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→ This new Design Teaching selection here, with [EDU+]-tagged documentation pages, will be frequently updated and features Tomi Vollauschek's educational collaborations with international Art & Design Colleges, including Tomi's Masterclass workshops, courses, jury duty, and college lectures.
ECV Bordeaux, design residency 2025 – FL@33 masterclass workshop, Tomi Vollauschek, Co-founder and Creative Director, FL@33 and Stereohype, appointed to be visiting lecturer again in 2025 at ECV Bordeaux – École de Création Visuelle – involving a 4-day masterclass workshop. ECV Bordeaux, France, 22–25 April 2025 [EDU+]
ECV Lille, design residency 2025 – FL@33 masterclass workshop, Tomi Vollauschek, Co-founder and Creative Director, FL@33 and Stereohype, appointed to be visiting lecturer again in 2025 at ECV Lille – École de Création Visuelle – involving a 5-day masterclass workshop. ECV Lille, France, 17–21 February 2025 [EDU+]
ECV Lille, Design Teaching: MA Tutoring Final Year / Graduation Projects, Visiting Lecturer, Tomi Vollauschek, co-founder and Creative Director, FL@33 and Stereohype – appointed to be Visiting Lecturer [intervenant] again for 2025 at ECV Lille – École de Création Visuelle – tutoring mostly online across a 5-month-period for Master 2 / year 5 Graphic Design and Art Direction 'alternance' students at ECV Lille, France.
24 January – 16 May 2025 [EDU+]
ECV Aix-en-Provence, design residency 2025 – FL@33 masterclass workshop, Tomi Vollauschek, Co-founder and Creative Director, FL@33 and Stereohype, appointed to be visiting lecturer again in 2025 at ECV Aix-en-Provence – École de Création Visuelle – involving a 4-day masterclass workshop. ECV Aix, France, 28–31 October 2025 [EDU+]
September 30th, 2024
[EDU+] ← This is a new Design Teaching tag for selected documentation and news pages, from flat33.com's usual Exhibitions etc. page.
___ This additional browsing option allows us to bring them all together in one compilation. A new Design Teaching focus that presents an overview of Tomi Vollauschek's educational collaborations with international Art & Design Colleges including Tomi's Masterclass workshops, courses, jury duty and college lectures.
ECV Lille, Design Teaching: MA Culture Graphique course, Visiting Lecturer, Tomi Vollauschek, co-founder and Creative Director at FL@33 and Stereohype – appointed to be Visiting Lecturer [intervenant] at ECV Lille – École de Création Visuelle – teaching a remote Culture Graphique course across a 3-month-period for Master 2 / year 5 Graphic Design and Art Direction 'alternance' students at ECV Lille, France.
27 September – 15 November 2024 [EDU+]
EXHIBITIONS | LECTURES | WORKSHOPS | COURSES | EVENTS | FAIRS | SCREENINGS
ECV Aix-en-Provence, Jury President Speech, Tomi Vollauschek in his role as president and panelist of the international Master Design Jury for Diplomas 2023 was honoured to be invited to attend the Graduation Ceremony and give a Speech at Théâtre du Jeu de Paume next to various ECV course leaders and ECV's general manager Julie Costes, ECV Provence – École de Création Visuelle, Aix-en-Provence, France,
23 February 2024
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FL@33 AT ECV AIX | MASTER DIPLOMA JURY
Kindly invited once again to come to ECV's Aix-en-Provence branch, FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek was honoured to be president and panelist of the international Master Design Jury for Diplomas 2023.
President of the Jury | Tomi Vollauschek | Portfolio Jury | Magali Tardy-Guyot and Tomi Vollauschek | Project Jury | Clio Chaffardon, Anna Mercurio an Christian Küsters.
We judged harshly – yet appropriately fair and generously. The Graduates 2023 | Laure Argentin, Daphné Bachelier, Aurélien Castellan, Manon Delaplanche, Margaux Duplessis, Baptiste Gaudry, Antoine Henry, Lou Le Gall, Théo Legras, Elisabeth Pascal, Jade Pinçonnet, Marie-Lou Salazard, Dahye Shin, Emma Simoni and Camille Tokay.
All the best – and remember: the journey only just begins. It was a pleasure to meet you all!
There is also a documentation showing a few impressions of the Master Design Diploma Presentations and first casual celebrations afterwards, that took place half a year before the official graduation ceremony.
PICTURE CREDITS
Pictures were taken by Tomi but some were kindly provided by the ECV team. Thanks so much to the whole team – especially ECV's one and only Marie Fiévet-Issermann.
February 23rd, 2024
Graduation ceremony time! Kindly invited once again to come to ECV's Aix-en-Provence branch and the city's beautiful Théâtre du Jeu de Paume, FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek was honoured to give a speech to graduates, friends and family, in his role as president and panelist of the international Master Design Jury for Diplomas 2023. [EDU+]
EXHIBITIONS | LECTURES | WORKSHOPS | COURSES | EVENTS | FAIRS | SCREENINGS
ECV Lille, design residency 2024 – FL@33 Masterclass workshop, Tomi Vollauschek, co-founder of London-based FL@33 and Stereohype, was once again visiting lecturer at ECV France – École de Création Visuelle – as part of a 5-day design residency with inspirational workshop. ECV Lille, France, 15–19 January 2024
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FL@33's TOMI VOLLAUSCHEK BACK IN LILLE – MASTERCLASS WORKSHOP
Kindly invited by long-time FL@33 collaborator Sébastien Delobel of design studio Atelier télescopique, who teaches Typography at the college and is also Pedagogical Advisor for the Design Department.
___ FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek was designer in residence and ran once again his inspirational workshop at ECV Lille's Visual Communication department.
___ The popular 5-day masterclass workshop Personal Projects and the Power of Three is an evolving workshop brief Tomi developed over the years. Masterclass students had complete free choice of medium again this year but were working towards a physical exhibition. Students
___ The Master 1 / Year 4 full-time masterclass students were as always encouraged to take on the challenge to push themselves into new creative territories and also document their process.
WORKSHOP
Workshop title: Personal Projects and the Power of Three. Aim: This evolving FL@33 workshop was developed to encourage experimentation, appreciation of process but also to help students to embrace failure and provoke ‘happy accidents’. The workshop aims to help students find a voice and add more personality and emotion to their work as graphic designers and visual communicators.
___ This 5-day experience encourages students to develop a sense of authorship and create – and most importantly continue to create – their own self-initiated projects, even after their graduation and into their professional lives.
___ Students are asked to take the opportunity to continue to develop ideas, work on footage and collections that were already started, while others are helped to develop starting points and ideas that are close to their heart.
___ Participating students: M1 D.A. / D.G. | Coline Baes, Swannie Berthon, Chloé Cerutti, Laure Cooren, Alexandre Danjou, Benjamin Demaretz, Charly Dessoly, Rachid Dey, Nina Dornier-Lopez, Zoé Duhem, Alexis Durieux, Sarah Glorieux, Estelle Gueneau, Alexia Hobbe, Elisa Joffroy, Adrien Laine, Mathieu Lebon, Clara Lemaitre, Eden Martin-Flocco, Malorie Morvan, David Paw, Yassine Prevost, Clelia Privitera, Camila Salazar-Oettinger, Zoëy Senechal, Emma Trichet, Camille Trouillard, Léa Wojtinek and Lucas Ygouf.
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Tomi Vollauschek (FL@33 / Stereohype) Workshop
ECV Lille – Year 4 / M 1 (Design, Alt)
WORKSHOP
Title: Personal Projects and the Power of Three
21 Rue du Molinel campus, Grande Salle
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15–19 January 2024
Monday–Friday, 9:00–13:00 / 14:00–17:00
I would be happy to stay until 18:00 on Monday to make sure all students get to talk to me about their portfolio and get encouraging and personal pointers and suggestions from me.
WORKSHOP EXHIBITION
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19 January 2024
Friday: workshop exhibition and presentation of all projects.
Presentations start at approximately 14:30.
3–4min presentation per student.
PLEASE ALSO NOTE — ON DEMAND ONLY:
PORTFOLIO SESSIONS / Q&A
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18 January 2024
Thursday, 17:00–18:00
If you are interested please do let Tomi know on the day BEFORE 17:00. A chance to discuss your and/or our work and/or life after college. I suggested to offer you the opportunity to discuss students’ work and/or our studio work, application do’s and don’ts and/or life after college. We only have approximately one hour for this however – if you are interested. Please do try to organise as a group and prepare your questions and presentations accordingly.
WORKSHOP TITLE
Personal Projects and the Power of Three
AIM
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This evolving FL@33 workshop was developed to encourage experimentation, appreciation of process but also to help students to embrace failure and provoke ‘happy accidents’. The workshop aims to help students find a voice and add more personality and emotion to their work as graphic designers and visual communicators.
___ This 5-day experience encourages students to develop a sense of authorship and create – and most importantly continue to create – their own self-initiated projects, even after their graduation and into their professional lives.
___ The students can choose to take the opportunity to continue to develop ideas, work on footage and collections that they already started or they can instead develop new starting points and ideas that are close to their heart. This can – in other words – be a big social issue that you are very passionate about (climate emergency, equal rights, a.i., etc) or indeed a very personal observation or obsession that you would like to explore further this week and turn into the star of your project. Students will get help individually to get started and throughout the process. I will explain everything at the beginning.
HEAD / HEART / HAND – WHAT IS THE ‘POWER OF THREE’?
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I studied at the Royal College of Art (RCA) in London. During my studies I first heard my personal tutor Jon Wozencroft mention the Power of Three guideline in a private conversation before one of his Sound Seminars we used to have there every week. This Power of Three was to become – not a rule or a philosophy – but a guideline how my design studio FL@33 has been trying since to operate and produce projects. The idea behind the Power of Three is that head, heart and hand – intellect, emotion and skills – are present in equal measures.
___ It was only years later that I learned that the original quote was by Professor Richard Guyatt (1914–2007) who was a British designer, academic and rector at the RCA between 1978 and 1981. Guyatt's timeless vision was that every graphic designer should have a balance of head, heart and hand in his/her work as thematic starting points.
___ If there is only one thing you take with you from this workshop please let it be this guideline – it is amazing!
WORKSHOP BRIEFING
BRIEF (free choice + documentation)
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Please develop a combination of two things: a final piece AND a making-of project documentation that shows your process – the journey to the final piece. Please choose an appropriate 2D, 3D or 4D medium for your final piece (it must look intriguing and well-crafted) AND your making-of documentation. Medium and technique can include illustration, photography, typography, video, animation, interaction, 3D installation, sound, printing, mark-making, collage, data visualisation and/or any combination. The required documentation can be in form of a brochure, leaflet, fanzine, postcard set, poster or the solution that is always popular with students: a poster/brochure combination. For your portfolio please ensure that the printed documentation also shows at least one photo or visualisation of the FINAL PIECE – especially if it is a video or installation and not already 2D!
Please come prepared.
Please read the complete brief and think about it before the workshop and prepare a quick portfolio presentation for the first day. Please also check out the links at the end of this brief – and the books, if you can.
Please PREPARE a 5min presentation of your life and/or work for the first day! Please note that you are over 25 students together – and time is limited. I would like to talk to everybody on day 1 to help you get started.
What do you enjoy doing?
What challenge would you like to take on for this workshop?
Who are you?
What is your passion?
Do you have any important unique experiences or personal key moments that would be great to explore for this workshop?
Is there a big social issue that you are particularly passionate about or will you more likely explore a big (or small) personal obsession or fascination instead?
DAY 1 ASSIGNMENT—Tomi Vollauschek WORKSHOP
THE POWER OF THREE: HEAD
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Concept generation. Power of Three. Seek discomfort.
Document your process and progress. Ask to be photographed while you work. It is always engaging to see the creator’s hands every now and then for example.
___ Please refer to the list of recommended movie clips, links and most importantly – the books.
THREE POSSIBLE STARTING POINTS
To help you get started please select the following three elements:
— one personal everyday observation,
— one personal everyday object and also
— something you collect or are fascinated by / passionate about (can but does not have to be a big social issue).
After your 5 minute portfolio presentation we will together work, combine and develop your workshop ideas and starting points on day one. We will also discuss which medium might be the most appropriate, intriguing, challenging and fun choice for you. We can also talk about which documentation format might suit you best and I will bring paper folding examples for you to look at before you decide what you want to do.
Think creatively in the meantime whether or not any of these three suggested starting points are useful for you, and if so, whether they could be combined in a philosophical or concrete fashion. In any case please use wit, humour and/or appropriate aesthetics to tackle this project. Challenge yourself and experiment. Please let your style and personality shine through.
___ Most importantly: do NOT be boring and do NOT ‘play it safe’. Use the opportunity to dive in and challenge yourself!
___ It will be up to you to translate your choice into a fascinating, communicative and overall appealing presentation while keeping the Power of Three in mind.
PLEASE NOTE:
Please do NOT present on screen but print your project or find another appropriate method. Unless you create specifically for a screen-based project nothing is allowed to be presented on screen that doesn’t belong there. For the final presentation please only use a computer screen, smartphone or tablet screen to present if this is the most appropriate medium for your idea. You will be asked to justify your choice(s). Please discuss beforehand if in doubt.
DAY 2 ASSIGNMENT—Tomi Vollauschek WORKSHOP
THE POWER OF THREE: HEART
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Embrace failure. Add some heart. Document your process and progress.
___ Today is the day! Please try to embed more emotion and personality in your project. You may start experimenting with actual production already – but only when you are ready with concept generation and you are satisfied with your level of authorship.
DAY 3 ASSIGNMENT—FL@33 WORKSHOP DAY 3
THE POWER OF THREE: HAND
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Make. Create. Build. Experiment. Discover. Experiment more. Fail and experiment even more. Don’t forget to document your process and progress. If you did not start already please do now begin to experiment and fine-tune your vision while developing the actual piece. There is still time for U-turns, changes and tweaks.
DAY 4 ASSIGNMENT—Tomi Vollauschek WORKSHOP
THE POWER OF THREE
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Make it a success now, it is time. Wrap it up and do continue to document your process and progress. Decide how important the documentation will likely be in your final presentation. Sometimes making-ofs end up being a core-element in projects. Compromise or don’t – but find a way today to make your project a success for tomorrow’s exhibition and presentation.
Double and triple-check whether you achieved an acceptable balance between intellect, emotion and skills. If not – adjust, tweak and modify accordingly.
Work on a well-prepared 3–4min verbal presentation for tomorrow that showcases your workshop experience by presenting your final piece.
PLEASE NOTE:
Please ensure to address below points in your presentation.
— What was your starting point?
— Explain your process and how you challenged yourself?
— What was the most frustrating aspect of your project and what was the most satisfying one?
— Were there any ‘happy accidents’?
— Please comment on the achieved balance of the Power of Three..
DAY 5 ASSIGNMENT—Tomi Vollauschek WORKSHOP
EXHIBITION AND FINAL CRITS
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Come prepared. We will try for all students to present for approx. 3–4 minutes – a chance for everybody else to see what the others came up with. Use walls and tables etc. for the exhibition. I can’t wait... Good luck and thank you! Enjoy! 8)
PLEASE WATCH
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Learn From Failure by Tim Brown (CEO, IDEO), 1:39
(French auto-subtitles available)
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On the Fear of Failure by Milton Glaser, 7:26
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Seek Discomfort by Stefan Sagmeister, 1:03
exhibit from Sagmeister’s The Happy Show exhibition.
The exhibition forms part of the research for The Happy Film by Stefan Sagmeister (2016).
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How To Make Mistakes On Purpose by Laurie Rosenwald, 15:05
TEDxGöteborg
(French auto-subtitles available)
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS (I will bring my English and French reference copies)
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Parfaites imperfections (Failed It!) by Erik Kessels
(French translation edition available)
I will bring my English and French copies of the book with me.
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Amazon France 11.95 €
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Failed It! by Erik Kessels
(Original English version)
£ 9.95
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Feck Perfuction by James Victore
15–20 €
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How To Make Mistakes On Purpose by Laurie Rosenwald
15–25 €
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Postcard / Cartes Postales by FL@33
LINKS
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FL@33
https://flat33.com
A few of the many varyingly complex FL@33 examples of mundane observations and objects that turned into the stars of a project:
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Trans-form (many different observations of tower cranes)
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8min 20sec (observation), technique, set of rules that can be applied to different footage).
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Bzzzpeek.com The Flash-based website is now dead but a Vimeo screen recording is available) ((or use Firefox desktop browser with add-on Ruffle flash emulator plugin))
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Singing Pasta
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Stereohype Squirrel Sculpture
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Fedrigoni 365 2019
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Picture hook faces (more)
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Shadows
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Autobahn custom typeface
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Chinface animation
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RCA Secret 2018 / Tomi’s #loadingmuseum
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Daniel Eatock
http://eatock.com
Examples (but please do check out his portfolio in more detail)
lens-touch
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camera-straps
no-photo
vandalized-trees-reoriented
closed-loops
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some of Daniel Eatock’s postcard-related projects:
postcard-back-formations
postcard-back-compositions
postcards
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Insightful manifesto:
manifesto
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Russell Weekes
A similar way of thinking.
www.eek.es
Examples (but please do check out his portfolio in more detail)
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somesecondthoughts
naturespotting
protest
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...
PICTURE CREDITS | THANK YOU
Some pictures were taken and kindly provided by ECV's Sébastien Delobel and team. The majority of pictures were taken by Tomi however and most slideshows are based on stills from the presentation videos that Tomi recorded.
___ A big thank you at this occasion once again to the whole ECV Lille team – especially Anne Binder, Marie Hantson, Anne-Marie Porreca, Maxime Olivier and Sébastien Delobel – and of course my dear students – for your warm hospitality.
January 15th, 2024
FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek is back in Lille to run another of his popular masterclass workshops Personal Projects and the Power of Three. The evolving and inspireational workshop was developed by Tomi to encourage experimentation, appreciation of process but also to help students to embrace failure and provoke ‘happy accidents’. The workshop aims to help students find a voice and add more personality and emotion to their work as graphic designers and visual communicators.
___ Here a link to an overview of Tomi's Design Teaching, including previous workshops, lectures and jury activities at ECV Lille / Bordeaux / Aix-en-Provence, France. [EDU+]
EXHIBITIONS | LECTURES | WORKSHOPS | COURSES | EVENTS | FAIRS | SCREENINGS
ECV Lille, Design Teaching: MA Visual Identity course, Tomi Vollauschek, co-founder of FL@33 and Stereohype, appointed to be visiting lecturer [intervenant] at ECV France – École de Création Visuelle – teaching an English and French language remote Visual Identity course. ECV Lille, France,
22 September – 3 November 2023
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MA VISUAL IDENTITY COURSE | SYLLABUS | FIRST ROUGH DRAFT
It is an honour that after over seven years of working with ECV France as an external educator, speaker and designer in residence – running Masterclass workshops, giving talks and being involved in occasional Diploma Graduation Jury duty, ECV France appointed FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek to be visiting lecturer [intervenant] at ECV Lille – École de Création Visuelle – teaching a remote Visual Identity course.
___ The syllabus as shown here was the initial overview draft but was developed and extended further throughout the course – in scope and depth and so was the reading list.
CLICK FOR MORE INFO | SYLLABUS
MA VISUAL IDENTITY COURSE | SYLLABUS | FIRST ROUGH DRAFT
Tomi Vollauschek (FL@33 / Stereohype) | Design Teaching: MA Visual Identity course
ECV Lille – Year 5 / M 2
VISUAL IDENTITY | Mastère 2 Design
(14 students)
Friday 9am-1pm,
22 September – 3 November 2023
COURSE INTRODUCTION
Definitions of key areas within identity design (corporate design, traditional visual identity vs contemporary visual identity / responsive identity / flexible systems, branding / 360º, corporate identity vs corporate image / tone of voice, artificial intelligence and computer-generated content / variants.
___ About the importance of deep understanding and analysis of the client's actual needs, potential future needs, audience(s) and communication channels. Finding 'the edge' – the special / unique aspects – coherent, sophisticated, appropriate, witty and/or funny.
HISTORICAL CONTEXT
Bauhaus, Swiss Typography, some key international figures, anecdotes and examples and if and how they are still relevant today.
ELEMENTS WE DISCUSS
Logo, logotype, typography / typeface considerations, grid, layout, illustration style, symbol / mascot, icons, animation style, photography, user interfaces / web / app design and the overall coherent aesthetic representation of the 'brand' – visually and tone of voice. Apart from the PDF material and video links listed below, many additional online resources, examples were provided and discussed throughout the course.
PRACTICAL BRIEF
(overview – in depth to follow) – to be confirmed (TBC) and in NO particular order:
___ Across six classes we will step by step (re-)design a logo for your favourite musician / band – or for yourself – (if you have a logo already, think again, how you could improve, renew and/or extend it. Let's avoid too iconic logos like John Pasche's Rolling Stones tongue – or do not – but you have been warned... An indie newcomer would be a more appropriate candidate – and who knows – you might be able to present it to them as a viable option...
