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is a platform for parametric design in graphic design. It documents the work of students and teachers at the Department of Design at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW), who are investigating the significance of the system as a conceptual model and design method under the title “Parametric Design in Graphic Design.”

Design is less about intuitive, even ingenious “strokes of genius” and more about a holistic and rule-based (systemic and systematic) process of gaining knowledge and shaping form. It is becoming increasingly important to be able to design dynamic systems that both guide and inspire the design process.

Parametric design refers to this design in and of systems—with rules, their modes of operation, and systematic manipulability. The research project, led by Prof. Heike Grebin, is an integral part of teaching and aims to raise awareness of design as a performative process.

Play the System brings together selected study projects in which the system plays an important role as a design method – whether analog or digital. The works are created in a fruitful symbiosis of theory, design, and technology. Socially relevant issues and positions from philosophy, art, and avant-garde design from around 1900 to the present day are repeatedly discussed.

Play the System is an invitation to become aware of the systemic competence of graphic design and to gain the maturity to use the tools of digital design critically.

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pb6 Stilvorlagen #7 Respect

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The 7th session of the lecture series Stilvorlagen. Design and Society centers on the theme “respect.”
What does respect mean in visual communication? How do we engage with users and clients? When is design truly user-oriented—and when does it become self-indulgent? And how does our personal attitude shape the value we place on our own work?
Our guests Ralph Schraivogel, Heinrich Paravicini (Mutabor), Lutz Issler (systemantics), Catalogtree, Wigger Bierma, Walter Nikkels, and Cybu Richli & Fabienne Burri (2CF) discuss respect in both social and design contexts.
Each event is organized and accompanied by a student lecture group. This group is responsible for the conceptual and visual design of the preparation, workshops, posters, installation, interview, and lecture, which are all published as part of a joint publication.
The individual booklets of Stilvorlagen #7 are produced using the planographic printing process and hand-finished—assembled, folded, trimmed, and bound with a sewing machine—by the students themselves.