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April 2011

Third workshop @ pre-LGM

April 30th, 2011 · Tags: · · Comments Off on Third workshop @ pre-LGM

Spoon

April 29th, 2011 · Tags: · · · Comments Off on Spoon

“Go into the kitchen and open the first drawer you come to and the odds are you’ll find the wooden spoon that is used to stir soups and sauces. If this spoon is of a certain age you will see it no longer has its original shape. It has changed, as if a piece had […]

pre-LGM: famous people and digital patterns

April 22nd, 2011 · Tags: · · · Comments Off on pre-LGM: famous people and digital patterns

We are busy preparing pre-LGM activities (6-9 May) and happy to report that it looks like an exciting weekend already. As a way to warm up for the Libre Graphics Meeting, StudioXX will host a Digital Pattern Making workshop, a celebrity draw-off and an exhibition. ginger coons is gathering a ‘jury’ of designers, illustrators and […]

Asian Record, side B

April 21st, 2011 · Tags: · · · · Comments Off on Asian Record, side B

Monday Its akward, it’s unconfortable, but we want to put ourselves in a position of welcoming a happy accident, a trong ruì có may.

They will be back

April 18th, 2011 · Tags: · · Comments Off on They will be back

The Open Font Library promises to be back in time for the Libre Graphics Meeting 2011!

It Looks Like We Are Sending A Letter

April 15th, 2011 · Tags: · · · · · · Comments Off on It Looks Like We Are Sending A Letter

Brussels, April 15 @ 3:45 pm — stay tuned for full story in 2 weeks

Bauhaus meets F/LOSS

April 12th, 2011 · Tags: · · · 2 Comments

Taking it’s inspiration from the Bauhaus Vorkurs1, Xtine Burrough and Michael Mandiberg wrote Digital Foundations2, a textbook for teaching software to designers and artists. Their idea was to not just talk about which button to click, but to connect technical training to color theory and composition. After publisher New Riders had been convinced to apply […]

Asian record, side A

April 10th, 2011 · · 3 Comments

Saturday Our Open Design Weeks in Vietnam kicked off at the Spotted Cow where we went for social drinks. There we met mainly people from IT with programming backgrounds. We also got to know our new friends from Cambodia. This was our first encounter with an on-going theme of translation issues. We found it difficult […]

OSP Mexican branch

April 9th, 2011 · Tags: · · · Comments Off on OSP Mexican branch

Next Tuesday our co-worker Ivan Monroy Lopez relocates to Mexico City to set up the first Latin American branch of OSP. Using 10 hours of time difference in our advantage, we now can serve Free, Libre and Open Source design (almost) around the clock! If you want to join the Mexican revolution, please write to […]

Deadline extended :-)

April 3rd, 2011 · Tags: · Comments Off on Deadline extended :-)

Good news: You can submit your talk for the Libre Graphics Meeting in Montreal until April 20. It means you have exactly left to tell us what developers and designers gathering at LGM need to know about. See you soon in Montreal!

BXL (meanwhile)

April 3rd, 2011 · Tags: · Comments Off on BXL (meanwhile)

BXL -> HCMC

April 2nd, 2011 · · Comments Off on BXL -> HCMC

After a long journey, we eventually arrived 24 hours later to Ho Chi Minh City: 17.00 here is 12.00 there. To honour the tradition, a group picture in front of our gigantic plane!

Bon Voyage OSP!

April 1st, 2011 · Tags: · · · · · · Comments Off on Bon Voyage OSP!

Today 5 OSPs travel to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, to participate in Open Design Week. Alex, John, Pierre, Pierre and Stéphanie will be touring through the Mekong Delta to meet up with local F/LOSS fans through workshops, presentations and an exhibition. The second week is reserved for an intense work session with the […]