___ Develop a flexible identity system and apply it.
___ Consider full or partial animation for digital channels. You want to add an idea for sensory aspects: tactile considerations, smell or indeed sound? Please do feel free to discuss and explore.
ADDITIONAL ASPECTS WE DISCUSS WILL COVER
___ Visual communication in a globalised world. Difference in languages, colour associations, different sense of aesthetic sensibilities.
___ The logo as the most – or indeed the least – important element of a visual identity.
PEDAGOGICAL AIMS
Students will learn to consider a whole range of skills and how best to combine and apply them.
___ Conceptual thinking, analysis, strategy and of course visual design elements from typographic choices to shapes, from lines, rhythm and grids to patterns and colours – potentially also illustration, photography and a bit of animation.
___ They will learn to really consider all the details and also the entire identity system that they will develop. Historical and contemporary examples will feed their conceptual design thinking and process.
___ The course will provide a step by step approach and learning speed can be adjusted individually.
___ I am planning to provide opportunities for the group to share their work in progress and learn from each other.
___ It's serious play – or fun hard work.
JUDGING CRITERIA
Students will be judged by how deeply considered and coherent their developed identity is.
___ The presentation must be convincing and showcase their superb top-quality project.
___ Conceptual inconsistencies will of course be flagged before for a chance to fix and adjust – but if still present, they will also be criticised and flagged and will inevitably affect their marks.
___ Different techniques, mediums and formats in scale and material must obviously feature in this final presentation.
CLICK FOR MORE INFO | DAY 1 AGENDA
DAY 1
___ Band recognition (Logo variants and roots: Einstürzende Neubauten, Kiss, Nirvana, Rolling Stones, The Cure, ...)
___ JMB Grid Systems / Pioneer of Swiss Graphic Design
___ BRand recognition (Chupa Chups / Dali, Deutsche Bank / Anton Stankowski, Heinz Ketchup, Nike, Peace, Recycling, The Story of Emoji, Walls Langnese Frigo,...)
___ Food for thoughts (Popular Lies About Graphic Design, The Extreme Self, ...)
___ Text slides (A–F) below:
DAY 1 A | Definitions of key areas of identity design
___ Corporate Design
___ Traditional Visual Identity vs Contemporary Visual Identity (Responsive Identity / Flexible Systems, 'Branding', 360º)
___ Corporate Identity vs Corporate Image (Tone of Voice)
___ Artificial Intelligence / Computer-generated Content (Variants)
DAY 1 B | Importance of deep understanding and analysis
___ Find and define the client's actual needs, potential future needs, audience(s) and communication channels.
___ Finding 'the edge' | Discover and extract the special / unique aspects, coherent, sophisticated, appropriate, witty and/or funny.
DAY 1 C | Definitions | Vocabulary | Areas to consider
___ Logo
___ Logotype
___ Typography
___ Typeface considerations
___ Grid / Layout
___ Illustration style
___ Symbol / Mascot / Icons
___ Animation style
___ Photography
___ User interfaces
___ Web / App design
___ and the overall coherent aesthetic representation of the 'brand' – visually and tone of voice.
DAY 1 D | Brief — Two choices
Across six classes we will step by step (re-)design a logo for your favourite musician / band – or for yourself – (if you have a logo already, think again, how you could improve, renew and/or extend it.
___ Let's avoid too iconic logos like John Pasche's Rolling Stones tongue – or do not – but you have been warned... An indie newcomer would be a more appropriate candidate – and who knows – you might be able to present it to them as a viable option... Or use your own new or redesigned logo for your portfolio or future studio...
DAY 1 E | Brief
___ Develop a flexible identity system and apply it
___ Consider full or partial animation for digital channels. You want to add an idea for sensory aspects: tactile considerations, smell or indeed sound? Please do feel free to discuss and explore.
DAY 1 F | Brief — DAY 1
Work on first ideas by yourselves. I am happy to answer questions asked and answered in front of the group.
___ Please present in front of the group your starting points at 12 o'clock in 4 minutes intervals (you are 14 students). I suggest we proceed alphabetically but backwards – first name Z – A (for a change I suspect).
CLICK FOR MORE INFO | DAY 2 AGENDA
DAY 2
___ Flexible Visual Systems excerpts
___ Food for thoughts (The Politics of Design, ...)
___ How to start a briefing (key sections, client? product? audience? competitors? new or renew?)
___ Identity Manuals (IBM 8 Bar, Rebus, Manuals 1: Lufthansa, Nasa, Nasa logo old and new)
___ The 12 Column Grid
___Wit & Humour (Creative Titans Herb Lubalin, the Father of Conceptual Typography – Works Design Group, Smile in the Mind)
CLICK FOR MORE INFO | DAY 3 AGENDA
DAY 3
___ Basics (Emil Ruder Typographie excerpts)
___ Food for thoughts (Logo RIP, ...)
___ More grids, PDFs plus online examples (Experimental Design excerpts, Geometry Makes Me Happy excerpts)
___ Variations Variations Variations (No One Can Fail — Ecrire Son Nom Marion Bataille excerpts)
___ Visual Impact (Photoviz excerpts)
CLICK FOR MORE INFO | DAY 4 AGENDA
YOU AND VAUGHAN OLIVER
DAY 4
Today is all about you and Vaughan Oliver
___ Designboom interview with graphic designer Vaughan Oliver
___ Libération Vaughan Oliver, graphiste historique du label 4AD
___ The Guardian Lost worlds of sex and magic Vaughan Oliver's album sleeves for 4AD Music
___ Vanity Fair France Hommage à Vaughan Oliver, immense designer
___ Vaughan Oliver 9x Book Excerpts
___ Videos:
___ Expo 4AD à Nantes Fév. 1990 french tv Canal+ 'Rapido' : i/w Vaughan Oliver
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfESTG6_IIw
French / subs, 3:41min
___ Vaughan Oliver and my 4AD Records
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVqh35KKiGU
English / English (auto-translation to French) subs available
16:53min
___ Vaughan Oliver Interview, 2016
https://vimeo.com/155217842
English 19:53min
___ Vaughan Oliver – Main Stage – OFFSET 2013
https://vimeo.com/76256343
English, 56:23min
CLICK FOR MORE INFO | DAY 5 AGENDA
DAY 5
___ 3D Grids (JMB Grid Systems 3D excerpts, Liad Shadmi The Alphabetical Room, ...)
___ Basics, Logos, FVS (Logo, Reference Guide to Symbols and Logotypes, The Layout Book excerpts, Flexible Visuelle Systeme, ...)
CLICK FOR MORE INFO | DAY 6 AGENDA PRESENTATION DAY | MATERIAL
DAY 6
Presentation day. See judging criteria in Syllabus.
Post course material:
___ About Face_Type Rules Book Recommendation
___ Adrian Frutiger Complete Works excerpts
___ Adrian Frutiger Der Mensch Und Seine Zeichen excerpts
___ Alan Fletcher The Art Of Looking Sideways excerpts
___ Exploring Typography excerpts
___ Eye Magazine 94 MuirMcNeill 1of8000 unique Covers
___ Herb Lubalin Unit Monograph excerpts
___ Karl Gerstner Konstruktive Bilder excerpt
___ Karl Gerstner Rückblick 5x10 Jahre excerpts
___ Lance Wyman The Monograph excerpts
___ Shape Grammars excerpts
___ TD Total Design 63-73 excerpts
PARTICIPATING STUDENTS
M2 D.A.A.| Méloé Berkesse, Mathilde Borek, Charlotte Coquelle, Mai Anh Dang, Sarah Da Silva, Tessa de Sutter, Margaux Delacre, Alban Delayen, Samia Felix, Loïck Leroy, Éloïse Malavaux, Florine Marchal, Angele Vervaeke and Chloe Waechter.
CLICK FOR MORE INFO | READING LIST
(in addition to above add-ons)
Tomi Vollauschek (FL@33 / Stereohype) | Design Teaching: MA Visual Identity course
ECV Lille – Year 5 / M 2
ESSENTIALS: Graphic Design / Typography
Pioneer of Swiss Graphic Design,
Josef Müller-Brockmann
Typographie / Typography,
Emil Ruder
Adrian Frutiger Typefaces. The Complete Works.
Heidrun Osterer, Philipp Stamm
Der Geist der Farbe – Karl Gerstner und Seine Kunst,
DVA
ESSENTIALS: Logos, Symbols, Logotype
Logo – The Reference Guide to Symbols and Logotypes (revised edition),
Michael Evamy
Symbol – The Reference Guide to Abstract and Figurative Trademarks,
Angus Hyland & Steven Bateman
Logotype – The Reference Guide to Logotypes, Monograms and Text-based Marks,
Michael Evamy
Der Mensch und seine Zeichen – Schriften, Symbole, Signete, Signale,
Adrian Frutiger
ESSENTIALS: Grids and Flexible Visual Systems, Information Design
Grid Systems,
Josef Müller-Brockmann
Flexible Visual Systems – The Design Manual for Contemporary Visual Identities,
Martin Lorenz
The Visual Display of Quantitative Information,
Edward Tufte
More: Grids and Flexible Visual Systems, Information Design
Geometry Makes Me Happy,
Index Book, various
Grids – Creative Solutions for Graphic Designers,
RotoVision / contributors
ESSENTIALS: Think Globally (Act Locally)
The Politics of Design – A (Not So) Global Manual for Visual Communication,
Ruben Pater et al
ESSENTIALS: Food for thoughts
The Extreme Self,
Shumon Basar, Douglas Coupland, Hans Ulrich Obrist
Popular Lies* About Graphic Design,
Craig Ward
A Smile in the mind – Witty thinking in Graphic Design,
Beryl McAlhone & David Stuart
The Art of Looking Sideways,
Alan Fletcher
How to be a Graphic Designer Without Losing Your Soul,
Adrian Shaugnessy
ESSENTIALS: Visual identities and Manuals
Manuals 1 – Design & Identity Guidelines,
Unit Editions / various contributors
Designers’ Identities,
Liz Farrelly
MORE: Logos, Symbols, Logotype
Logo R.I.P. – A Commemoration of Dead Logotypes,
The Stone Twins
Art Marks,
Counter Print
Logo Modernism,
Taschen
No One Can Fail – Écrire son nom, Unidentified Object No 3,
Marion Bataille
The Story of Emoji,
Gavin Lucas (and designed by FL@33)
MORE: Typography
The Visual History of Type,
Paul McNeil
About Face – Reviving the Rules of Typography,
David Jury
Exploring Typography, An In-Depth Guide to the Art & techniques of Contemporary Typography,
Tova Rabinowitz
The 3D Type Book,
FL@33 (Yours truly)
Lettering & Type,
Bruce Willen, Nolen Strals
Shape Grammars,
Janina Maroscheck
More: Graphic Designer Monographs and Showcase Books
Rational Simplicity – Rudolph de Harak Graphic Designer,
Richard Poulin
TD 63–73, Total Design and its Pioneering Role in Graphic Design,
Ben Bos
Lance Wyman: The Monograph,
Adrian Shaugnessy, Tony Brook
The Graphic Language of Neville Brody 3,
Brody & team
The Art of Work,
Milton Glaser
Designed By,
Peter Saville
V.O. Archive,
Vaughan Oliver
Lubalin – Herb Lubalin, American Graphic Designer 1918–81,
Adrian Shaugnessy
Ladislav Sutnar, Prague, New York, Design in Action,
Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague
Restart – New Systems in Graphic Design,
Christian Küsters & Emily King
(Andreas Uebele) Material – Monograph Volume 3, 2003 – 2016,
Andreas Uebele
Graphics Alive,
Victionary, various
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PICTURE CREDITS
Shown here are a few selected session screenshots and work samples were kindly provided by ECV students courtesy of ECV Lille.
September 22nd, 2023
Design Teaching | After over seven years of collaboration with ECV France as an external educator, speaker, and designer in residence, Tomi Vollauschek from FL@33 is honoured to be appointed as a visiting lecturer [intervenant] at ECV Lille – École de Création Visuelle. In this role, he will teach a remote Visual Identity course.
___ During his time at ECV France (Lille, Bordeaux and Aix-en-Provence), Tomi has led masterclass workshops, delivered talks, and participated in diploma graduation jury duties. His new position will enable him to continue inspiring students in the field of visual communication. [EDU+]
EXHIBITIONS | LECTURES | WORKSHOPS | COURSES | EVENTS | FAIRS | SCREENINGS
ECV Aix-en-Provence, Diploma Jury President and Panelist, Tomi Vollauschek, co-founder of FL@33 and Stereohype, appointed to be president and panelist of the international Master Design Jury for Diplomas 2023 at ECV France – École de Création Visuelle, ECV Aix-en-Provence, France, 26–27 June 2023
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FL@33 AT ECV AIX | MASTER DIPLOMA JURY
Kindly invited once again to come to ECV's Aix-en-Provence branch, FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek was honoured to be president and panelist of the international Master Design Jury for Diplomas 2023.
President of the Jury | Tomi Vollauschek | Portfolio Jury | Magali Tardy-Guyot and Tomi Vollauschek | Project Jury | Clio Chaffardon, Anna Mercurio an Christian Küsters.
We judged harshly – yet appropriately fair and generously. The Graduates 2023 | Laure Argentin, Daphné Bachelier, Aurélien Castellan, Manon Delaplanche, Margaux Duplessis, Baptiste Gaudry, Antoine Henry, Lou Le Gall, Théo Legras, Elisabeth Pascal, Jade Pinçonnet, Marie-Lou Salazard, Dahye Shin, Emma Simoni and Camille Tokay.
All the best – and remember: the journey only just begins. It was a pleasure to meet you all!
There is also a post showing the Graduation Ceremony that took place in February 2024.
PICTURE CREDITS
Pictures were taken by Tomi but some – including the frontal group pictures and about half of the student's work snapshots – were kindly provided by the ECV team and jury panelist Anna Mercurio. Thanks so much to the whole team – especially ECV's one and only Marie Fiévet-Issermann.
June 26th, 2023
Finally the cat is out of the bag. No more a top secret: FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek has the honour of being this year's president of the international ECV Aix-en-Provence jury panel for Master level art direction and design students. See documentation
President of the Jury | Tomi Vollauschek | Portfolio Jury | Magali Tardy-Guyot and Tomi Vollauschek | Project Jury | Clio Chaffardon, Anna Mercurio an Christian Küsters. [EDU+]
EXHIBITIONS | LECTURES | WORKSHOPS | COURSES | EVENTS | FAIRS | SCREENINGS
ECV Aix-en-Provence, design residency 2023 – FL@33 masterclass workshop, Tomi Vollauschek, co-founder of London-based FL@33 and Stereohype, was once again visiting lecturer at ECV Lille – École de Communication Visuelle / School of Visual Communication as part of a 4-day design residency with inspirational workshop. ECV Aix-en-Provence, France, 2–5 May 2023
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FL@33's TOMI VOLLAUSCHEK BACK IN AIX – MASTERCLASS WORKSHOP
Kindly invited by Marie Fiévet-Issermann – FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek was designer in residence and ran an inspirational workshop at ECV Aix's Visual Communication department. Tomi was part of the international ECV diploma jury 2020 in Aix before but this was the first time in 2023 that he ran his workshop there – the same year he would also return to preside the international master jury panel 2023/2024.
___ Thanks to Monday, May 1st being a bank holiday in France this was a 4-day instead of the usual and preferable 5-day masterclass workshop. Personal Projects and the Power of Three is an evolving workshop brief Tomi developed over the years. Masterclass students had complete free choice of medium again this year but were working towards a physical exhibition.
___ The year four full-time Graphic Design Art Direction masterclass students were as always encouraged to document their process.
WORKSHOP
Title | Personal Projects and the Power of Three
Aim | This evolving FL@33 workshop by Tomi Vollauschek was developed to encourage experimentation, appreciation of process but also to help students to embrace failure and provoke ‘happy accidents’. The workshop aims to help students find a voice and add more personality and emotion to their work as graphic designers and visual communicators.
___ This 4-day experience encourages students to develop a sense of authorship and create – and most importantly continue to create – their own self-initiated projects, even after their graduation and into their professional lives.
___ Students are asked to take the opportunity to continue to develop ideas, work on footage and collections that were already started, while others are helped to develop starting points and ideas that are close to their heart. See brief below for more details.
Participating students: M1 D.A. | Juliette Byrne, Emma Forestier, Lucas Garbous, Léa Gaughran, Théo Herrouin, Clémentine Koch, Hugo Kuder, Khalil Lahmeri, Clara Martin, Noah Mouzon-Rozand, Élise Muscat, Philippine Praca, Clara Puech, Bérénice Ventura-Amaya, Marie Xima and Danaé Zammite.
CLICK FOR MORE INFO | WORKSHOP BRIEF
Tomi Vollauschek (FL@33 / Stereohype) Workshop
ECV Aix-en-Provence – Year 4 / M 1
WORKSHOP
Title: Personal Projects and the Power of Three
970 avenue Pierre Brossolette, 13100 Aix-en-Provence, France
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2–5 May 2023...
Tuesday–Friday, 9:00–13:00 / 14:00–17:00
I would be happy to stay until 18:00 on Tuesday to make sure all students get to talk to me about their portfolio and get encouraging and personal pointers and suggestions from me.
WORKSHOP EXHIBITION
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5 May 2023
Friday: workshop exhibition and presentation of all projects.
Presentations start at approximately 14:30.
3–4min presentation per student.
PLEASE ALSO NOTE — ON DEMAND ONLY:
PORTFOLIO SESSIONS / Q&A
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4 May 2023
Thursday, 17:00–18:00
If you are interested please do let Tomi know on the day BEFORE 17:00. A chance to discuss your and/or our work and/or life after college. I suggested to offer you the opportunity to discuss students’ work and/or our studio work, application do’s and don’ts and/or life after college. We only have approximately one hour for this however – if you are interested. Please do try to organise as a group and prepare your questions and presentations accordingly.
WORKSHOP TITLE
Personal Projects and the Power of Three
AIM
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This evolving FL@33 workshop was developed to encourage experimentation, appreciation of process but also to help students to embrace failure and provoke ‘happy accidents’. The workshop aims to help students find a voice and add more personality and emotion to their work as graphic designers and visual communicators.
___ This 4-day experience encourages students to develop a sense of authorship and create – and most importantly continue to create – their own self-initiated projects, even after their graduation and into their professional lives.
___ The students can choose to take the opportunity to continue to develop ideas, work on footage and collections that they already started or they can instead develop new starting points and ideas that are close to their heart. This can – in other words – be a big social issue that you are very passionate about (climate emergency, equal rights, a.i., etc) or indeed a very personal observation or obsession that you would like to explore further this week and turn into the star of your project. Students will get help individually to get started and throughout the process. I will explain everything at the beginning.
HEAD / HEART / HAND – WHAT IS THE ‘POWER OF THREE’?
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I studied at the Royal College of Art (RCA) in London. During my studies I first heard my personal tutor Jon Wozencroft mention the Power of Three guideline in a private conversation before one of his Sound Seminars we used to have there every week. This Power of Three was to become – not a rule or a philosophy – but a guideline how my design studio FL@33 has been trying since to operate and produce projects. The idea behind the Power of Three is that head, heart and hand – intellect, emotion and skills – are present in equal measures.
___ It was only years later that I learned that the original quote was by Professor Richard Guyatt (1914–2007) who was a British designer, academic and rector at the RCA between 1978 and 1981. Guyatt's timeless vision was that every graphic designer should have a balance of head, heart and hand in his/her work as thematic starting points.
___ If there is only one thing you take with you from this workshop please let it be this guideline – it is amazing!
WORKSHOP BRIEFING
BRIEF (free choice + documentation)
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Please develop a combination of two things: a final piece AND a making-of project documentation that shows your process – the journey to the final piece. Please choose an appropriate 2D, 3D or 4D medium for your final piece (it must look intriguing and well-crafted) AND your making-of documentation. Medium and technique can include illustration, photography, typography, video, animation, interaction, 3D installation, sound, printing, mark-making, collage, data visualisation and/or any combination. The required documentation can be in form of a brochure, leaflet, fanzine, postcard set, poster or the solution that is always popular with students: a poster/brochure combination. For your portfolio please ensure that the printed documentation also shows at least one photo or visualisation of the FINAL PIECE – especially if it is a video or installation and not already 2D!
Please come prepared.
Please read the complete brief and think about it before the workshop and prepare a quick portfolio presentation for the first day. Please also check out the links at the end of this brief – and the books, if you can.
Please PREPARE a 5min presentation of your life and/or work for the first day! Please note that you are 15 students together – and time is limited. I would like to talk to everybody on day 1 to help you get started.
What do you enjoy doing?
What challenge would you like to take on for this workshop?
Who are you?
What is your passion?
Do you have any important unique experiences or personal key moments that would be great to explore for this workshop?
Is there a big social issue that you are particularly passionate about or will you more likely explore a big (or small) personal obsession or fascination instead?
