Open source publishing: design tools for designers

• Type: Educational Publication
• Date: 2007

Authors

Pedro Amado (Author) FBAUP

Scientific classification

CORDIS: Humanities > Arts > Visual arts > Graphic arts

Associated Institutions

FBAUP - Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto

Other information

Resumo (PT): If the design thinking is correct, the tools should be irrelevant (Type) designer Pedro Amado is amongst many other things initiator of TypeForge, a website dedicated to the development of ‘collaborative type’ with open source tools. While working as design technician at FBAUP, he is about to finish a MA with a paper on collaborative methods for the creation of art and design projects. When I e-mailed him about open font design and how he sees that developing, he responded with a list of useful links, but also with: “Developing design teaching based on open source is one of my goals, because I think that is the future of education.” This text is based on the conversation about design, teaching and software that followed.

Abstract (EN): If the design thinking is correct, the tools should be irrelevant (Type) designer Pedro Amado is amongst many other things initiator of TypeForge, a website dedicated to the development of ‘collaborative type’ with open source tools. While working as design technician at FBAUP, he is about to finish a MA with a paper on collaborative methods for the creation of art and design projects. When I e-mailed him about open font design and how he sees that developing, he responded with a list of useful links, but also with: “Developing design teaching based on open source is one of my goals, because I think that is the future of education.” This text is based on the conversation about design, teaching and software that followed.

Language: Portuguese

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

Reference: Logotipo do Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto

No. of pages: 1