent work by Project Projects, personal writing, and historic research. How has language been shaped by space? By technology? How do the rhymthic and performative qualities of both disciplines, along with their new technical contexts, reshape our relationships to words, sounds, and the mechanics of reading?
Jürg Lehni
Designer, Artist, Programmer (Switzerland)
Jürg Lehni works collaboratively across disciplines, dealing with the nuances of technology, tools, and the human condition. His works often take the form of platforms and scenarios for production, such as the drawing machines Hektor, Rita, and Viktor, as well as software-based structures and frameworks, including Paperjs.org, Scriptographer.org and Vectorama.org.…