DAY 1 ASSIGNMENT—Tomi Vollauschek WORKSHOP
THE POWER OF THREE: HEAD
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Concept generation. Power of Three. Seek discomfort.
Document your process and progress. Ask to be photographed while you work. It is always engaging to see the creator’s hands every now and then for example.
___ Please refer to the list of recommended movie clips, links and most importantly – the books.
THREE POSSIBLE STARTING POINTS
To help you get started please select the following three elements:
— one personal everyday observation,
— one personal everyday object and also
— something you collect or are fascinated by / passionate about (can but does not have to be a big social issue).
After your 5 minute portfolio presentation we will together work, combine and develop your workshop ideas and starting points on day one. We will also discuss which medium might be the most appropriate, intriguing, challenging and fun choice for you. We can also talk about which documentation format might suit you best and I will bring paper folding examples for you to look at before you decide what you want to do.
Think creatively in the meantime whether or not any of these three suggested starting points are useful for you, and if so, whether they could be combined in a philosophical or concrete fashion. In any case please use wit, humour and/or appropriate aesthetics to tackle this project. Challenge yourself and experiment. Please let your style and personality shine through.
___ Most importantly: do NOT be boring and do NOT ‘play it safe’. Use the opportunity to dive in and challenge yourself!
___ It will be up to you to translate your choice into a fascinating, communicative and overall appealing presentation while keeping the Power of Three in mind.
PLEASE NOTE:
Please do NOT present on screen but print your project or find another appropriate method. Unless you create specifically for a screen-based project nothing is allowed to be presented on screen that doesn’t belong there. For the final presentation please only use a computer screen, smartphone or tablet screen to present if this is the most appropriate medium for your idea. You will be asked to justify your choice(s). Please discuss beforehand if in doubt.
DAY 2 ASSIGNMENT—Tomi Vollauschek WORKSHOP
THE POWER OF THREE: HEART
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Embrace failure. Add some heart. Document your process and progress.
___ Today is the day! Please try to embed more emotion and personality in your project. You may start experimenting with actual production already – but only when you are ready with concept generation and you are satisfied with your level of authorship.
___ There is still time for U-turns, changes and tweaks.
DAY 3 ASSIGNMENT—FL@33 WORKSHOP DAY 3
THE POWER OF THREE: HAND
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Make. Create. Build. Experiment. Discover. Experiment more. Fail and experiment even more. Don’t forget to document your process and progress. If you did not start already please do now begin to experiment and fine-tune your vision while developing the actual piece.
THE POWER OF THREE
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Make it a success now, it is time. Wrap it up and do continue to document your process and progress. Decide how important the documentation will likely be in your final presentation. Sometimes making-ofs end up being a core-element in projects. Compromise or don’t – but find a way today to make your project a success for tomorrow’s exhibition and presentation.
Double and triple-check whether you achieved an acceptable balance between intellect, emotion and skills. If not – adjust, tweak and modify accordingly.
Work on a well-prepared 3–4min verbal presentation for tomorrow that showcases your workshop experience by presenting your final piece.
PLEASE NOTE:
Please ensure to address below points in your presentation.
— What was your starting point?
— Explain your process and how you challenged yourself?
— What was the most frustrating aspect of your project and what was the most satisfying one?
— Were there any ‘happy accidents’?
— Please comment on the achieved balance of the Power of Three.
DAY 4 ASSIGNMENT—Tomi Vollauschek WORKSHOP
EXHIBITION AND FINAL CRITS
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Come prepared. We will try for all students to present for approx. 3–4 minutes – a chance for everybody else to see what the others came up with. Use walls and tables etc. for the exhibition. I can’t wait... Good luck and thank you! Enjoy! 8)
PLEASE WATCH
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Learn From Failure by Tim Brown (CEO, IDEO), 1:39
(French auto-subtitles available)
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On the Fear of Failure by Milton Glaser, 7:26
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Seek Discomfort by Stefan Sagmeister, 1:03
exhibit from Sagmeister’s The Happy Show exhibition.
The exhibition forms part of the research for The Happy Film by Stefan Sagmeister (2016).
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How To Make Mistakes On Purpose by Laurie Rosenwald, 15:05
TEDxGöteborg
(French auto-subtitles available)
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS (I will bring my English and French reference copies)
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Parfaites imperfections (Failed It!) by Erik Kessels
(French translation edition available)
I will bring my English and French copies of the book with me.
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Amazon France 11.95 €
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Failed It! by Erik Kessels
(Original English version)
£ 9.95
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Feck Perfuction by James Victore
15–20 €
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How To Make Mistakes On Purpose by Laurie Rosenwald
15–25 €
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Postcard / Cartes Postales by FL@33
LINKS
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FL@33
https://flat33.com
A few of the many varyingly complex FL@33 examples of mundane observations and objects that turned into the stars of a project:
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Trans-form (many different observations of tower cranes)
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8min 20sec (observation), technique, set of rules that can be applied to different footage).
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Bzzzpeek.com The Flash-based website is now dead but a Vimeo screen recording is available) ((or use Firefox desktop browser with add-on Ruffle flash emulator plugin))
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Singing Pasta
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Stereohype Squirrel Sculpture
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Fedrigoni 365 2019
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Picture hook faces (more)
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Shadows
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Autobahn custom typeface
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Chinface animation
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RCA Secret 2018 / Tomi’s #loadingmuseum
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Daniel Eatock
http://eatock.com
Examples (but please do check out his portfolio in more detail)
lens-touch
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camera-straps
no-photo
vandalized-trees-reoriented
closed-loops
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some of Daniel Eatock’s postcard-related projects:
postcard-back-formations
postcard-back-compositions
postcards
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Insightful manifesto:
manifesto
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Russell Weekes
A similar way of thinking.
www.eek.es
Examples (but please do check out his portfolio in more detail)
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somesecondthoughts
naturespotting
protest
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PICTURE CREDITS | THANK YOU
The majority of photos were taken by Tomi. Some pictures are stills from the students' presentation videos that he recorded. Others show details of printed ECV student artworks and animations.
May 2nd, 2023
FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek is in Aix-en-Provence this week to run his evolving masterclass workshop Personal Projects and the Power of Three. It was developed to encourage experimentation, appreciation of process but also to help students to embrace failure and provoke ‘happy accidents’. The workshop aims to help students find a voice and add more personality and emotion to their work as graphic designers and visual communicators.
___ This exceptionally only 4-day-long experience encourages students to develop a sense of authorship and create – and most importantly continue to create – their own self-initiated projects, even after their graduation and into their professional lives.
___ Previous workshops, lectures and jury activities at ECV Aix-en-Provence / Lille / Bordeaux, France. [EDU+]
April 20th, 2023
Organised by senior lecturer, course leader and FL@33-collaborator Kimberly Ellen Hall, this friendly gang of University of Gloucestershire (UoG) Illustration BA students came to visit our London HQ and listened to a little whirlwind studio history-so-far presentation by FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek. There was another raffle of course to win FL@33 goodies and lots and lots of books, magazines, postcards and Stereohype button badges to look at and choose from. [EDU+]
March 13th, 2023
Tomi Vollauschek hopped on a train from London to Cambridge today to give a talk with Q&A as part of the Type Talk series at Cambridge College of Art / A.R.U. Anglia Ruskin University.
___ 'A deep-dive into two decades of high-end graphic design practice'. Thanks for inviting FL@33 – especially in such great company – sandwiched in between the amazing Liza Enebeis / Studio Dumbar and Stereohype collaborator Paul McNeil / MuirMcNeil – all in the same month. [EDU+]
EXHIBITIONS | LECTURES | WORKSHOPS | COURSES | EVENTS | FAIRS | SCREENINGS
Type Talks Series: Tomi Vollauschek, talk with Q&A (and FL@33 / Stereohype goodies raffle) as part of the Type Talk Series at Cambridge College of Art / A.R.U. Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, Cambridge, CB1 1PT, UK, 13 March 2023
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TYPE TALKS | TOMI VOLLAUSCHEK, FL@33
Kindly invited by long-time friend and FL@33 / Stereohype collaborator Matthias Hillner – Associate Professor at A.R.U. – we were happy to oblige and Tomi made his way to Cambridge to meet the graphic design / typography students for an intense 'deep-dive into two decades of high-end graphic design practice'.
___ Subjects, mentions and anecdotes included experimental typography, the power of three, books, a bee, more books, an apartment 33, tower cranes, happy accidents, and Stereohype collaborations and button badges – lots of button badges – and a squirrel... There was even a raffle to win FL@33 / Stereohype goodies at the end. Thanks for a nice day in beautiful Cambridge.
___ The Type Talks Series is a mixture of virtual online and real life presentations by selected designers. FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek was sandwiched in between the amazing Liza Enebeis / Studio Dumbar and Stereohype collaborator Paul McNeil / MuirMcNeil – such great company.
PICTURE CREDITS
Shown here are just a few impressions. There were over 200 slides plus animations and videos in this talk – spanning work from the humble beginnings to today. Pictures from the talk were kindly taken and provided by Matthias Hillner.
March 6th, 2023
It is a great pleasure to announce that FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek will be giving a talk with Q&A at A.R.U. Anglia Ruskin University / Cambridge College of Art on Monday, 13 March 2023.
___ Potential subjects, mentions and anecdotes might include experimental typography, the power of three, books, a bee, more books, an apartment 33, tower cranes, happy accidents, and Stereohype collaborations and button badges – lots of button badges – and a squirrel... Maybe even a raffle to win FL@33 goodies. [EDU+]
February 23rd, 2023
Update for Tomi's recent design residency at ECV Lille – Creative Schools & Community, France.
Without further ado we finally posted a second documentation this week – rather image-heavy with work by 24 design students: it's the recent inspirational five-day-masterclass-workshop FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek ran at ECV Lille.
___ Tomi's evolving workshop Personal Projects and the Power of Three was developed to encourage experimentation, appreciation of process but also to help students to embrace failure and provoke ‘happy accidents’. The workshop aims to help students find a voice and add more personality and emotion to their work as graphic designers and visual communicators.
___ Previous workshops, lectures and jury activities at ECV Lille / Bordeaux / Aix-en-Provence, France. [EDU+]
November 16, 2022
FL@33 design residency 2022 – Tomi Vollauschek, co-founder of FL@33 and Stereohype will be in France this week to run another of his inspirational five-day-masterclass-workshops at ECV Lille – Creative Schools & Community.
___ A documentation will as always be posted as soon as possible. Previous ECV workshops, lectures and jury activities at ECV Lille, ECV Bordeaux, ECV Aix-en-Provence, France. [EDU+]
EXHIBITIONS | LECTURES | WORKSHOPS | COURSES | EVENTS | FAIRS | SCREENINGS
ECV Lille, design residency 2022 – FL@33 Masterclass workshop, Tomi Vollauschek, co-founder of London-based FL@33 and Stereohype, was once again visiting lecturer at ECV Lille – École de Communication Visuelle / School of Visual Communication as part of a 5-day design residency with inspirational workshop. ECV Lille, France, 14–18 November 2022
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FL@33 BACK IN LILLE – MASTERCLASS WORKSHOP
Kindly invited by long-time FL@33 collaborator Sébastien Delobel of design studio Atelier télescopique, who also teaches Typography at the college – FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek was designer in residence and ran an inspirational workshop for the fifth time at ECV Lille's Visual Communication department.
___ The 5-day masterclass workshop Personal Projects and the Power of Three is an evolving workshop brief Tomi developed over the years. Masterclass students had complete free choice of medium again this year but were working towards a physical exhibition. Students were as always encouraged to document their process.
___ Two groups of master students were mixed together this time. Year four full-time masterclass students and fresh new external part-time / practitioning master students who also had the opportunity to get to know each other.
WORKSHOP
Workshop title: Personal Projects and the Power of Three. Aim: This evolving FL@33 workshop was developed to encourage experimentation, appreciation of process but also to help students to embrace failure and provoke ‘happy accidents’. The workshop aims to help students find a voice and add more personality and emotion to their work as graphic designers and visual communicators.
___ This 5-day experience encourages students to develop a sense of authorship and create – and most importantly continue to create – their own self-initiated projects, even after their graduation and into their professional lives.
___ Students are asked to take the opportunity to continue to develop ideas, work on footage and collections that were already started, while others are helped to develop starting points and ideas that are close to their heart.
___ Participating students: M1 D.A.D. | Thomas Buchon, Juliette de Chabot, Zacharie de Maillard, Adelaide Ducruy, Lison Gabez, Lucile Jablonski, Clemence Martin, Victoire Oldenhove de Guertechin, Gaylor Serrurier, Nicolas Silvain and Ines Souidi. M1 D.A.A. | Méloé Berkesse, Cloé Blondeel, Mathilde Borek, Charlotte Coquelle, Tessa de Sutter, Margaux Delacre, Alban Delayen, Samia Felix, Loïck Leroy, Éloïse Malavaux, Florine Marchal, Angele Vervaeke and Chloe Waechter.
CLICK FOR MORE INFO | WORKSHOP BRIEF
Tomi Vollauschek (FL@33 / Stereohype) Workshop – with support from ECV’s very own Maxime Olivier.
ECV Lille – Year 4 / M 1
WORKSHOP
Title: Personal Projects and the Power of Three
21 Rue du Molinel campus, Grande Salle – R+1
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14–18 November 2022
Monday–Friday, 9:00–13:00 / 14:00–17:00
I would be happy to stay until 18:00 on Monday to make sure all students get to talk to me about their portfolio and get encouraging and personal pointers and suggestions from me.
WORKSHOP EXHIBITION
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18 November 2022
Friday: workshop exhibition and presentation of all projects.
Presentations start at approximately 14:30.
3–4min presentation per student.
PLEASE ALSO NOTE — ON DEMAND ONLY:
PORTFOLIO SESSIONS / Q&A
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15 and 16 November 2022
Available days: Tuesday and Wednesday, 17:00–18:00
If you are interested please do let Tomi know on the day BEFORE 17:00. A chance to discuss your and/or our work and/or life after college. I suggested to offer you the opportunity to discuss students’ work and/or our studio work, application do’s and don’ts and/or life after college. We only have approximately one hour each on the available two days for this however – if you are interested. Please do try to organise as a group and prepare your questions and presentations accordingly.
WORKSHOP TITLE
Personal Projects and the Power of Three
AIM
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This evolving FL@33 workshop was developed to encourage experimentation, appreciation of process but also to help students to embrace failure and provoke ‘happy accidents’. The workshop aims to help students find a voice and add more personality and emotion to their work as graphic designers and visual communicators.
___ This 5-day experience encourages students to develop a sense of authorship and create – and most importantly continue to create – their own self-initiated projects, even after their graduation and into their professional lives.
___ The students can choose to take the opportunity to continue to develop ideas, work on footage and collections that they already started or they can instead develop new starting points and ideas that are close to their heart. This can – in other words – be a big social issue that you are very passionate about (climate emergency, equal rights, etc) or indeed a very personal observation or obsession that you would like to explore further this week and turn into the star of your project. Students will get help individually to get started and throughout the process. I will explain everything at the beginning.
HEAD / HEART / HAND – WHAT IS THE ‘POWER OF THREE’?
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I studied at the Royal College of Art (RCA) in London. During my studies I first heard my personal tutor Jon Wozencroft mention the Power of Three guideline in a private conversation before one of his Sound Seminars we used to have there every week. This Power of Three was to become – not a rule or a philosophy – but a guideline how my design studio FL@33 has been trying since to operate and produce projects. The idea behind the Power of Three is that head, heart and hand – intellect, emotion and skills – are present in equal measures..
___ It was only years later that I learned that the original quote was by Professor Richard Guyatt (1914–2007) who was a British designer, academic and rector at the RCA between 1978 and 1981. Guyatt's timeless vision was that every graphic designer should have a balance of head, heart and hand in his/her work as thematic starting points.
___ If there is only one thing you take with you from this workshop please let it be this guideline – it is amazing!
WORKSHOP BRIEFING
BRIEF (free choice + documentation)
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Please develop a combination of two things: a final piece AND a making-of project documentation that shows your process – the journey to the final piece. Please choose an appropriate 2D, 3D or 4D medium for your final piece (it must look intriguing and well-crafted) AND your making-of documentation. Medium and technique can include illustration, photography, typography, video, animation, interaction, 3D installation, sound, printing, mark-making, collage, data visualisation and/or any combination. The required documentation can be in form of a brochure, leaflet, fanzine, postcard set, poster or the solution that is always popular with students: a poster/brochure combination. For your portfolio please ensure that the printed documentation also shows at least one photo or visualisation of the FINAL PIECE – especially if it is a video or installation and not already 2D!
Please come prepared.
Please read the complete brief and think about it before the workshop and prepare a quick portfolio presentation for the first day. Please also check out the links at the end of this brief – and the books, if you can.
Please PREPARE a 5min presentation of your life and/or work for the first day! Please note that you are over 20 students together – and time is limited. I would like to talk to everybody on day 1 to help you get started!
What do you enjoy doing?
What challenge would you like to take on for this workshop?
Who are you?
What is your passion?
Do you have any important unique experiences or personal key moments that would be great to explore for this workshop?
Is there a big social issue that you are particularly passionate about or will you more likely explore a big (or small) personal obsession or fascination instead?
DAY 1 ASSIGNMENT—FL@33 WORKSHOP DAY 1
THE POWER OF THREE: HEAD
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Concept generation. Power of Three. Seek discomfort.
Document your process and progress. Ask to be photographed while you work. It is always engaging to see the creator’s hands every now and then for example.
___ Please refer to list of recommended movie clips, links and most importantly – the books.
THREE POSSIBLE STARTING POINTS
To help you get started please select the following three elements:
— one personal everyday observation,
— one personal everyday object and also
— something you collect or are fascinated by / passionate about (can but does not have to be a big social issue).
After your 5 minute portfolio presentation we will together work, combine and develop your workshop ideas and starting points on day one. We will also discuss which medium might be the most appropriate, intriguing, challenging and fun choice for you. We can also talk about which documentation format might suit you best and I will bring paper folding examples for you to look at before you decide what you want to do.
Think creatively in the meantime whether or not any of these three suggested starting points are useful for you, and if so, whether they could be combined in a philosophical or concrete fashion. In any case please use wit, humour and/or appropriate aesthetics to tackle this project. Challenge yourself and experiment. Please let your style and personality shine through.
___ Most importantly: do NOT be boring and do NOT ‘play it safe’. Use the opportunity to dive in and challenge yourself!
___ It will be up to you to translate your choice into a fascinating, communicative and overall appealing presentation while keeping the Power of Three in mind.
PLEASE NOTE:
Please do NOT present on screen but print your project or find another appropriate method. Unless you create specifically for a screen-based project nothing is allowed to be presented on screen that doesn’t belong there. For the final presentation please only use a computer screen, smartphone or tablet screen to present if this is the most appropriate medium for your idea. You will be asked to justify your choice(s). Please discuss beforehand if in doubt.
DAY 2 ASSIGNMENT—FL@33 WORKSHOP DAY 2
THE POWER OF THREE: HEART
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Embrace failure. Add some heart. Document your process and progress.
___ Today is the day! Please try to embed more emotion and personality in your project. You may start experimenting with actual production already – but only when you are ready with concept generation and you are satisfied with your level of authorship.
DAY 3 ASSIGNMENT—FL@33 WORKSHOP DAY 3
THE POWER OF THREE: HAND
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Make. Create. Build. Experiment. Discover. Experiment more. Fail and experiment even more. Don’t forget to document your process and progress. If you did not start already please do now begin to experiment and fine-tune your vision while developing the actual piece. There is still time for U-turns, changes and tweaks.
DAY 4 ASSIGNMENT—FL@33 WORKSHOP DAY 4
THE POWER OF THREE
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Make it a success now, it is time. Wrap it up and do continue to document your process and progress. Decide how important the documentation will likely be in your final presentation. Sometimes making-ofs end up being a core-element in projects. Compromise or don’t – but find a way today to make your project a success for tomorrow’s exhibition and presentation.
___ Double and triple-check whether you achieved an acceptable balance between intellect, emotion and skills. If not – adjust, tweak and modify accordingly.
___ Work on a well-prepared 3–4min verbal presentation for tomorrow that showcases your workshop experience by presenting your documentation and your final piece.
PLEASE NOTE:
Please ensure to address below points in your presentation.
— What was your starting point?
— Explain your process and how you challenged yourself?
— What was the most frustrating aspect of your project and what was the most satisfying one?
— Were there any ‘happy accidents’?
— Please comment on the achieved balance of the Power of Three.
DAY 5 ASSIGNMENT—FL@33 WORKSHOP DAY 5
EXHIBITION AND FINAL CRITS, GRANDE SALLE
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Come prepared. We will try for all students to present for approx. 3–4 minutes – a chance for everybody else to see what the others came up with. Use walls and tables etc. for the exhibition.
I can’t wait... Good luck and thank you!
Enjoy! 8)
PLEASE WATCH
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Learn From Failure by Tim Brown (CEO, IDEO), 1:39
—
On the Fear of Failure by Milton Glaser, 7:26
—
Seek Discomfort by Stefan Sagmeister, 1:03
exhibit from Sagmeister’s The Happy Show exhibition.
