codes

Word Lab

Ars Electronica (AT)

In times of digital communication, words are often only used as characters, codes or abbreviations. A mix of different languages is commonplace and linguistic trends emerge almost weekly.

Mutual Understanding

Thomas Grill (AT)

Two acoustic agents incarnated by large horn loudspeakers are incessantly exchanging acoustic codes. Based on models of human vocalization, they develop their vocabulary independently from a natural language. In their ongoing discourse, they follow a common goal: to optimize the beauty of their own vocal expression.

IC-Decoder

Wesley Lee Yang (BR)

For this year’s exhibitions graphic design, we not only wanted to develop attractive aesthetics but also to provide an appealing visual code that can be decoded in order to transmit information. It is with this in mind that the IC-Decoder was created: a ludic exploration of decoding potential information from visual patterns.