{"product_id":"45-symbols-clay-to-code","title":"45 Symbols—Clay to Code","description":"\u003cp\u003eHow can research findings, personal experiences, and complex ideas be translated into a concise visual identity?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e45 Symbols—Clay to Code\u003c\/em\u003e examines how emerging artists and designers develop systematic approaches to a visual language, inspired by one of the most enigmatic objects in media history: the 3,700-year-old, still-undeciphered Phaistos Disc, embossed with 45 distinct symbols. The works present a range from personal narratives to global themes and demonstrate how an original visual grammar can be constructed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver more than a decade, the internationally hosted design seminar series \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.45symbols.com\/symbols\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Phaistos Project—Forty-five Symbols\u003c\/a\u003e have evolved into a global community—driven by open calls, workshops, exhibitions, and risograph publications. This volume, \u003cem\u003e45 Symbols—Clay to Code\u003c\/em\u003e, brings together over 2,000 symbols as the result of this collaborative endeavor. It stands not only as a living archive of research inquiries but also as a testament to collective experimentation, bold visions, and the expression of intercultural dialogue.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe contributions are organized into five thematic fields:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eI. Traces of everyday life, material culture, and the domestic archive\u003cbr\u003eII. Planetary surfaces, landscape as archive, and the ecological memory of the Anthropocene\u003cbr\u003eIII. Politics of language, symbols of protest, and collective transformation\u003cbr\u003eIV. Cultural scripts, spiritual codes, and visual identity\u003cbr\u003eV. Speculative alphabets, linguistic flux, and future archives\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book aims to both inspire and provide hands-on methods for developing skills in visual storytelling, documentation, and reflection practice that foster authentic, systematic, and distinctive personal outcomes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSlanted Publishers is an internationally active publishing and media house founded by Lars Harmsen and Julia Kahl. They publish the award-winning print magazine Slanted, covering international developments in design and culture twice a year as well as other design-related projects and publications in the field of typography, contemporary art, and design.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Slanted","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57953325449480,"sku":null,"price":32.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1486\/2388\/files\/GUDBERG-NERGER_45-Symbols_Clay-to-Code_Slanted.png?v=1780754514","url":"https:\/\/gudbergnerger.com\/products\/45-symbols-clay-to-code","provider":"GUDBERG NERGER","version":"1.0","type":"link"}