The exhibition forms part of the research for The Happy Film by Stefan Sagmeister (2016).
—
How To Make Mistakes On Purpose by Laurie Rosenwald, 15:05
TEDxGöteborg
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS (I will bring my English and French reference copies)
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Parfaites imperfections (Failed It!) by Erik Kessels
(French translation edition available)
I will bring my English and French copies of the book with me. Please ask Sébastien Delobel – he has a French copy, too.
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Amazon France 9.95 €
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Failed It! by Erik Kessels
(Original English version)
£ 6.95
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Postcard / Cartes Postales by FL@33
LINKS
—
FL@33
https://flat33.com
A few of the many varyingly complex FL@33 examples of mundane observations and objects that turned into the stars of a project:
—
Trans-form (many different observations of tower cranes)
—
8min 20sec (observation), technique, set of rules that can be applied to different footage).
—
Bzzzpeek.com (Desktop browsers recommended. Currently still requires Flash plugin – new version hopefully one day...)
—
Singing Pasta
—
Stereohype Squirrel Sculpture
—
Fedrigoni 365 2019
—
Picture hook faces (more)
—
Shadows
—
Autobahn custom typeface
—
Chinface animation
—
RCA Secret 2018 / Tomi’s #loadingmuseum
...
Daniel Eatock
http://eatock.com
Examples (but please do check out his portfolio in more detail)
lens-touch
—
camera-straps
no-photo
vandalized-trees-reoriented
closed-loops
—
some of Daniel Eatock’s postcard-related projects:
postcard-back-formations
postcard-back-compositions
postcards
—
Insightful manifesto:
manifesto
...
Russell Weekes
A similar way of thinking.
www.eek.es
Examples (but please do check out his portfolio in more detail)
—
somesecondthoughts
naturespotting
protest
—
...
PICTURE CREDITS
Some pictures were taken by ECV's Mahla Pourmoghadam and kindly provided by ECV – including the first portrait of Tomi, Sebastien and Maxime. The majority of pictures were taken by Tomi however and most slideshows are based on stills from the presentation videos that Tomi recorded.
May 17th, 2022
This nice bunch of ECV Lille graphic design students just learned how to fold a Stereohype mascot origami squirrel (and listened to a little whirlwind FL@33 history-so-far presentation). There even was a raffle and lots and lots of books to look at. And magazines and postcards. And pretzels. Finally. Stupid pandemic... [EDU+]
March 31st, 2021
Now available to watch: The video recording of Royal College of Art (RCA) Zoom Webinar .A (point A) Graphic Reflections. The curated live-streamed video conference with selected Royal College of Art Alumni was organised in support of RCA 2020 graduates – and is now also available for all. Introductions by: Richard Doust and Lol Sargent. Host: Michele Jannuzzi. Alumni: Mark Bonner, Michele Jannuzzi, Chrissy Levett, Hazel Macmillan, Morag Myerscough, Amelia Noble, Sophie Thomas and FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek. Watch the interesting panel discussion here. [EDU+]
March 15th, 2021
Last week 12 students from the Graphic Design Master Course (Year 4 / M1) at ECV Lille took part in a 4-day online masterclass workshop FL@33‘s Tomi Vollauschek ran. This was the first ever online variant of our inspirational workshop Personal Projects and the Power of Three – and went rather well. The dedicated documentation page has now been archived here at flat33.com.
___ This evolving workshop covers aspects of design thinking, design process and design philosophy and aims to inspire students to develop their own strong voice through experimentation, embracing happy accidents and personal projects. [EDU+]
EXHIBITIONS | LECTURES | WORKSHOPS | COURSES | EVENTS | FAIRS | SCREENINGS
ECV Lille, FL@33 masterclass online workshop, Tomi Vollauschek, co-founder of FL@33 and Stereohype, ran an inspirational 4-day masterclass online workshop for Year 4 / M1 graphic design students at ECV Lille, École de Communication Visuelle / School of Visual Communication. ECV Nord Europe, Lille, France, 8–11 March 2021
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FL@33 – VIRTUALLY BACK IN LILLE | MASTERCLASS ONLINE WORKSHOP
Kindly invited by long-time FL@33 collaborator Sébastien Delobel of design studio Atelier télescopique, who also teaches Typography at the college – FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek ran an inspirational workshop for the fourth time at ECV Lille's Visual Communication department.
___ With international travel restrictions in place and everybody working remotely from home, the 4-day masterclass workshop Personal Projects and the Power of Three was held online for the first time. It is an evolving workshop brief we developed over the years. Year 4 masterclass students had complete free choice of medium again this year and were working towards an online presentation this time. Students were as always encouraged to document their process.
WORKSHOP
Workshop title: Personal Projects and the Power of Three. Aim: This evolving FL@33 workshop was developed to encourage experimentation, appreciation of process but also to help students to embrace failure and provoke ‘happy accidents’. The workshop aims to help students find a voice and add more personality and emotion to their work as graphic designers and visual communicators.
___ This 4-day experience encourages students to develop a sense of authorship and create – and most importantly continue to create – their own self-initiated projects, even after their graduation and into their professional lives.
___ Students are asked to take the opportunity to continue to develop ideas, work on footage and collections that were already started, while others are helped to develop starting points and ideas that are close to their heart.
___ Participating students: Victor Barrois, Gregoire Brouland, Baptiste Brument, Maxime Delalande, Clea Gorny, Emmelyne Herbin, Margot Hulot, Camille Paul, Zélie Paulino, Jules Paumier, Adrien van Paepeghem and Alice Welti.
CLICK FOR MORE INFO | WORKSHOP BRIEF
Tomi Vollauschek (FL@33 / Stereohype)
Online Workshop
ECV Lille – Year 4
WORKSHOP
Title: Personal Projects and the Power of Three
Location: Online
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8–11 March 2021
Monday–Thursday, 10:00–13:00 / 14:00–17:00
VIRTUAL WORKSHOP EXHIBITION
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11 March 2021
Thursday, afternoon, 14:00–17:00
Online presentations of workshop results – for the whole group to see. 10–15min workshop result presentation per student – so we have enough time to discuss and comment.
PLEASE ALSO NOTE — ON DEMAND ONLY:
PORTFOLIO SESSIONS / Q&A
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9 and 10 March 2021
Available days: Tuesday and Wednesday, 17:00–18:00
If you are interested please do let Tomi know on the day BEFORE 17:00. A chance to discuss your and/or our work and/or life after college. I suggested to offer you the opportunity to discuss students’ work and/or our studio work, application do’s and don’ts and/or life after college. We only have approximately one hour each on the available two days for this however – if you are interested. Please do try to organise as a group and prepare your questions and presentations accordingly.
WORKSHOP TITLE
Personal Projects and the Power of Three
AIM
—
This evolving FL@33 workshop was developed to encourage experimentation, appreciation of process but also to help students to embrace failure and provoke ‘happy accidents’. The workshop aims to help students find a voice and add more personality and emotion to their work as graphic designers and visual communicators.
___ It’s the first time this takes part online but it will still be hands-on. This 4-day experience encourages students to develop a sense of authorship and create – and most importantly continue to create – their own self-initiated projects, even after their graduation and into their professional lives.
___ The students can choose to take the opportunity to continue to develop ideas, work on footage and collections that they already started or they can instead develop new starting points and ideas that are close to their heart. Students will get help individually to get started and throughout the process..
HEAD / HEART / HAND | WHAT IS THE ‘POWER OF THREE’?
—
Agathe and I studied at the Royal College of Art (RCA) in London. During our studies we first heard Jon Wozencroft mention the Power of Three guideline in a private conversation before one of his Sound Seminars we used to have there every week. This Power of Three was to become – not a rule or a philosophy – but a guideline how FL@33 has been trying since to operate and produce projects. The idea behind the Power of Three is that head, heart and hand – intellect, emotion and skills – are present in equal measures.
___ It was only years later that we learned that the original quote was by Professor Richard Guyatt (1914–2007) who was a British designer, academic and rector at the RCA between 1978 and 1981. Guyatt's timeless vision was that every graphic designer should have a balance of head, heart and hand in his/her work as thematic starting points.
___ If there is only one thing you take with you from this workshop please let it be this guideline – it is amazing!
WORKSHOP BRIEFING
BRIEF (free choice + documentation)
—
Please develop a combination of two things: a final piece AND a making-of project documentation that shows your process – the journey to the final piece. Please choose an appropriate 2D, 3D or 4D medium for your final piece (it must look intriguing and well-crafted) AND your making-of documentation. Medium and technique can include illustration, photography, typography, video, animation, interaction, 3D installation, sound, printing, mark-making, collage, data visualisation and/or any combination. The required documentation can be in form of a brochure, leaflet, fanzine, postcard set, poster or the solution that is always popular with students: a poster/brochure combination. For your portfolio please ensure that the printed documentation also shows at least one photo or visualisation of the FINAL PIECE – especially if it is a video or installation and not already 2D!
Please be prepared.
Please read the complete brief and think about it before the workshop and prepare quick portfolio presentation for the first day. Please also check out the links at the end of the brief – and the books if you can.
A few suggestions – but it’s up to you how you want to do this:
Since this workshop takes place online it might be helpful to share PDFs – or website links – etc with me for the portfolio presentations. Something I can look at here on my screen while you talk about the projects or your portfolio. We can see on Monday how we can best do this technically if it’s a PDF. Maybe you can send me PDFs via our shared folder somehow – Sebastien Delobel set up a folder for us is my understanding. Otherwise you can always email me (with attachments up to 25 or 30mb, I think). You can also send me data via the free transfer service https://wetransfer.com (to tomi@flat33.com).
Please prepare a brief 5–10min presentation of your life and/or work for the first day! Please note that you are of course 12 students together – and time is limited. I would like to talk to everybody on day 1 to help you get started.
— What do you enjoy doing?
— What challenge would you like to take on for this workshop?
— Who are you?
— What is your passion?
— Do you have any important unique experiences or personal key moments that would be great to explore for this workshop?
DAY 1 ASSIGNMENT—FL@33 ONLINE WORKSHOP DAY 1
THE POWER OF THREE: HEAD
—
Concept generation. Power of Three. Seek discomfort. Document your process and progress. If possible, ask to be photographed while you work. It is always engaging to see the creator’s hands every now and then for example. This will be helpful for your making-of documentation.
___ Please refer to list of recommended movie clips, links and most importantly – the books.
THREE POSSIBLE STARTING POINTS
To help you get started please select the following three elements:
— one personal everyday observation,
— one personal everyday object and also
— something you collect or are fascinated by / passionate about.
After your brief portfolio presentation we will together work, combine and develop your workshop ideas and starting points on day one. We will also discuss which medium might be the most appropriate, intriguing, challenging and fun choice for you. We can also talk about which documentation format might suit you best and I will bring paper folding examples for you to look at before you decide what you want to do.
Think creatively in the meantime whether or not any these three suggested starting points are useful for you, and if so, whether they could be combined in a philosophical or concrete fashion. In any case please use wit, humour and/or appropriate aesthetics to tackle this project. Challenge yourself and experiment. Please let your style and personality shine through.
___ Most importantly: do NOT be boring and do NOT ‘play it safe’. Use the opportunity to dive in and challenge yourself!
___ It will be up to you to translate your choice into a fascinating, communicative and overall appealing presentation while keeping the Power of Three in mind.
PLEASE NOTE:
In this section I usually strongly discourage students to present their ideas and experiments on screen, but print and fold and cut and paint etc instead – and present these physical experiments. But this is an online workshop and we are stuck at home – and everything seems to happen on screen. Unless you create specifically for a screen-based project please try your best to find ways to develop and present a physical non-digital process and medium – even if ultimately you might have to photograph or scan at the end – and of course present it to all of us in a video conference... Strange times – we have to make the best of it! 8)
DAY 2 ASSIGNMENT—FL@33 ONLINE WORKSHOP DAY 2
THE POWER OF THREE: HEART
—
Embrace failure. Add some heart. Document your process and progress.
___ Please try to embed more emotion and personality in your project. You may start experimenting with actual production already – but only when you are ready with concept generation and you are satisfied with your level of authorship.
DAY 3 PART 1 ASSIGNMENT—FL@33 ONLINE WORKSHOP DAY 3
THE POWER OF THREE: HAND
—
Make. Create. Build. Experiment. Discover. Experiment more. Fail and experiment even more. Don’t forget to document your process and progress. If you did not start already please do now begin to experiment and fine-tune your vision while developing the actual piece. There is still time for U-turns, changes and tweaks.
DAY 3 PART 2 ASSIGNMENT—FL@33 ONLINE WORKSHOP DAY 3 (STILL)
THE POWER OF THREE
—
Make it a success now, it is time. Wrap it up and do continue to document your process and progress. Decide how important the documentation will likely be in your final presentation. Sometimes making-ofs end up being a core-element in projects. Compromise or don’t – but find a way today to make your project a success for tomorrow’s exhibition and presentation.
Double and triple-check whether you achieved an acceptable balance between intellect, emotion and skills. If not – adjust, tweak and modify accordingly.
Start thinking about your presentation for tomorrow that showcases your workshop experience by presenting your documentation and your final piece.
PLEASE NOTE:
Please ensure to address below points in your presentation.
— What was your starting point?
— Explain your process and how you challenged yourself?
— What was the most frustrating aspect of your project and what was the most satisfying one?
— Were there any ‘happy accidents’?
— Comment on the achieved balance of the Power of Three.
DAY 4 PART 1 / MORNING ASSIGNMENT—DAY 4
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Finishing touches for the workshop results and for the afternoon online presentations. As already mention, this will be a 10–15min workshop result presentation per student – so we have enough time to discuss and comment on the whole group’s achievements.
DAY 4 PART 2 / AFTERNOON ASSIGNMENT—DAY 4 (STILL)
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Come prepared. We will define a presentation order in due time. Good luck and thank you! Enjoy! 8)
PLEASE WATCH
—
Learn From Failure by Tim Brown (CEO, IDEO), 1:39
—
On the Fear of Failure by Milton Glaser, 7:26
—
Seek Discomfort by Stefan Sagmeister, 1:03
exhibit from Sagmeister’s The Happy Show exhibition.
The exhibition forms part of the research for The Happy Film by Stefan Sagmeister (2016).
—
How To Make Mistakes On Purpose by Laurie Rosenwald, 15:05
TEDxGöteborg
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS (I will bring English reference copies)
—
Parfaites imperfections (Failed It!) by Erik Kessels
(French translation edition available)
I can show spreads from my English copy of the book
—
Amazon France 9.95 €
—
Failed It! by Erik Kessels
(Original English version)
£ 6.95
—
Postcard / Cartes Postales by FL@33
LINKS
—
FL@33
https://flat33.com
A few of the many varyingly complex FL@33 examples of mundane observations and objects that turned into the stars of a project:
—
Trans-form (many different observations of tower cranes)
—
8min 20sec (observation, technique, set of rules that can be applied to different footage).
—
Bzzzpeek.com (Desktop browsers recommended. Currently still requires Flash plugin – new version hopefully one day...)
—
Singing Pasta
—
Stereohype Squirrel Sculpture
—
Fedrigoni 365 2019
—
Picture hook faces (more)
—
Shadows
—
Autobahn custom typeface
—
Chinface animation
—
RCA Secret 2018 / Tomi’s #loadingmuseum
...
Daniel Eatock
http://eatock.com
Examples (but please do check out his portfolio in more detail)
lens-touch
—
camera-straps
no-photo
vandalized-trees-reoriented
closed-loops
—
some of Daniel Eatock’s postcard-related projects:
postcard-back-formations
postcard-back-compositions
postcards
—
Insightful manifesto:
manifesto
...
Russell Weekes
A similar way of thinking.
www.eekes.com
www.eek.es
Examples (but please do check out his portfolio in more detail)
—
conformism
—
somesecondthoughts
naturespotting
protest
—
Insightful ‘Notes to self’:
information
...
PICTURE CREDITS
Screenshots are mixed with contributions kindly provided by the students themselves.
March 5th, 2021
Exciting! We are preparing the brief for a 4-day online masterclass workshop FL@33‘s Tomi Vollauschek will run next week with Graphic Design students (Year 4 / M1) at ECV Lille. This will be the first ever online variant of our inspirational workshop Personal Projects and the Power of Three. Adventures ahead – all while stuck at home. [EDU+]
September 10th, 2020
The ECV Aix-en-Provence jury panel including FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek congratulate the fresh new graduates. All the best to the new Masters! Remember: the journey only just begins. It was a pleasure to meet you all and to briefly see all your faces on this picture. [EDU+]
EXHIBITIONS | LECTURES | WORKSHOPS | COURSES | EVENTS | FAIRS | SCREENINGS
ECV Aix-en-Provence – international jury panelist: Master graduation presentations, Tomi Vollauschek, co-founder of London-based FL@33 and Stereohype, was once again involved in ECV activities – École de Communication Visuelle / School of Visual Communication. This time a FL@33 premiere at ECV Aix as part of the jury panel deliberating the Graphic Design Master graduation presentations 2020. ECV Aix-en-Provence, France, 7–9 September 2020
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FL@33 AT ECV AIX | MASTER DIPLOMA JURY
Kindly invited for the first time to come to ECV's Aix-en-Provence branch, FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek was honoured to meet the ECV Aix Visual Communication team and students.
___ This was a record-breaking third FL@33 / ECV collaboration in 2020, that followed the two latest design residencies with FL@33 workshops 'Personal projects and the Power of Three' that took place in February and March at ECV Lille and ECV Bordeaux respecively, where Tomi also gave an evening lecture this time.
___ This ECV jury panel involvement was only the second time we had the honour following another Master graduation judging in 2016 at ECV Lille.
___ It is of course an extremely sad and somber affair to graduate in the midst of a global pandemic but while we all felt sorry for them, the students did at least have a chance to finish their projects over the extended summer period and actually get the opportunity to physically present their work to an international jury panel. Not all students in world had such a chance in 2020.
___ All presentations involved us wearing masks in otherwise empty rooms with open windows and without an audience and we were all as socially distanced as possible. Not ideal of course but we all did our best to give the students their well-deserved share of normality and attention after many years of studying Visual Communication. Presentations took place in English this time and surprisingly many students developed highly professional brand, product and publication concepts that could really be launched in real life.
___ The jury panel: Karel Balas, Magali Tardy Guyot, Erik Haberfeld, Ronan Guillou, Augustin Camus and Tomi Vollauschek. We judged harshly – yet appropriately fair and generously. All the best to the graduates 2020: Valentin Anjubault, Carla Caillol, Soone Cheylan, Estelle Couturier, Juliette Couvra, Ludivine Dormes, Lucien Durand, Marie Eimann, Théo Garnier, Déborah Gordien, Julie Hernandez, Mariya Korostelyova, Louis Labarthe, Théo Lancelot, Bertille Lorillard, Naïs Mallaret, Camille Marnot, Marie Maroilleau, Jane Mathieu, Marianne Mei, Marine Michel Paoli, Axel Mimault and Laurie Mouysset.
___ Remember: the journey only just begins. It was a pleasure to meet you all.
GETTING THERE AND BACK | WORTH A MENTION IN 2020
Quite the journey all this. After a summer break abroad in the middle of nowhere, negative Covid and anti-body tests there and following voluntary self-isolation in Frankfurt, Tomi could not go back to the UK and risk to not be able to fly to Marseille days later from there. WIth an initially booked flight having been canceled by the airline due to numerous international changing travel restrictions. Tomi eventually made use of a travel corridor and flew directly from Frankfurt to Marseille airport to join the ECV team in nearby Aix-en-Provence, where people already wore masks outdoors in the city centre – still a rather unusual sight for Western Europe at that time. This was followed by yet another negative Covid test upon return at Frankfurt airport and even more self-isolation there – and upon arrival in London another 10+ days of that. Strange times indeed...
PICTURE CREDITS
Most pictures were taken by us but some – including the frontal group pictures – were kindly provided by the ECV team. Thanks so much Nathalie Bossard, Marie Fiévet-Issermann and Laurence Theveny.
EXHIBITIONS | LECTURES | WORKSHOPS | COURSES | EVENTS | FAIRS | SCREENINGS
Royal College of Art (RCA) Zoom Webinar .A (point A) Graphic Reflections, A curated live-streamed video conference with selected Royal College of Art Alumni – including FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek – in support of RCA 2020 graduates – and now also available for all. School of Communication, Visual Communication (MA), Zoom, Thursday, 16:00pm (GMT+1), 30 July 2020
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ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART | RCA SHOW 2020 | CURATED LIVE VIDEO CONFERENCE
Like other students around the world, RCA graduates, too, found themselves in the midst of a 2020 pandemic and unable to present their final year work in the physical world.
___ At the Royal College of Art in London this final year show is usually incredibly well-visited and highly appreciated by peers and the general public alike. Many 10s of thousands of visitors usually explore the graduates' achievements in the few weeks of the summer show.
___ However – thanks to Covid-19 – for the first time in its history, RCA's renowned graduate show had to happen virtually with online presentations on a specially developed final year RCA2020 show website / discovery platform, in conjunction with curated live streaming events, presentations and talks. The online show ran from 16–31 July 2020.
Shown here is one such online event that the RCA put together for students and graduates.
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THE OFFICIAL TEXT | ZOOM WEBINAR RCA2020.A | .A GRAPHIC REFLECTIONS
Introductions by:
Richard Doust (Tutor and Archivist) and
Lol Sargent (Visiting Lecturer),
Host:
Michele Jannuzzi
In this unprecedented (and unique) year for Visual Communication graduates, the School of Communication is hosting this unique webinar with some of its highly successful Alumni, which will include;
Mark Bonner (Graphic Design 1993)
Michele Jannuzzi (Graphic Design 1992)
Chrissy Levett (Graphic Design 1989)
Hazel Macmillan (Graphic Design 1993)
Morag Myerscough (Graphic Design 1986)
Amelia Noble (Graphic Design 1997)
Sophie Thomas (Graphic Design 1997)
Tomi Vollauschek (Communication Art & Design* 2001)
Initial focus of the discussion will be on how they got started following their graduations (‘.A’ in their professional practice careers), followed by topics such as; significant changes they have witnessed in the communication design industry during their many successful years of practice, what they look for in a prospective, and any advise they can offer new RCA Communication graduates - now at their .A!
___ The panel discussion will last about 60 mins followed by a 30 min Q&A with the audience.
RCA | .A GRAPHIC REFLECTIONS | A FEW MORE PERSONAL COMMENTS
It was a privilege to be invited to such an esteemed round and a real pleasure to talk to fellow RCA Communication Alumni. We are also very glad this was recorded and that we got permission by all involved to share the video with the world and especially recent graduates.
___ As Lol Sargent concluded: (...) .A webinar, which we thought was a great success and you were all fantastic speakers – such an impressive group of highly creative and motivated people gathered in a single ‘space’. There were some fabulous comments and discussion throughout which most certainly must have inspired the 2020 graduates, and no doubt will those in the future. (...) Watching it all again, just confirms to us what an excellent, valuable and really enjoyable session it was! (...)
___ Our heartfelt sympathy and best wishes go out to to all the students and graduates who have had to face such extraordinary hurdles and limitations.
___ We all hope this video encourages and inspires you to continue to create your own opportunities and work hard and patiently to be able to truly enjoy the adventures ahead...
CREDITS
A big thank you to the RCA's Richard Doust and Lol Sargent and all contributing Royal College of Art Alumni to allow us to share the .A Zoom recording with the general public. Take care and stay safe! x
* The RCA course was renamed and re-structered just before FL@33's Agathe and Tomi started in 1999, and Graphic Design and Illustration were merched for a more multi-disciplinary approach. Many years later it was renamed again to the current Visual Communication.
July 30th, 2020
Congratulations to all RCA 2020 graduates! We were honoured to be invited to be part of a super-interesting Zoom webinar panel of Royal College of Art alumni to talk about tips and tricks and experiences to share with current students and this year’s RCA Visual Communication graduates. Introductions by: Richard Doust and Lol Sargent. Host: Michele Jannuzzi. Alumni: Mark Bonner, Michele Jannuzzi, Chrissy Levett, Hazel Macmillan, Morag Myerscough, Amelia Noble, Sophie Thomas and FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek. It was recorded and will hopefully soon be available to a wider audience. We’ll keep you posted. [EDU+]
March 31st, 2020
The online documentation is now live featuring some of the results from the second round of inspirational workshops Personal Projects and the Power of Three that FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek ran in February 2020. Projects were created by year 2–3 graphic design students at ECV Bordeaux. Additional footage may still be added to our documentation page. [EDU+]
EXHIBITIONS | LECTURES | WORKSHOPS | COURSES | EVENTS | FAIRS | SCREENINGS
ECV Bordeaux, design residency 2020 – FL@33 workshops and lecture, Tomi Vollauschek, co-founder of London-based FL@33 and Stereohype, was once again visiting lecturer at ECV Bordeaux – École de Communication Visuelle / School of Visual Communication as part of a 5-day design residency with inspirational workshops and evening lecture with usual tombola / raffle with FL@33-designed books and products. ECV Bordeaux, France, 24–28 February 2020
___
FL@33 BACK IN BORDEAUX – WORKSHOPS AND EVENING LECTURE
Kindly invited for a third time, FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek was designer in residence at ECV Boordeaux's Visual Communication department.
___ The 5-day workshop Personal Projects and the Power of Three is an evolving workshop brief we developed over the years. Year two and three graphic design students had complete free choice of medium this year – with a fall-back safer-play option – but were working towards a physical exhibition. Students were as always encouraged to document their process.
WORKSHOP | TITLE: PERSONAL PROJECTS AND THE POWER OF THREE
Aim: This evolving FL@33 workshop was developed to encourage experimentation, appreciation of process but also to help students to embrace failure and provoke ‘happy accidents’. The workshop aims to help students find a voice and add more personality and emotion to their work as graphic designers and visual communicators.
___ This 5-day experience encourages students to develop a sense of authorship and create – and most importantly continue to create – their own self-initiated projects, even after their graduation and into their professional lives.
___ Students are asked to take the opportunity to continue to develop ideas, work on footage and collections that were already started, while others are helped to develop starting points and ideas that are close to their heart.
___ Participating students: Tiphany Aguilar, Cian Asquith, Audrey Aujoulat, Morgane Barcelon-Madrange, Laetitia Biolley, Chloe Brouillet, Dorian Delavault, Marine Fouchereau, Ambre Geuljans, Lou-Ann Guillon, Sophie Lavignotte, Lise Linot, Melodie Lopat, Clement Lopez, Cosette Palayret, Vanessa Roy, Marion Sanson, Maxence Segas, Tristan Belves, Julien Brunot, Fanny Darolles, Julien David, Salomé Dechaud, Marcel Fourchard, Chloe Gaillard, Samuel Guesdon, Kornela Kielbasa, Marion Lagarde, Manon Lecaude, Yanaël Lichtenberger, Amelie Oliveira, Lucas Perez, Julien Simon, Albane Soulages and Juliette Vimont.
CLICK FOR MORE INFO | WORKSHOP BRIEF
Tomi Vollauschek (FL@33 / Stereohype) workshops and evening lecture
ECV Bordeaux – Year 2 and 3
WORKSHOP
Title: Personal projects and the Power of Three
ECV, 42 Quai des Chartrons
—
24–27 February 2020
Monday–Thursday, 9:30–12:30 / 14:00–17:00
FL@33 LECTURE / RAFFLE (TOMBOLA)
ECV, 42 Quai des Chartrons
—
24 February 2020
Monday evening talk, 17:00–approximately 18:30+
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Tomi Vollauschek talks about multi-disciplinary design studio FL@33, their graphic art label Stereohype, self-initiated and commissioned projects, experiences and life. Followed by Q&A and a raffle (tombola with FL@33 goodies) at the end of the talk.
WORKSHOP EXHIBITION
—
28 February 2020
Friday morning, workshop exhibition and presentation
PLEASE ALSO NOTE — ON DEMAND ONLY:
PORTFOLIO SESSIONS / Q&A
—
26 and 27 February 2020
Available days: Wednesday and Thursday, 17:00–18:00
—
If you are interested please do let Tomi know on the day BEFORE 17:00. A chance to discuss your and/or our work and/or life after college. I suggested to offer you the opportunity to discuss students’ work and/or our studio work, application do’s and don’ts and/or life after college. We only have approximately one hour each on the available two days for this however – if you are interested. Please do try to organise as a group and prepare your questions and presentations accordingly.
WORKSHOP TITLE
Personal projects and the Power of Three.
AIM
—
This evolving FL@33 workshop was developed to encourage experimentation, appreciation of process but also to help students to embrace failure and provoke ‘happy accidents’. The workshop aims to help students find a voice and add more personality and emotion to their work as graphic designers and visual communicators.
___ This 5-day experience encourages students to develop a sense of authorship and create – and most importantly continue to create – their own self-initiated projects, even after their graduation and into their professional lives.
___ The students can choose to take the opportunity to continue to develop ideas, work on footage and collections that they already started or they can instead develop new starting points and ideas that are close to their heart. Students will get help individually to get started and throughout the process.
HEAD / HEART / HAND – WHAT IS THE ‘POWER OF THREE’?
—
Agathe and I studied at the Royal College of Art (RCA) in London. During our studies we first heard Jon Wozencroft mention the Power of Three guideline in a private conversation before one of his Sound Seminars we used to have there every week. This Power of Three was to become – not a rule or a philosophy – but a guideline how FL@33 has been trying since to operate and produce projects. The idea behind the Power of Three is that head, heart and hand – intellect, emotion and skills – are present in equal measures.
___ It was only years later that we learned that the original quote was by Professor Richard Guyatt (1914–2007) who was a British designer, academic and rector at the RCA between 1978 and 1981. Guyatt's timeless vision was that every graphic designer should have a balance of head, heart and hand in his/her work as thematic starting points.
___ If there is only one thing you take with you from this workshop please let it be this guideline – it is amazing!
WORKSHOP BRIEFING
You choose the medium based on skills, curiosity and bravery.
BRIEF A (free choice + documentation)
For year 3 students and year 2 students who like a challenge.
—
Please develop a combination of two things: a final piece AND a making-of project documentation that shows your process – the journey to the final piece. Please choose an appropriate 2D, 3D or 4D medium for your final piece (it must look intriguing and well-crafted) AND your making-of documentation. Medium and technique can include illustration, photography, typography, video, animation, interaction, 3D installation, sound, printing, mark-making, collage, data visualisation and/or any combination. The required documentation can be in form of a brochure, leaflet, fanzine, postcard set, poster or the solution that is always popular with students: a poster/brochure combination. For your portfolio please ensure that the printed documentation also shows at least one photo or visualisation of the FINAL PIECE – especially if it is a video or installation and not already 2D!
OR
BRIEF B (postcard set + documentation)
The above brief A is potentially more exciting but you can use the following alternative if freedom makes you nervous:
—
Great things have been achieved with this brief (B) in the past but this time it is offered as a fall-back option. You may – instead of choosing your medium freely – create a series of postcards (minimum 8) AND a ‘making of’ documentation in form of a poster, brochure, leaflet or fanzine (postcard-sized when folded). Additional assignment for year 3 (and voluntarily for super-speedy year 2 students who like an extra challenge): Please also also create a packaging solution for your postcard set and documentation (for example a banderole, envelope, slipcase, box,...).
FOR ALL
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Do come prepared! Please read the complete brief and think about it before the workshop. Please also check out the links at the end of the brief – and the books if you can. What do you enjoy doing? What challenge would you like to take on for this workshop? Please prepare a 5 min presentation of your life and/or work. Who are you? What is your passion?
DAY 1 ASSIGNMENT—FL@33 WORKSHOP DAY 1
THE POWER OF THREE: HEAD
—
Concept generation. Power of Three. Seek discomfort.
Document your process and progress. Ask to be photographed while you work. It is always engaging to see the creator’s hands every now and then for example.
—
Please refer to list of recommended movie clips, links and most importantly – the books.
THREE POSSIBLE STARTING POINTS
To help you get started please select the following three elements:
— one personal everyday observation,
— one personal everyday object and also
— something you collect or are fascinated by / passionate about.
After your 5 minute portfolio presentation we will together work, combine and develop your workshop ideas and starting points on day one. We will also discuss which medium might be the most appropriate, intriguing, challenging and fun choice for you. We can also talk about which documentation format might suit you best and I will bring paper folding examples for you to look at before you decide what you want to do.
Think creatively in the meantime whether or not any these three suggested starting points are useful for you, and if so, whether they could be combined in a philosophical or concrete fashion. In any case please use wit, humour and/or appropriate aesthetics to tackle this project. Challenge yourself and experiment. Please let your style and personality shine through.
___ Most importantly: do NOT be boring and do NOT ‘play it safe’. Use the opportunity to dive in and challenge yourself!
___ It will be up to you to translate your choice into a fascinating, communicative and overall appealing presentation while keeping the Power of Three in mind.
PLEASE NOTE:
Please do NOT present on screen but print your project or find another appropriate method. Unless you create specifically for a screen-based project nothing is allowed to be presented on
screen that doesn’t belong there. For the final presentation please only use a computer screen, smartphone or tablet screen to present if this is the most appropriate medium for your idea. You will be asked to justify your choice(s). Please discuss beforehand
if in doubt.
DAY 2 ASSIGNMENT—FL@33 WORKSHOP DAY 2
THE POWER OF THREE: HEART
—
Embrace failure. Add some heart. Document your process and progress.
___ Please try to embed more emotion and personality in your project. You may start experimenting with actual production already – but only when you are ready with concept generation and you are satisfied with your level of authorship.
DAY 3 ASSIGNMENT—FL@33 WORKSHOP DAY 3
THE POWER OF THREE: HAND
—
Make. Create. Build. Experiment. Discover. Experiment more. Fail and experiment even more. Don’t forget to document your process and progress. If you did not start already please do now begin to experiment and fine-tune your vision while developing the actual piece. There is still time for U-turns, changes and tweaks.
DAY 4 ASSIGNMENT—FL@33 WORKSHOP DAY 4
THE POWER OF THREE
—
Make it a success now, it is time. Wrap it up and do continue to document your process and progress. Decide how important the documentation will likely be in your final presentation. Sometimes making-ofs end up being a core-element in projects. Compromise or don’t – but find a way today to make your project a success for tomorrow’s exhibition and presentation.
___ Double and triple-check whether you achieved an acceptable balance between intellect, emotion and skills. If not – adjust, tweak and modify accordingly.
___ Work on a well-prepared 2–4min verbal presentation for tomorrow that showcases your workshop experience by presenting your documentation and your final piece.
PLEASE NOTE:
Please ensure to address below points in your presentation.
— What was your starting point?
— Explain your process and how you challenged yourself?
— What was the most frustrating aspect of your project and what was the most satisfying one?
— Were there any ‘happy accidents’?
— Comment on the achieved balance of the Power of Three.
DAY 5 ASSIGNMENT—FL@33 WORKSHOP DAY 5
EXHIBITION AND FINAL CRITS
—
Come prepared. We will try for all students to present for approx. 2–4 minutes – a chance for everybody else to see what the others came up with. I can’t wait... Good luck and thank you!
Enjoy! 8)
PLEASE WATCH
—
Learn From Failure by Tim Brown (CEO, IDEO), 1:39
—
On the Fear of Failure by Milton Glaser, 7:26
—
Seek Discomfort by Stefan Sagmeister, 1:03
exhibit from Sagmeister’s The Happy Show exhibition.
The exhibition forms part of the research for The Happy Film by Stefan Sagmeister (2016).
—
How To Make Mistakes On Purpose by Laurie Rosenwald, 15:05
TEDxGöteborg
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS (I will bring English reference copies)
—
Parfaites imperfections (Failed It!) by Erik Kessels
(French translation edition available)
I will bring my English copy of the book with me.
—
Amazon France 9.95 €
—
Failed It! by Erik Kessels
(Original English version)
£ 6.95
—
Postcard / Cartes Postales by FL@33
LINKS
—
FL@33
https://flat33.com
A few of the many varyingly complex FL@33 examples of mundane observations and objects that turned into the stars of a project:
—
Trans-form (many different observations of tower cranes)
—
8min 20sec (observation, technique, set of rules that can be applied to different footage).
—
Bzzzpeek.com (Desktop browsers recommended. Currently still requires Flash plugin – new version hopefully one day...)
—
Singing Pasta
—
Fedrigoni 365 2019
—
Picture hook faces (more)
—
Shadows
—
Autobahn custom typeface
—
Chinface animation
—
RCA Secret 2018 / Tomi’s #loadingmuseum
...
Daniel Eatock
http://eatock.com
Examples (but please do check out his portfolio in more detail)
lens-touch
—
camera-straps
no-photo
vandalized-trees-reoriented
closed-loops
—
some of Daniel Eatock’s postcard-related projects:
postcard-back-formations
postcard-back-compositions
postcards
—
Insightful manifesto:
manifesto
...
Russell Weekes
A similar way of thinking.
www.eekes.com
www.eek.es
Examples (but please do check out his portfolio in more detail)
—
conformism
type-faces
—
somesecondthoughts
naturespotting
protest
—
Insightful ‘Notes to self’:
information
...
PICTURE CREDITS
Most pictures were taken by us but some – including the portraits – were kindly provided by the ECV team.
February 23rd, 2020
Tomi goes France once again — T — at Bordeaux Airport. The FL@33 design residency 2020 at ECV Bordeaux (École de Communication Visuelle / School of Visual Communication) kicks off tomorrow with two 5-day year 2 and 3 graphic design workshops and an evening lecture about life, work and everything in between, followed by a raffle / tombola with FL@33 / Stereohype goodies for students.
___ The inspirational FL@33 workshop Personal Projects and the Power of Three was fine-tuned and adjusted for younger students. A documentation will as always be posted as soon as possible. [EDU+]
February 22nd, 2020
Just in time before heading to another 5-day FL@33 design residency with workshops and lecture at ECV Bordeaux, we finally finished the online documentation of the ECV Lille masterclass workshop FL@33’s Tomi Vollauschek ran earlier this month. [EDU+]
EXHIBITIONS | LECTURES | WORKSHOPS | COURSES | EVENTS | FAIRS | SCREENINGS
ECV Lille, design residency 2020 – FL@33 Masterclass workshop, Tomi Vollauschek, co-founder of London-based FL@33 and Stereohype, was once again visiting lecturer at ECV Lille – École de Communication Visuelle / School of Visual Communication as part of a 5-day design residency with inspirational workshop. ECV Lille, France, 27–31 January 2020
___
FL@33 BACK IN LILLE – MASTERCLASS WORKSHOP
Kindly invited by long-time FL@33 collaborator Sébastien Delobel of design studio Atelier télescopique, who also teaches Typography at the college – FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek was designer in residence for a third time at ECV Lille's Visual Communication department.
___ The 5-day masterclass workshop Personal Projects and the Power of Three is an evolving workshop brief we developed over the years. Year four masterclass students had complete free choice of medium again this year but were working towards a physical exhibition. Students were as always encouraged to document their process.
WORKSHOP
Workshop title: Personal Projects and the Power of Three. Aim: This evolving FL@33 workshop was developed to encourage experimentation, appreciation of process but also to help students to embrace failure and provoke ‘happy accidents’. The workshop aims to help students find a voice and add more personality and emotion to their work as graphic designers and visual communicators.
___ This 5-day experience encourages students to develop a sense of authorship and create – and most importantly continue to create – their own self-initiated projects, even after their graduation and into their professional lives.
___ Students are asked to take the opportunity to continue to develop ideas, work on footage and collections that were already started, while others are helped to develop starting points and ideas that are close to their heart.
___ Participating students: Adèle Verge, Alex Tabouret, Benjamin Plachta, Caroline Moeneclaey, Clémentine Wiart, Guillaume Tranel, Joséphine Aujean, Joséphine Kerr, Léna Wallet, Lina Pauchet, Manon Etienne, Mélissa Bach, Morganne Borowczyk, Octavie Gourguechon, Romane Gouy, Valentine de Mahuet, Valentine Gueneau, Xin Xu and Zhenqin Peng.
CLICK FOR MORE INFO | WORKSHOP BRIEF
Tomi Vollauschek (FL@33 / Stereohype) Workshop
ECV Lille – Year 4
WORKSHOP
Title: Personal Projects and the Power of Three
21 Rue du Molinel campus, Grande Salle – R+1
—
27–31 January 2020
Monday–Friday, 10:00–13:00 / 14:00–17:00
WORKSHOP EXHIBITION
—
31 January 2020
Friday: workshop exhibition and presentation of all projects.
Presentations start at approximately 15:00.
3–4min presentation per student.
PLEASE ALSO NOTE — ON DEMAND ONLY:
PORTFOLIO SESSIONS / Q&A
—
28 and 29 January 2020
Available days: Tuesday and Wednesday, 17:00–18:00
If you are interested please do let Tomi know on the day BEFORE 17:00. A chance to discuss your and/or our work and/or life after college. I suggested to offer you the opportunity to discuss students’ work and/or our studio work, application do’s and don’ts and/or life after college. We only have approximately one hour each on the available two days for this however – if you are interested. Please do try to organise as a group and prepare your questions and presentations accordingly.
WORKSHOP TITLE
Personal Projects and the Power of Three
AIM
—
This evolving FL@33 workshop was developed to encourage experimentation, appreciation of process but also to help students to embrace failure and provoke ‘happy accidents’. The workshop aims to help students find a voice and add more personality and emotion to their work as graphic designers and visual communicators.
___ This 5-day experience encourages students to develop a sense of authorship and create – and most importantly continue to create – their own self-initiated projects, even after their graduation and into their professional lives.
___ The students can choose to take the opportunity to continue to develop ideas, work on footage and collections that they already started or they can instead develop new starting points and ideas that are close to their heart. Students will get help individually to get started and throughout the process.
HEAD / HEART / HAND – WHAT IS THE ‘POWER OF THREE’?
—
Agathe and I studied at the Royal College of Art (RCA) in London. During our studies we first heard Jon Wozencroft mention the Power of Three guideline in a private conversation before one of his Sound Seminars we used to have there every week. This Power of Three was to become – not a rule or a philosophy – but a guideline how FL@33 has been trying since to operate and produce projects. The idea behind the Power of Three is that head, heart and hand – intellect, emotion and skills – are present in equal measures.
___ It was only years later that we learned that the original quote was by Professor Richard Guyatt (1914–2007) who was a British designer, academic and rector at the RCA between 1978 and 1981. Guyatt's timeless vision was that every graphic designer should have a balance of head, heart and hand in his/her work as thematic starting points.
___ If there is only one thing you take with you from this workshop please let it be this guideline – it is amazing!
WORKSHOP BRIEFING
BRIEF (free choice + documentation)
—
Please develop a combination of two things: a final piece AND a making-of project documentation that shows your process – the journey to the final piece. Please choose an appropriate 2D, 3D or 4D medium for your final piece (it must look intriguing and well-crafted) AND your making-of documentation. Medium and technique can include illustration, photography, typography, video, animation, interaction, 3D installation, sound, printing, mark-making, collage, data visualisation and/or any combination. The required documentation can be in form of a brochure, leaflet, fanzine, postcard set, poster or the solution that is always popular with students: a poster/brochure combination. For your portfolio please ensure that the printed documentation also shows at least one photo or visualisation of the FINAL PIECE – especially if it is a video or installation and not already 2D!
Please come prepared.
Please read the complete brief and think about it before the workshop and prepare quick portfolio presentation for the first day. Please also check out the links at the end of the brief – and the books if you can.
Please prepare a 5–10min presentation of your life and/or work for the first day!
What do you enjoy doing?
What challenge would you like to take on for this workshop?
Who are you?
What is your passion?
DAY 1 ASSIGNMENT—FL@33 WORKSHOP DAY 1
THE POWER OF THREE: HEAD
—
Concept generation. Power of Three. Seek discomfort.
Document your process and progress. Ask to be photographed while you work. It is always engaging to see the creator’s hands every now and then for example.
___ Please refer to list of recommended movie clips, links and most importantly – the books.
THREE POSSIBLE STARTING POINTS
To help you get started please select the following three elements:
— one personal everyday observation,
— one personal everyday object and also
— something you collect or are fascinated by / passionate about.
After your 5 minute portfolio presentation we will together work, combine and develop your workshop ideas and starting points on day one. We will also discuss which medium might be the most appropriate, intriguing, challenging and fun choice for you. We can also talk about which documentation format might suit you best and I will bring paper folding examples for you to look at before you decide what you want to do.
Think creatively in the meantime whether or not any these three suggested starting points are useful for you, and if so, whether they could be combined in a philosophical or concrete fashion. In any case please use wit, humour and/or appropriate aesthetics to tackle this project. Challenge yourself and experiment. Please let your style and personality shine through.
___ Most importantly: do NOT be boring and do NOT ‘play it safe’. Use the opportunity to dive in and challenge yourself!
___ It will be up to you to translate your choice into a fascinating, communicative and overall appealing presentation while keeping the Power of Three in mind.
PLEASE NOTE:
Please do NOT present on screen but print your project or find another appropriate method. Unless you create specifically for a screen-based project nothing is allowed to be presented on
screen that doesn’t belong there. For the final presentation please only use a computer screen, smartphone or tablet screen to present if this is the most appropriate medium for your idea. You will be asked to justify your choice(s). Please discuss beforehand if in doubt.
DAY 2 ASSIGNMENT—FL@33 WORKSHOP DAY 2
THE POWER OF THREE: HEART
—
Embrace failure. Add some heart. Document your process and progress.
___ Please try to embed more emotion and personality in your project. You may start experimenting with actual production already – but only when you are ready with concept generation and you are satisfied with your level of authorship.
DAY 3 ASSIGNMENT—FL@33 WORKSHOP DAY 3
THE POWER OF THREE: HAND
—
Make. Create. Build. Experiment. Discover. Experiment more. Fail and experiment even more. Don’t forget to document your process and progress. If you did not start already please do now begin to experiment and fine-tune your vision while developing the actual piece. There is still time for U-turns, changes and tweaks.
DAY 4 ASSIGNMENT—FL@33 WORKSHOP DAY 4
THE POWER OF THREE
—
Make it a success now, it is time. Wrap it up and do continue to document your process and progress. Decide how important the documentation will likely be in your final presentation. Sometimes making-ofs end up being a core-element in projects. Compromise or don’t – but find a way today to make your project a success for tomorrow’s exhibition and presentation.
___ Double and triple-check whether you achieved an acceptable balance between intellect, emotion and skills. If not – adjust, tweak and modify accordingly.
___ Work on a well-prepared 3–4min verbal presentation for tomorrow that showcases your workshop experience by presenting your documentation and your final piece.
PLEASE NOTE:
Please ensure to address below points in your presentation.
— What was your starting point?
— Explain your process and how you challenged yourself?
— What was the most frustrating aspect of your project and what was the most satisfying one?
— Were there any ‘happy accidents’?
— Comment on the achieved balance of the Power of Three.
DAY 5 ASSIGNMENT—FL@33 WORKSHOP DAY 5
EXHIBITION AND FINAL CRITS, GRANDE SALLE
—
Come prepared. We will try for all students to present for approx. 3–4 minutes – a chance for everybody else to see what the others came up with. Use walls and tables etc. for the exhibition.
I can’t wait... Good luck and thank you!
Enjoy! 8)
PLEASE WATCH
—
Learn From Failure by Tim Brown (CEO, IDEO), 1:39
—
On the Fear of Failure by Milton Glaser, 7:26
—
Seek Discomfort by Stefan Sagmeister, 1:03
exhibit from Sagmeister’s The Happy Show exhibition.
The exhibition forms part of the research for The Happy Film by Stefan Sagmeister (2016).
—
How To Make Mistakes On Purpose by Laurie Rosenwald, 15:05
TEDxGöteborg
BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS (I will bring English reference copies)
—
Parfaites imperfections (Failed It!) by Erik Kessels
(French translation edition available)
I will bring my English copy of the book with me.
—
Amazon France 9.95 €
—
Failed It! by Erik Kessels
(Original English version)
£ 6.95
—
Postcard / Cartes Postales by FL@33
LINKS
—
FL@33
https://flat33.com
A few of the many varyingly complex FL@33 examples of mundane observations and objects that turned into the stars of a project:
—
Trans-form (many different observations of tower cranes)
—
8min 20sec (observation, technique, set of rules that can be applied to different footage).
—
Bzzzpeek.com (Desktop browsers recommended. Currently still requires Flash plugin – new version hopefully one day...)
—
Singing Pasta
—
Fedrigoni 365 2019
—
Picture hook faces (more)
—
Shadows
—
Autobahn custom typeface
—
Chinface animation
—
RCA Secret 2018 / Tomi’s #loadingmuseum
...
Daniel Eatock
http://eatock.com
Examples (but please do check out his portfolio in more detail)
lens-touch
—
camera-straps
no-photo
vandalized-trees-reoriented
closed-loops
—
some of Daniel Eatock’s postcard-related projects:
postcard-back-formations
postcard-back-compositions
postcards
—
Insightful manifesto:
manifesto
...
Russell Weekes
A similar way of thinking.
www.eekes.com
www.eek.es
Examples (but please do check out his portfolio in more detail)
—
conformism
type-faces
—
somesecondthoughts
naturespotting
protest
—
Insightful ‘Notes to self’:
information
...
PICTURE CREDITS
The group picture was taken by ECV's Sébastien Delobel and the second and third square pictures by ECV's Julie Sobaszek.
February 1st, 2020
Time flies when you are having fun. The FL@33 design residency 2020 at ECV Lille (École de Communication Visuelle / School of Visual Communication) came to an end today with a great exhibition and student presentations of this week's inspirational FL@33 masterclass workshop Personal Projects and the Power of Three. We will as always post a documentation at flat33.com as soon as possible. A big MERCI BEAUCOUP and BRAVO to all the participating students.
Next step: ECV Bordeaux later this month... [EDU+]
December 10th, 2019
We are very happy to announce that FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek has been appointed for a 5th year running to be visiting lecturer as part of a 2020 design residencies at ECV Lille in January and ECV Bordeaux in February – for the first time in both French cities within one year.
___ Tomi will run a 5-day master class workshop in Lille and workshops for graphic design students from year 2 and 3 in Bordeaux where he will also give an evening lecture. See details in our Exhibitions etc section and documentations of previous workshops and design residencies here. [EDU+]
April 26th, 2019
We run Masterclass workshops and give lectures at ECV Lille and ECV Bordeaux every now and then, and sometimes we welcome some of their students when they are in London. This great bunch from ECV Lille popped by to visit us at our FL@33 / Stereohype HQ. Always a pleasure! Photo by Sébastien Delobel and Anne-Marie Porreca. [EDU+]
January 30th, 2019
Evening lecture by FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek talking about FL@33 and Stereohype activities, experiences, tips and tricks. The talk forms part of a 5-day FL@33 design residency at ECV Lille (École de Communication Visuelle / School of Visual Communication) also including a FL@33 master class workshop and a surprise raffle / tombola after the talk. [EDU+]
January 28th, 2019
Just took a quick snapshot secretly of a surprise poster for the FL@33 talk on Wednesday that ECV Lille made. [EDU+]
January 28th, 2019
FL@33 design residency 2019 – Tomi Vollauschek, co-founder of FL@33 and Stereohype will be in France this week to run another of his inspirational five-day-masterclass-workshops with FL@33 talk at ECV Lille – École de communication visuelle. The evolving workshop covers aspects of design thinking, design process and design philosophy and aims to inspire students to develop their own strong voice through experimentation and personal projects. See documentations of previous FL@33 workshops here: 2013 at MICA in Baltimore, 2016 at ECV Lille and 2017 and 2018 at ECV Bordeaux. This year's documentation with dedicated page. [EDU+]
EXHIBITIONS | LECTURES | WORKSHOPS | COURSES | EVENTS | FAIRS | SCREENINGS
ECV Lille, design residency 2019 – FL@33 Masterclass workshop and lecture, Tomi Vollauschek, co-founder of London-based FL@33 and Stereohype, was once again visiting lecturer at ECV Lille – École de Communication Visuelle / School of Visual Communication as part of a 5-day design residency involving an inspirational workshop and a lecture on 30 January about the design studio's and graphic art label's work. ECV Lille, France, 28 January – 1 February 2019
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FL@33 BACK IN LILLE – MASTERCLASS WORKSHOP
Kindly invited by long-time FL@33 collaborator Sébastien Delobel of design studio Atelier télescopique, who also teaches Typography at the college – FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek was designer in residence for a second time at ECV Lille's Visual Communication department. Apart from a 5-day masterclass workshop Tomi also gave an evening lecture on FL@33's work and the studio's activities for their graphic art label Stereohype.
___ The masterclass workshop was entitled Personal Projects and the Power of Three – an evolving workshop brief we developed over the years. Year four masterclass students had complete free choice of medium again this year but were working towards a physical exhibition. Students were as always encouraged to document their process.
WORKSHOP
Workshop title: Personal Projects and the Power of Three. Aim: This evolving FL@33 workshop was developed to encourage experimentation, appreciation of process but also to help students to embrace failure and provoke ‘happy accidents’. The workshop aims to help students find a voice and add more personality and emotion to their work as graphic designers and visual communicators.
___ This 5-day experience encourages students to develop a sense of authorship and create – and most importantly continue to create – their own self-initiated projects, even after their graduation and into their professional lives.
___ Students are asked to take the opportunity to continue to develop ideas, work on footage and collections that were already started, while others are helped to develop starting points and ideas that are close to their heart.
___ Participating students: Mégane Ernest, Virginie Debeaune, Eugénie Tiry, Charlotte Peretti, Yuqi Pang, Ziyang Yang, Julie Casier, Mélissa Ledoux, Maxence Massot, Layal Salman, Laurène Parsy, Thérèse-Marie Cavitte and Ophélie Luis Madeira.
CLICK FOR MORE INFO | WORKSHOP BRIEF
FL@33 Masterclass Workshop – Year 4 (dates, times, details): Personal Projects and the Power of Three. ECV Lille, 21 Rue du Molinel campus, 28–31 January 2019, Monday–Thursday, 10:00–13:00 / 14:00–17:00, 1 February 2019, Friday late morning until early afternoon (exact time tbc): workshop exhibition and presentation of all projects. PLEASE ALSO NOTE: FL@33 LECTURE / RAFFLE (TOMBOLA) Tomi Vollauschek talks about multi-disciplinary design studio FL@33, their graphic art label Stereohype, self-initiated and commissioned projects, experiences and life. Followed by Q&A and a raffle (tombola with FL@33 goodies) at the end of the talk. Wednesday evening, 21 Rue du Molinel campus, 30 January 2019, 18:30–approximately 20:00+
___ Portfolio sessions / Q&A – A chance to discuss your and/or our work and/or life after college.
I suggested to offer you the opportunity to discuss students’ work and/or our studio work, application do’s and don’ts and/or life after college. We only have approximately one hour each on the available two days for this however – if you are interested. Please do try to organise as a group and prepare your questions and presentations accordingly. If you are interested please do let me know on the day BEFORE 17:00. Available days: Tuesday and Thursday, 21 Rue du Molinel campus, 29 and 31 January 2019, 17:00–18:00.
AIM: This evolving FL@33 workshop was developed to encourage experimentation, appreciation of process but also to help students to embrace failure and provoke ‘happy accidents’. The workshop aims to help students find a voice and add more personality and emotion to their work as graphic designers and visual communicators.
___ This 5-day experience encourages students to develop a sense of authorship and create – and most importantly continue to create – their own self-initiated projects, even after their graduation and into their professional lives.
___ Students are asked to take the opportunity to continue to develop ideas, work on footage and collections that were already started, while others are helped to develop starting points and ideas that are close to their heart.
Head / Heart / Hand – What is the ‘power of three’? Agathe and I studied at the Royal College of Art (RCA) in London. During our studies we first heard Jon Wozencroft mention the Power of Three guideline in a private conversation before one of his Sound Seminars we used to have there every week. This Power of Three was to become – not a rule or a philosophy – but a guideline how FL@33 has been trying since to operate and produce projects. The idea behind the Power of Three is that head, heart and hand – intellect, emotion and skills – are present in equal measures.
___ It was only years later that we learned that the original quote was by Professor Richard Guyatt (1914–2007) who was a British designer, academic and rector at the RCA between 1978 and 1981. Guyatt's timeless vision was that every graphic designer should have a balance of head, heart and hand in his/her work as thematic starting points.
___ If there is only one thing you take with you from this workshop please let it be this guideline – it's amazing!
Workshop briefing: A combination of two things: a final piece AND a making-of project documentation that shows your process – the journey to the final piece. Please choose an appropriate 2D, 3D or 4D medium for your final piece (it must look intriguing and well-crafted) AND your making-of documentation. Medium and technique can include illustration, photography, typography, video, animation, interaction, 3D installation, sound, screen printing, collage, data visualisation and/or any combination. The required documentation can be in form of a brochure, leaflet, fanzine, postcard set, poster or the solution that is always popular with students: a poster/brochure combination. For your portfolio please ensure that the printed documentation also shows at least one photo or visualisation of the FINAL PIECE – especially if it’s a video or installation and not already 2D!
___ Do come prepared! Please read the complete brief and think about it before the workshop. Please also check out the links at the end of the brief – and the books if you can. What do you enjoy doing? What challenge would you like to take on for this workshop? Please prepare a 5 min presentation of your life and/or work. Who are you? What is your passion?
DAY 1 ASSIGNMENT—FL@33 WORKSHOP DAY 1
THE POWER OF THREE: HEAD
Concept generation. Power of Three. Seek discomfort. Document your process and progress. Ask to be photographed while you work. It’s always engaging to see the creator’s hands every now and then for example.
Please refer to list of recommended movie clips, links and most importantly – the books.
THREE POSSIBLE STARTING POINTS
To help you get started please select the following three elements:
— one personal everyday observation,
— one personal everyday object and also
— something you collect or are fascinated by / passionate about.
After your 5 minute portfolio presentation we will together work, combine and develop your workshop ideas and starting points on day one. We will also discuss which medium might be the most appropriate, intriguing, challenging and fun choice for you. We can also talk about which documenation format might suit you best and I will bring paper folding examples for you to look at before you decide what you want to do.
___ Think creatively in the meantime whether or not any these three suggested starting points are useful for you, and if so, whether they could be combined in a philosophical or concrete fashion. In any case please use wit, humour and/or appropriate aesthetics to tackle this project. Challenge yourself and experiment. Please let your style and personality shine through.
___ Most importantly: do NOT be boring and do NOT ‘play it safe’. Use the opportunity to dive in and challenge yourself!
___ It will be up to you to translate your choice into a fascinating, communicative and overall appealing presentation while keeping the Power of Three in mind.
PLEASE NOTE:
Please do NOT present on screen but print your project or find another appropriate method. Unless you create specifically for a screen-based project nothing is allowed to be presented on
screen that doesn’t belong there. For the final presentation please only use a computer screen, smartphone or tablet screen to present if this is the most appropriate medium for your idea. You will be asked to justify your choice(s). Please discuss beforehand
if in doubt.
DAY 2 ASSIGNMENT—FL@33 WORKSHOP DAY 2
THE POWER OF THREE: HEART
Embrace failure. Add some heart. Document your process and progress.
___ Please try to embed more emotion and personality in your project.
___ You may start experimenting with actual production already – but only when you are ready with concept generation and you are satisfied with your level of authorship.
DAY 3 ASSIGNMENT—FL@33 WORKSHOP DAY 3
THE POWER OF THREE: HAND
Make. Create. Build. Experiment. Discover. Experiment more. Fail and experiment even more. Don’t forget to document your process and progress.
___ If you did not start already please do now begin to experiment and fine-tune your vision while developing the actual piece. There is still time for U-turns, changes and tweaks.
DAY 4 ASSIGNMENT—FL@33 WORKSHOP DAY 4
THE POWER OF THREE
Make it a success now, it’s time. Wrap it up and do continue to document your process and progress.
___ Decide how important the documentation will likely be in your final presentation. Sometimes making-ofs end up being a core-element in projects. Compromise or don’t – but find a way today to make your project a success for tomorrow’s exhibition and presentation.
___ Double and triple-check whether you achieved an acceptable balance between intellect, emotion and skills. If not – adjust, tweak and modify accordingly.
___ Work on a well-prepared 2–4min verbal presentation for tomorrow that showcases your workshop experience by presenting your documentation and your final piece.
PLEASE NOTE:
Please ensure to address below points in your presentation.
— What was your starting point?
— Explain your process and how you challenged yourself?
— What was the most frustrating aspect of your project and what was the most satisfying one?
— Were there any ‘happy accidents’?
— Comment on the achieved balance of the Power of Three.
DAY 4 ASSIGNMENT—FL@33 WORKSHOP DAY 5
EXHIBITION AND FINAL CRITS
Come prepared. Students will all present for approx. 2–4 minutes – a chance for everybody else to see what the others came up with.
I can’t wait... Good luck and thank you!
Enjoy! 8)
PLEASE WATCH
—
Learn From Failure by Tim Brown (CEO, IDEO), 1:39
—
On the Fear of Failure by Milton Glaser, 7:26
—
Seek Discomfort by Stefan Sagmeister, 0:55
exhibit from Sagmeister’s The Happy Show exhibition. The exhibition forms part of the research for The Happy Film by Stefan Sagmeister (2016, thehappyfilm.org)
BOOK RECOMMENDATION
—
Parfaites imperfections by Erik Kessels
(French translation)
I will bring my English copy of the book with me. A French copy will hopefully be available at the college. Please ask Sébastien Delobel.
—
Amazon France 9.95 €
—
Failed It! by Erik Kessels
(Original English version)
£ 6.95
—
Postcard / Cartes Postales by FL@33
LINKS
—
FL@33
flat33.com
A few of the many varyingly complex FL@33 examples of mundane observations and objects that turned into the stars of a project:
—
Trans-form (many different observations of tower cranes)
—
8min 20sec (observation, technique, set of rules that can be applied to different footage).
—
Bzzzpeek.com (currently still requires Flash plugin –new version hopefully in the near future...)
—
Picture hook faces (more)
—
Shadows
—
Singing Pasta
—
Chinface animation
—
Autobahn custom typeface
—
Fedrigoni 365 2019
...
Daniel Eatock
—
eatock.com
Examples (but please do check out his portfolio in more detail)
lens-touch
—
camera-straps
—
no-photo
—
trees
—
closed-loops
...
some of Daniel Eatock’s postcard-related projects:
Back Formations, Back Compositions and Postcards 2
Russell Weekes
A similar way of thinking.
eekes.com
Examples (but please do check out his portfolio in more detail)
—
conformism
—
type-faces
...
PICTURE CREDITS
The group picture and the a few of the other square zoom-in pictures of the exhibits were taken by ECV's Sébastien Delobel. Other pictures were taken by Tomi Vollauschek. Additional pictures and slideshows might be added to this page as students send us more footage of individual workshop results.
December 12th, 2018
Just confirmed: FL@33 workshop and lecture, FL@33 goes France – Following the design residency at École de Communication Visuelle (ECV Lille) / School of Visual Communication in 2016 and then at ECV Bordeaux in 2017 and 2018 respectively, FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek will return to ECV Lille in 2019 for a 5-day inspirational master class workshop and a lecture on January 30th at 6.30pm, about the design studio's and graphic art label's work. Picture above is from 2016. ECV Nord Europe, Lille, France, 28 January – 1 February 2019 [EDU+]
April 7th, 2018
For a second year running FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek conducted two inspirational 5-day workshops at ECV Bordeaux, France. The documentation has now been posted at flat33.com. Thanks again for the invitation and bravo once again to all the students who worked so hard on their personal postcard sets. See documentation here. [EDU+]
EXHIBITIONS | LECTURES | WORKSHOPS | COURSES | EVENTS | FAIRS | SCREENINGS
ECV Bordeaux, design residency 2018 – FL@33 workshops, once again Tomi Vollauschek, co-founder of London-based FL@33 and Stereohype, was visiting lecturer at ECV Bordeaux – École de Communication Visuelle / School of Visual Communication as part of a 5-day design residency involving two inspirational workshops for year 2 and year 3. ECV Bordeaux, France,
12–16 February 2018
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FL@33 IN BORDEAUX AGAIN – WORKSHOPS
Kindly invited by ECV Bordeaux's Matthieu Renard – FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek was designer in residence for a second time at ECV Bordeaux's Visual Communication department. Following 5-day master class workshops in 2017 the two workshops run in 2018 were aimed at younger students of year 2 and year 3 to encourage work on personal projects at an earlier stage.
___ The evolving workshop Personal Projects and the Power of Three – was modified for the 2nd and 3rd year students.
WORKSHOP
Workshop title: Personal Projects and the Power of Three. Aim: This evolving FL@33 workshop was developed to encourage experimentation, appreciation of process but also to help students to embrace failure and provoke ‘happy accidents’. The workshop aims to help students find a voice and add more personality and emotion to their work as graphic designers and visual communicators.
___ This 5-day experience encourages students to develop a sense of authorship and create – and most importantly continue to create – their own self-initiated projects, even after their graduation and into their professional lives.
___ Students are asked to take the opportunity to continue to develop ideas, work on footage and collections that were already started, while others are helped to develop starting points and ideas that are close to their heart.
___ Participating students: Alice Cloarec, Amandine Demey, Amaya Persais Chapettegui, Anais Faucher, Angélè Pierrefitte, Apoline de Luca, Astrid Bayard, Axelle Janocka, Azumi Duc, Capucine Quemin, Charline Bapst, Claire Berges, Claire Delteil, Delilah Agasse, Diane Kerloch, Eva Rey, Gaelle Roubault, Guillaume Moreno, Hélène Yueksel, Jessica Pons, Julien Seignol, Juliette Fontaine, Justine de Roaldes, Kate Desjardins, Laetitia Brun, Laurie Savoia, Lelou Vigan, Leo Baudet, Lisa Ithurritze, Lois Ahmed, Lucas Bastier, Maele Baadache, Marie Antoniol, Marine Boitel, Marion Cazelles, Pauline Cuillerier, Pauline Garnier, Pierre-Raphael Leger and Rachel Sabelle.
CLICK FOR MORE INFO | WORKSHOP BRIEF
FL@33 Workshops – Year 2 and 3: Personal Projects and the Power of Three. ECV Bordeaux, 12–16 February 2018, Monday–Thursday, 9:00–13:00 ((14:00–18:00)), Friday morning ((afternoon)), workshop exhibition and presentation. Recommended links, videos and book: please see [end of] of this brief. PLEASE ALSO NOTE: FL@33 lecture and tombola / raffle (at the end of the talk), Monday evening, 27 February 2017, 18:30–approximately 20:00+.
___ Portfolio sessions / Q&A – discussing your and/or our work and/or life after college I suggested to offer you the opportunity to discuss students’ work and/or our studio work, application do’s and don’ts and/or life after college. We only have approximately one hour per day for this however – if you are interested – so please do try to organise as a group and prepare your questions and presentations accordingly. If you are interested please do let me know on the day BEFORE 17:00. Monday–Thursday evening 12–15 February 2018 Monday–Thursday, 17:00–18:00 (when the college closes)
AIM: This evolving FL@33 workshop was developed to encourage experimentation, appreciation of process but also to help students to embrace failure and provoke ‘happy accidents’. The workshop aims to help students find a voice and add more personality and emotion to their work as graphic designers and visual communicators.
___ This 5-day experience encourages students to develop a sense of authorship and create – and most importantly continue to create – their own self-initiated projects, even after their graduation and into their professional lives.
___ Students are asked to take the opportunity to continue to develop ideas, work on footage and collections that were already started, while others are helped to develop starting points and ideas that are close to their heart.
Head / Heart / Hand – What is the ‘power of three’? Agathe and I studied at the Royal College of Art (RCA) in London. During our studies we first heard Jon Wozencroft mention the Power of Three guideline in a private conversation before one of his Sound Seminars we used to have there every week. This Power of Three was to become – not a rule or a philosophy – but a guideline how FL@33 has been trying since to operate and produce projects. The idea behind the Power of Three is that head, heart and hand – intellect, emotion and skills – are present in equal measures.
___ It was only years later that we learned that the original quote was by Professor Richard Guyatt (1914–2007) who was a British designer, academic and rector at the RCA between 1978 and 1981. Guyatt's timeless vision was that every graphic designer should have a balance of head, heart and hand in his/her work as thematic starting points.
___ If there is only one thing you take with you from this workshop please let it be this guideline – it's amazing!
Workshop briefing: Year 2 and 3 — Create a series of postcards (minimum 8) and a ‘making of’ documentation in form of a poster, brochure, leaflet or fanzine (postcard-sized when folded). Additional assignment for year 3 (and voluntarily for super-speedy year 2 students who like an extra challenge): Please also also create a packaging solution for your postcard set and documentation (for example a banderole, envelope, slipcase, box,...).
___ Do come prepared! Please read the complete brief and think about it before the workshop. Please also check out the links at the end of the brief – and the books if you can. What do you enjoy doing? What challenge would you like to take on for this workshop? Please prepare a 5min presentation
DAY 1 ASSIGNMENT—FL@33 WORKSHOP DAY 1
THE POWER OF THREE: HEAD
Concept generation. Power of Three. Seek discomfort. Document your process and progress.
Please refer to list of recommended movie clips, links and most importantly – the books.
THREE POSSIBLE STARTING POINTS
To help you get started please select the following three elements:
— one personal everyday observation,
— one personal everyday object and also
— something you collect or are fascinated by / passionate about.
After your 5 minute presentation we will together work, combine and develop your ideas and starting points on day one. We will also discuss which documenation format might suit you best and I will bring paper folding examples for you to look at before you decide what you want to do.
___ Think creatively in the meantime whether or not these three suggested starting points are useful for you and if so whether they could be combined in a philosophical or concrete fashion. In any case please use wit, humour and/or appropriate aesthetics to tackle this project. Challenge yourself and experiment. Please let your style and personality shine through.
___ Most importantly: do NOT be boring and do NOT ‘play it safe’. Use the opportunity to dive in and challenge yourself!
___ It will be up to you to translate your choice into a fascinating, communicative and overall appealing presentation while keeping the Power of Three in mind.
DAY 2 ASSIGNMENT—FL@33 WORKSHOP DAY 2
THE POWER OF THREE: HEART
Embrace failure. Add some heart. Document your process and progress.
___ Please try to embed more emotion and personality in your project.
___ You may start experimenting with actual production already – but only when you are ready with concept generation and you are satisfied with your level of authorship.
DAY 3 ASSIGNMENT—FL@33 WORKSHOP DAY 3
THE POWER OF THREE: HAND
Make. Create. Build. Experiment. Discover. Experiment more. Fail and experiment even more. Don’t forget to document your process and progress.
___ If you did not start already please do now begin to experiment and fine-tune your vision while developing the actual piece. There is still time for U-turns, changes and tweaks.
DAY 4 ASSIGNMENT—FL@33 WORKSHOP DAY 4
THE POWER OF THREE
Make it a success now, it’s time. Wrap it up and do continue to document your process and progress.
___ Decide how important the documentation will likely be in your final presentation. Sometimes making-ofs end up being a core-element in projects. Compromise or don’t – but find a way today to make your project a success for tomorrow’s exhibition and presentation.
___ Double and triple-check whether you achieved an acceptable balance between intellect, emotion and skills. If not – adjust, tweak and modify accordingly.
___ Some of you will be selected to present their workshop results. Please do therefore all work on a well-prepared 2–4min verbal presentation for tomorrow that showcases your workshop experience by presenting your documentation and your final piece.
Please ensure to address the following points in your presentation:
— What was your starting point?
— Explain your process and how you challenged yourself.
— What was the most frustrating aspect of your project and what was the most satisfying one?
— Where there any ‘happy accidents’?
DAY 4 ASSIGNMENT—FL@33 WORKSHOP DAY 5
EXHIBITION AND FINAL CRITS
Apologies that not all of you will have time to present today. Come prepared. Students will be picked on the day.
Good luck and thank you!
Enjoy! 8)
PLEASE WATCH
—
Learn From Failure by Tim Brown (CEO, IDEO), 1:39
—
On the Fear of Failure by Milton Glaser, 7:26
—
Seek Discomfort by Stefan Sagmeister, 0:55
exhibit from Sagmeister’s The Happy Show exhibition. The exhibition forms part of the research for The Happy Film by Stefan Sagmeister
BOOK RECOMMENDATION
—
Parfaites imperfections by Erik Kessels
(French translation)
A copy is available at the college. Please ask Matthieu Renard. Please read it and give it to the next student.
—
Amazon France 9.95 €
—
Librairie Mollat 9,95 €
—
Failed It! by Erik Kessels
(Original English version)
£ 6.95
—
Postcard / Cartes Postales by FL@33
LINKS
—
FL@33
http://flat33.com
A few of the many varyingly complex FL@33 examples of mundane observations and objects that turned into the stars of a project:
—
Trans-form (many different observations of tower cranes)
—
8min 20sec (observation, technique, set of rules that can be applied to different footage).
—
Bzzzpeek.com (currently still requires Flash plugin –new version hopefully in the near future...)
—
Picture hook faces (more)
—
Shadows
—
Singing Pasta
—
Chinface animation
—
Autobahn custom typeface
...
Daniel Eatock
—
eatock.com
Examples (but please do check out his portfolio in more detail)
eatock.com/participate/lens-touch/
—
eatock.com/project/camera-straps
—
eatock.com/participate/no-photo
—
eatock.com/project/trees
—
eatock.com/projects/closed-loops
...
some of Daniel Eatock’s postcard-related projects:
Back Formations, Back Compositions and Postcards 2
PICTURE CREDITS
Some of the group pictures and some of the pictures of the exhibits were taken by ECV's Lucie Courant, others by Tomi Vollauschek. Some students took additional photos of their own project.
Additional pictures and slideshows will be added to this page as students send us more footage of individual workshop results. There may also be updates and corrections to the list of participating students.
February 16th, 2018
FL@33 workshops in France: another week with the super-talented students from ECV Bordeaux comes to an end with an exhibition and presentations. Thank you very much once again for your enthusiasm and a great time in Bordeaux! Back to London now... See documentation here. [EDU+]
February 5th, 2018
FL@33 design residency 2018 – Tomi Vollauschek, co-founder of FL@33 and Stereohype will head back to Bordeaux (France's department 33) to run another two five-day-masterclass-workshops next week at ECV Bordeaux – École de communication visuelle. The workshops will cover aspects of design thinking, design process and design philosophy and aim to inspire students to develop their own strong voice through experimentation and personal projects. See documentation 2017 here. A workshop 2018 documentation will of course get a dedicated page here at flat33.com afterwards. This starman stop/go sign picture was taken in Bordeaux last year. [EDU+]
April 19th, 2017
A whole bunch of super-nice graphic design students from ECV Bordeaux came to visit us at FL@33 / Stereohype HQ in London. Gifts were exchanged and stories were shared. We posted a few more snapshots over on our Facebook page.
___ Beautiful posters on that wall you think? Jump straight to our very own Agathe Jacquillat's Balloon Prints project page here at flat33.com. [EDU+]
March 3rd, 2017
A week with the super-talented students from ECV Bordeaux comes to an end with an exhibition and presentations. Thank you very much for your enthusiasm and a great time in Bordeaux! Back to London now... See documentation here. [EDU+]
February 27th, 2017
Evening lecture by FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek talking about FL@33 and Stereohype activities, experiences, tips and tricks. The talk forms part of a 5-day FL@33 design residency at ECV Bordeaux also including two FL@33 master class workshops and a surprise raffle / tombola after the talk. [EDU+]
EXHIBITIONS | LECTURES | WORKSHOPS | COURSES | EVENTS | FAIRS | SCREENINGS
ECV Bordeaux, design residency 2017 – FL@33 workshops and lecture, Tomi Vollauschek, co-founder of FL@33 and Stereohype, was visiting lecturer at École de Communication Visuelle (ECV Bordeaux) / School of Visual Communication as part of a 5-day design residency involving two master class workshops and a FL@33 evening lecture on February 27th, about the design studio's and graphic art label's work. ECV Bordeaux, France, 27 February – 3 March 2017
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FL@33 GOES FRANCE – WORKSHOPS AND LECTURE
Kindly invited by ECV Bordeaux's Matthieu Renard – FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek was designer in residence at ECV Bordeaux's Visual Communication department. Apart from two 5-day master class workshops Tomi also gave an evening lecture on FL@33's work and the studio's activities for their graphic art label Stereohype.
___ Both master class workshops were entitled Personal Projects and the Power of Three – although year four and year five students had slightly varying briefs regarding the final medium choices.
WORKSHOP
Workshop title: Personal Projects and the Power of Three. Aim: This evolving FL@33 workshop was developed to encourage experimentation, appreciation of process, embracing failure and provoke ‘happy accidents’. The workshop aims to help students find their voice and add more personality and emotion to their work as graphic designers and visual communicators.
___ This 5-day experience encourages students to develop a sense of authorship and create – and most importantly continue to create – their own self-initiated projects, even after their graduation and into their professional lives.
___ Students are asked to take the opportunity to continue to develop ideas, work on footage and collections that were already started, while others are helped to develop starting points and ideas that are close to their heart.
___ Participating students: Year 4—Mélanie Beguier, Aurelie Bensoussan, Mathilde Brenier, Valentine Cameleyre, Emeline Caro, Manon Cassagne, Oceane Darroux, Camille Daumas, Corentine de Kerdrel, Agathe de Roquefeuil, Leane Degas, Gabriel Fellous, Margaux Hue, Ophélie Joussain, Paul Meneau, Morgane Mestrallet Marechal, Manon Roussely and Matteo Zanni. Year 5—Laurie Bouet, Marie Burkel, Emilie Chabridon, Léa Couès, Chloe D’Eimar de Jabrun, Benedicte Dupont, Damien Gaulin, Clarisse Grosset, Claire Lambert, Lea Marque, Pauline Mathiot, Celia Mindren, Jade Riemens, Manon Sandeau, Sophie Tempier and Laura Vandenbroucke.
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FL@33 Workshop 1 – Year 4 ((Year 5 brief variants in double-brackets)): Personal Projects and the Power of Three. ECV Bordeaux, 27 February–3 March 2017, Monday–Thursday, 9:00–13:00 ((14:00–18:00)), Friday morning ((afternoon)), workshop exhibition and presentation. Recommended links, videos and book: please see [end of] of this brief. PLEASE ALSO NOTE: FL@33 lecture and tombola / raffle (at the end of the talk), Monday evening, 27 February 2017, 18:30–approximately 20:00+.
___ Portfolio sessions – discussing your work and life after college. I suggested to offer you the opportunity to discuss students’ work, application do’s and don’ts and/or life after college. We only have approximately one hour per day for this however – if you are interested – so please do try to organise as a group and prepare your questions and presentations accordingly. Tuesday–Thursday evening, 28 February–2 March 2017, 18:15–19:15
AIM: This evolving FL@33 workshop was developed to encourage experimentation, appreciation of process, embracing failure and provoke ‘happy accidents’. The workshop aims to help students find a voice and add more personality and emotion to their work as graphic designers and visual communicators.
___ This 5-day experience encourages students to develop a sense of authorship and create – and most importantly continue to create – their own self-initiated projects, even after their graduation and into their professional lives.
___ Students are asked to take the opportunity to continue to develop ideas, work on footage and collections that were already started, while others are helped to develop starting points and ideas that are close to their heart.
Head / Heart / Hand – What is the ‘power of three’? Agathe and I studied at the Royal College of Art (RCA) in London. During our studies we first heard Jon Wozencroft mention the Power of Three guideline in a private conversation before one of his Sound Seminars we used to have there every week. This Power of Three was to become – not a rule or a philosophy – but a guideline how FL@33 has been trying since to operate and produce projects. The idea behind the Power of Three is that head, heart and hand – intellect, emotion and skills – are present in equal measures.
___ It was only years later that we learned that the original quote was by Professor Richard Guyatt (1914–2007) who was a British designer, academic and rector at the RCA between 1978 and 1981. Guyatt's timeless vision was that every graphic designer should have a balance of head, heart and hand in his/her work as thematic starting points.
___ If there is only one thing you take with you from this workshop please let it be this guideline – it's amazing!
Workshop 1—YEAR 4: — combination 1A: Poster / folded documentation brochure / leaflet / fanzine, 1 sheet of paper, vice versa — combination 1B: Poster / (possibly perforated) postcard set or — combination 1C: Poster / Documentation poster, 1 sheet of paper, vice versa
((Workshop 2—YEAR 5: A combination of two things: a final piece and a project docu-mention. Please choose an appropriate 2D, 3D or 4D medium for your final piece (it must look intriguing and well-crafted) PLUS a documentation brochure, leaflet or fanzine. Medium and technique can include illustration, photography, typography, video, animation, interaction, 3D installation, sound, collage, data visualisation and/or any combination. For your portfolio please ensure that the process documentation also shows at least one photo or visualisation of the FINAL PIECE – especially if it’s a video or installation and not already 2D!))
DAY 1 ASSIGNMENT—FL@33 WORKSHOP DAY 1
THE POWER OF THREE: HEAD
Concept generation. Power of Three. Seek discomfort.
Document your process and progress.
Come prepared.
Please refer to list of recommended movie clips, links and most importantly – the book.
THREE POSSIBLE STARTING POINTS
To help you get started please select the following three elements:
— one personal everyday observation,
— one personal everyday object and also
— something you collect and/or are fascinated by and passionate about
Year 4: We will together work, combine and develop your ideas and starting points on day one. We will also discuss which poster combination might suit you best and I will bring examples and folding samples of poster combinations for you to look at before you decide what you want to do.
((Year 5: We will together work, combine and develop your ideas and starting points on day one. We will also discuss which medium might be the most appropriate, intriguing, challenging and fun choice for you.))
Think creatively in the meantime whether or not these three starting points could be combined in a philosophical or concrete fashion. Use wit, humour and/or appropriate aesthetics to tackle this project. Please let your style and personality shine through.
Bring items (or pictures of them) along to discuss. Most importantly: do NOT be boring and do NOT ‘play it safe’. Use the opportunity to dive in and challenge yourself!
___ It will be up to you to translate your choice into a fascinating, communicative and overall appealing presentation while keeping the Power of Three in mind.
((Year 5: PLEASE NOTE: Please do NOT present on screen but print your project or find another appropriate method. Unless you create specifically for a screen-based project nothing is allowed to be presented on screen that doesn’t belong there. For the final presentation please only use a computer screen, smartphone or tablet screen to present if this is the most appropriate medium for your idea. You will be asked to justify your choice(s). Please discuss beforehand if in doubt.))
DAY 2 ASSIGNMENT—FL@33 WORKSHOP DAY 2
THE POWER OF THREE: HEART
Embrace failure. Add some heart. Document your process and progress.
___ Please try to embed more emotion and personality in your project.
___ You may start experimenting with actual production already – but only when you are ready with concept generation and you are satisfied with your level of authorship.
DAY 3 ASSIGNMENT—FL@33 WORKSHOP DAY 3
THE POWER OF THREE: HAND
Make. Create. Build. Experiment. Discover. Experiment more. Fail and experiment even more. Don’t forget to document your process and progress.
___ If you did not start already please do now begin to experiment and fine-tune your vision while developing the actual piece. There is still time for U-turns, changes and tweaks.
DAY 4 ASSIGNMENT—FL@33 WORKSHOP DAY 4
THE POWER OF THREE
Make it a success now, it’s time. Wrap it up and do continue to document your process and progress.
___ Decide how important the documentation will likely be in your final presentation. Sometimes making-ofs end up being a core-element in projects. Compromise or don’t – but find a way today to make your project a success for tomorrow’s presentation.
___ Double and triple-check whether you achieved an acceptable balance between intellect, emotion and skills. If not – adjust, tweak and modify accordingly.
___ Work on a well-prepared 2–4min presentation for tomorrow that showcases your workshop experience by presenting your documentation and your final piece.
Please also ensure to address the following points in your presentation:
— What was your starting point?
— Explain your process and how you challenged yourself?
— What was the most frustrating aspect of your project and what was the most satisfying one?
— Where there any ‘happy accidents’?
DAY 5 ASSIGNMENT—FL@33 WORKSHOP DAY 5
EXHIBITION AND FINAL CRITS
Good luck and thank you!
Enjoy! 8)
PLEASE WATCH
Milton Glaser – on the fear of failure (7:26)
Seek Discomfort by Stefan Sagmeister, exhibit from Sagmeister’s The Happy Show exhibition (0:55). The exhibition forms part of the research for The Happy Film by Stefan Sagmeister (out soon, currently already touring film festivals before its finally being released).
BOOK RECOMMENDATION
Parfaites imperfections
by Erik Kessels
(French translation)
A copy is available at the college. Please read it and give it to the next student.
Failed It!
by Erik Kessels
(Original English version)
LINKS
FL@33
http://flat33.com
A few of the many varyingly complex FL@33 examples of mundane observations and objects that turned into the stars of a project:
Trans-form (many different observations of tower cranes)
more
8min 20sec (observation, technique, set of rules that can be applied to different footage).
more
Bzzzpeek.com (currently still requires Flash plugin – new version hopefully in the near future...)
Picture hook faces
more
Shadows
Singing Pasta
Chinface animation
#Sky and U-turns
Autobahn custom typeface
...
Daniel Eatock
eatock.com
Examples (but please do check out his portfolio in more detail)
eatock.com/participate/lens-touch/
eatock.com/project/camera-straps
eatock.com/participate/no-photo
eatock.com/project/trees
eatock.com/projects/closed-loops
...
PICTURE CREDITS
Pictures of the talk were taken by Matthieu Renard. Individual work in progress shots are by respective students themselves. The photograph of a Scottish man in kilt that features on Valentine Cameleyre's poster/brochure was taken by her collaborator Marie Martinez. One of the posters features fan art of Netflix show Stranger Things.
November 30th, 2016
It's official: FL@33 goes France: ECV Bordeaux, design residency 2017 – FL@33 workshops and lecture, Tomi Vollauschek, co-founder of FL@33 and Stereohype, to be visiting lecturer at ECV Bordeaux, École de Communication Visuelle / School of Visual Communication – involving two 4-day morning / afternoon Master class workshops for year 4 and year 5 / final year students and an evening lecture on February 27th, about the design studio's and graphic art label's work. ECV Bordeaux, France, 27 February – 3 March 2017. More info. [EDU+]
June 28th, 2016
Following the design residency by FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek at ECV Lille – École de Communication Visuelle – earlier this year, Tomi had the honour to be invited back to France for a few days to be part of their international jury panel for the graduation projects of ECV Lille's Master class of Graphic Design. Bravo to all fresh new Mastères Design Graphique! [EDU+]
April 15th, 2016
FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek is heading back to London tonight after an exciting week as designer in residence at the ECV Lille, France, where he ran a 4-day workshop and gave an evening lecture. See a documentation here. [EDU+]
April 12th, 2016
FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek will give an evening lecture for students of ECV Lille as part of his design residency at the French college this week. A raffle / tombola with FL@33 and Stereohype books, T-shirts and badges should make sure students listen and stay until the very end... 8) [EDU+]
EXHIBITIONS | LECTURES | WORKSHOPS | COURSES | EVENTS | FAIRS | SCREENINGS
FL@33's ECV Lille residency 2016 – workshop and lecture, Tomi Vollauschek, co-founder of FL@33 and Stereohype, was visiting lecturer at École de Communication Visuelle (ECV Lille) / School of Visual Communication – involving a 4-day workshop and evening lecture on April 13th, about the design studio's and graphic art label's work. ECV Nord Europe, Lille, France, 12–15 April 2016
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FL@33 GOES FRANCE – WORKSHOP AND LECTURE
Kindly invited by FL@33 collaborator Sébastien Delobel of design studio Atelier télescopique, who also teaches Typography at the college – FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek was designer in residence at ECV Lille's Visual Communication department. Apart from the workshop Tomi also gave an evening lecture on FL@33's work and the studio's activities for their graphic art label Stereohype.
___ The workshop was entitled Everyday Observation and the Power of Three.
WORKSHOP
Workshop title: Everyday Observation and the Power of Three. Aim: Contrary to a previous FL@33 workshop brief this assignment was developed to be particularly free and risky. It was only a beginning as opposed to working towards a glossy and and somewhat 'safe' presentation at the end of the workshop. Instead, it was about encouraging process, experimentation and embracing failure. The workshop aimed to help students find a voice and add more personality and emotion to their work as graphic designers and visual communicators.
___ This 4-day experience encouraged the students to create and most importantly continue to create their own self-initiated projects – even after their graduation and into their professional lives.
___ Some students took the opportunity to continue to develop ideas, work on footage and collections that were already started, while others were helped to develop starting points and ideas that were close to their heart. Participating students: Tiphaine Nihouarn, Antoine Veronneau, Antoine Doublet, Hanggi Merwanto, Egon Swaels, Clémentine Le Gall, Claire Hovine, Antonin Breton, Sophie Dufour, Marine Bravo, Laure-Anaïs Michelot, François Devambez, Edouard Spriet and Morgane Lambert.
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FL@33 Workshop: ECV Lille, 12–15 April 2016. Workshop theme: Everyday Observation and the Power of Three
___ Head / Heart / Hand: Agathe and I studied at the Royal College of Art (RCA) in London. During our studies we first heard Jon Wozencroft mention the Power of Three guideline in a private conversation before one of his Sound Seminars we used to have there every week. This Power of Three was to become – not a rule or a philosophy – but a guideline how FL@33 has been trying since to operate and produce projects. The idea behind the Power of Three is that head, heart and hand – intellect, emotion and skills – are present in equal measures. It was only years later that we learned that the original quote was by Professor Richard Guyatt (1914–2007) who was a British designer, academic and rector at the RCA between 1978 and 1981. Guyatt's timeless vision was that every graphic designer should have a balance of head, heart and hand in his/her work as thematic starting points. If there is only one thing you take with you from this workshop please let it be this guideline – it's amazing!
___ This workshop is encouraging you to add personality and emotion to your hopefully already skillful and thoughtful work as graphic designers and visual communicators. It also encourages you to create or continue to create your own self-initiated projects – even after your graduation.
___ Please turn an everyday observation of your choice into an appealing presentation while keeping the Power of Three in mind. This can be tackled by using illustration, photography, typography, video, animation, interaction, 2D or 3D installation, sound, collage, data visualisation and/or any combination of these.
___ In terms of medium – please find the most appropriate means to present your idea(s) (2D, 3D and/or 4D).
___ Very important: please do document your process, keep your sketches, take snapshots of intermediate work in progress moments. Ask fellow students to take pictures of you with your hands dirty. Document! Sometimes the documentation turns out more intriguing than the final outcome.
___ A few of the many varyingly complex FL@33 examples of mundane observations and objects that turned into the stars of a project:
Trans-form (many different observations of tower cranes)
more
8min 20sec (observation, technique, set of rules that can be applied to different footage).
more
Bzzzpeek.com (currently still requires Flash plugin – new version hopefully in the near future...)
Picture hook faces
more
Shadows
Singing Pasta
Chinface animation
#Sky and U-turns
...
PICTURE CREDITS
Pictures of the talk are by Anne-Marie Porreca.
February 23rd, 2016
Just confirmed: FL@33 goes France – Tomi Vollauschek's ECV Lille residency lecture and workshop: Tomi Vollauschek (FL@33 and Stereohype) to run 4-day workshop and give lecture at ECV – Creative Schools & Community, Lille, France, 12–15 April 2016. Lecture: 13 April 2016. More info about this and other talks and exhibitions. [EDU+]
May 22nd, 2013
FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek's public High Noon Special lecture. Tonight at Hochschule Darmstadt (h_da), Faculty of Design, Darmstadt, Germany, 6pm. More info. [EDU+]
April 10th, 2013
Official poster just in: FL@33 goes Germany — Tomi Vollauschek, co-founder of FL@33 and Stereohype, will give a talk at his old college, Hochschule Darmstadt (h_da), Fachbereich Gestaltung (formerly known as FH Darmstadt), University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Design, where Tomi graduated in 1998 before permanently moving to London in 1999 where he obtained a Master of Arts at the Royal College of Art in 2001. High Noon Special, Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 6pm / 18:00 Uhr (duration approx. 1h plus 30min Q&A). Location: Mathildenhöhe, Olbrichweg 10, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany. More info. [EDU+]
EXHIBITIONS | LECTURES | WORKSHOPS | COURSES | EVENTS | FAIRS | SCREENINGS
High Noon Special #33 – public FL@33 lecture, FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek gave a talk at Hochschule Darmstadt (h_da), Fachbereich Gestaltung (formerly known as FH Darmstadt), University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Design, as part of their High Noon (Special) lecture series. High Noon Special #33 (ha! – we did it again): Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 6pm / 18:00 Uhr (duration approx. 1h plus 30min Q&A). Location: HDA, FBG, Mathildenhöhe, Olbrichweg 10, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany
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FL@33 GOES GERMANY – PUBLIC LECTURE
Tomi Vollauschek, co-founder of FL@33 and Stereohype, gave a talk at his old college, Hochschule Darmstadt (h_da), Fachbereich Gestaltung (formerly known as FH Darmstadt), University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Design, where Tomi graduated in 1998 in Kommunikations-Design, before moving to London in 1999 where he obtained a Master of Arts at the Royal College of Art in Communication Art and Design in 2001. Kindly invited by Frank Philippin, Professor at the faculty, who also co-curates the lecture series.
___ High Noon Special #33, Wednesday, 22 May 2013, 6pm / 18:00 Uhr (duration approx. 1h plus 30min Q&A). Location: Mathildenhöhe, Olbrichweg 10, 64287 Darmstadt, Germany.
___ It was a great occasion to meet old friends and we were all so happy that we all seem to have forgotten one thing – to take a few more decent pictures for the documentation...
HIGH NOON (SPECIAL) LECTURE SERIES
Two different kinds of lectures form part of this series – High Noon, 12 o’clock , ‘Lunchtime Talks’ and High Noon Specials – irregular evening talks.
POSTER DESIGN CREDITS
Shown here is the official lecture poster designed by communication design student Tom Richter.
March 13th, 2013
Public lecture by FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) tonight at 7pm, followed by a booksigning. Lecture title: ABCDimensional: an in-depth look at selected projects from The 3D Type Book. Location: MICA, Brown Center, Falvey Hall, 1301 W. Mount Royal Avenue, Baltimore, MD, USA.
[EDU+]
March 11th, 2013
Workshop day 1: of FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek designer in residence time at MICA, Baltimore, MD, USA. MFA ILP, first year Master Class in Illustration Practice 3D type surprise welcome. [EDU+]
EXHIBITIONS | LECTURES | WORKSHOPS | COURSES | EVENTS | FAIRS | SCREENINGS
FL@33's MICA residency 2013 – workshop and public lecture, FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek was designer in residence at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), March 9th–14th, 2013. With 3-day workshop and public lecture, March 13th at 7pm, followed by a booksigning. MICA, Brown Center, Falvey Hall, 1301 W. Mount Royal Avenue, Baltimore, MD, USA
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FL@33 GOES AMERICA – WORKSHOP AND PUBLIC LECTURE
Tomi Vollauschek FL@33 residency, March 9th–14th, 2013. Kindly invited by program director Whitney Sherman – FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek was designer in residence in the MFA in Illustration Practice program (MFA ILP) at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore, MD, USA. He gave a lecture based on FL@33's The 3D Type Book and ran a 3-day workshop inspired by FL@33's book Made & Sold.
___ The Made & Sold workshop was entitled Creating visuals for a product range.
___ The public lecture at MICA took place on Wednesday, March 13th at 7pm, followed by a booksigning. The lecture was called ABCDimensional: an in-depth look at selected projects from The 3D Type Book. Location: MICA, Brown Center, Falvey Hall, 1301 W. Mount Royal Avenue, Baltimore, MD, USA. Made possible through the support of the Mixed Media Lecture Series.
___ See MICA's official announcement in Juxtaposition magazine here.
WORKSHOP | WELCOME SURPRISE
Also shown here (although created before the workshop): MICA MFA ILP, first year Master Class in Illustration Practice worked on a lovely surprise welcome – a big 3D type WILLKOMMEN.
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W — by Valeria Molinari
I — by Diyou Wu
L — by Lynn Chen
L — by Seo Kim
K — by Eduardo Corral
O — by Sarah Jacoby
M — by Stacey Montebello
M — by Valeria Molinari
E — by Kevin Valente
N — by Lisk Feng
MADE & SOLD WORKSHOP
Workshop title: Creating visuals for a product range. Aim: The aim of this workshop is to develop skills of thinking beyond the edges of a sheet of paper, to create variations of a theme and to feel encouraged to use different techniques and canvases for your artworks. Participating students, MICA MFA ILP, first year Master Class in Illustration Practice: Alexandra Citrin, Diyou Wu, Eduardo Corral, Joshua C Heinsz, Kevin Valente, Lisk Feng, Lynn Chen, Maily Degnan, Sarah Jacoby, Seo Kim, Stacey Montebello, Valeria Molinari.
___ Also shown here: workshop documentation including various work in progress snapshots, mock-ups and final pieces. Pictures shown with kind permission of the workshop participants.
MICA (MFA ILP) BUTTON BADGE SERIES
Twelve black and white button badge sets of four were released by Stereohype in July 2013. The 48 button badge gems were the result of the Made & Sold workshop day 2 assignment. The 48 button badge gems are available separately and as sets of four with Stereohype's swing-tag packaging.
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MADE & SOLD WORKSHOP DAY 1 (and possibly a bit of day 2) – ARTWORK FOR PRINT
Please select a piece from the book Made & Sold: Toys, T-Shirts, Prints, Zines and Other Stuff and try to find inspiration by your selection's concept, its form or the colour scheme.
___ Take this as a starting point to create your own piece – that must not obviously resemble your inspiration. It's about making it your own.
___ Please feel free to let your style and personality shine through.
___ Using at least four different colours please create a fairly detailed visual that you would be proud of seeing framed on your best friend's wall. This illustration should be planned for – at least – as a letter size reproduction (8.5in x 11in). Something that would make a beautiful limited edition...
___ How you get there is up to you.
___ If you happen to have a very detailed, time-consuming illustration-style you may want to start early to get your visual ready within one and a half days – while others may very well go through a series of experiments and sketches first – and go from there.
___ Final presentation: one single visual – inkjet/colour laser print or the original illustration. Any other printing techniques you may have access to are of course also fine.
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MADE & SOLD WORKSHOP DAY 2 – MODIFYING THE ARTWORK FOR BUTTON BADGE PIN SET
Once the main visual is ready (or rather as ready as you managed to get it) you are asked to make a set of 4 black and white, themed 1 inch (25mm) button badges based on your artwork.
The 4 button badges could feature meaningful and/or intriguing details and/or be a further abstraction of your artwork.
___ If you want to add a humorous, witty and/or narrative aspect to your series – now is a good a moment.
___ The reduction of colour will obviously affect how your initial artwork will be featured on the button badges.
___ The extremely small space available on a button badge (or 'mobile canvas' as we tend to call them sometimes) is a real challenge.
___ The resulting button badge designs should not be considered mere compromises however – but shine on their own – be stand-alone additions to the product range you are working on.
___ Please refer to the provided design template for guidance (attached). A Photoshop template can be downloaded here (please see 'Templates' halftone/greyscale 900dpi)
___ Final presentation should be a black and white print or the original illustration. A packaging for the button badge set is not required – but if you feel like creating one anyway – using aspects of your visual... Great. I brought a few samples with me to look at...
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MADE & SOLD WORKSHOP DAY 3 – MODIFYING THE ARTWORK FOR A FREE CHOICE PRODUCT
Choose material, printing technique and medium of your choice and decide which product should also carry a version of your artwork and complete your range (anything you want – ie T-shirt, Tote bag, etc).
___ Please visualize your concept by any means and present the product (or preview visuals of it) from at least two different angles. Please bear in mind that your artwork might very well have to be modified to suit your selected product.
___ Final presentation should be an inkjet/colour laser print or the original illustration.
NEWS
July 13th, 2012
FL@33 goes America – FL@33's MICA residency lecture and workshop confirmed: Tomi Vollauschek FL@33 residency, 9–14 March 2013. Kindly invited by Whitney Sherman – FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek is looking forward to be designer in residence in the MFA in Illustration Practice program (MFA ILP) at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore, MD, USA. He will give a lecture based on FL@33's The 3D Type Book and run a 3-day workshop inspired by FL@33's book Made & Sold. The public lecture at MICA will take place on March 13th at 7pm, with booksigning to follow.
More info.
April 27th, 2012
We posted 65 pictures on our Facebook page today of the CPH:typo*12 conference in Copenhagen earlier this month where FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek gave a talk among other speakers talking about three-dimensional typography. [EDU+]
EXHIBITIONS | LECTURES | WORKSHOPS | COURSES | EVENTS | FAIRS | SCREENINGS
CPH:typo*12 conference, FL@33 talk at Danmarks Medie- og Journalisthøjskole / Danish School of Media and Journalism, annual one-day type conference, FL@33’s Tomi Vollauschek, ABCDimensional: an in-depth look at selected projects from The 3D Type Book, Copenhagen, Denmark, 12 April 2012
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A FEW IMPRESSIONS
Collected pictures taken by FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek, other speakers and organisers – shown here with kind permission of Henrik Birkvig, Barbara Dechant and Autobahn.
___ Speakers: The 3D Type Book contributors Evelin Kasikov, Autobahn (Maarten Dullemeijer and Rob Stolte), Barbara Dechant (Buchstabenmuseum), Julie K. Andersen, Tomi Vollauschek (FL@33).
A FEW DANISH BITS
12. april afholdes en-dags-konferencen CPH:typo for 8. gang med en vifte af foredragsholdere under temaet: Det fysiske bogstav. Der fremstilles bogstaver i en lang række materialer og teknikker som aldrig før. Bogstavet er blevet frigjort fra papirets statiske kvalitet og skærmens kolde data. Designere har genopdaget de kvaliteter, der knytter sig til bogstaver, der kan røres ved og som eksisterer i tre dimensioner. Tilmeld dig og tank inspiration fra fem foredragsholdere på Emdrupvej i København.
___ Tank inspiration fra aktuel typo-trend. For ottende år i træk afholdes 1-dagskonferencen CPH:typo i år med inspirerende indlæg om en af de aktuelle trends i grafisk design: brugen af fysiske bogstaver som dele af designløsninger og visuel kommunikation.
___ Barbara Dechant driver sammen med Anja Schulze Buchstabenmuseum i Berlin. Hun vil fortælle historier om de tredimensionelle bogstavers liv. buchstabenmuseum.de
___ Tomi Vollauschek fortæller om en række cases beskrevet i bogen The 3D Type Book. flat33.com
___ Autobahn beskriver designløsninger og eksperimenter baseret på fremstilling af fysiske bogstaver. autobahn.nl
___ Evelin Kasikov fortæller om sit arbejde med at forene sy-teknik og grafisk design. evelinkasikov.com
___ Julie K Andersen fortæller om arbejdet med udstillingen Be my Valentine, bitch! med værker fremstillet med en række stoflige teknikker. inspirationlab.wordpress.com
April 12th, 2012
FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek is giving a talk today in Copenhagen at the CPH:typo*12 conference. [EDU+]
February 22nd, 2012
FL@33's Tomi Vollauschek will be giving a talk at this year's CPH:typo*12 conference in Copenhagen. The theme is 3D type and appropriately our talk is called ABCDimensional: an in-depth look at selected projects from The 3D Type Book. The one-day conference on April 12th is organised by Henrik Birkvig at the Danish School of Media and Journalism. The (Danish) info site is now live and tickets can be booked from today (((updated 2013: link was removed))). Speakers already confirmed include Barbara Dechant (Buchstabenmuseum, Berlin), Julie K. Andersen (Copenhagen), The 3D Type Book contributors Evelin Kasikov (London), Autobahn (Utrecht) and FL@33 of course. [EDU+]
