Project Proposal

What do you want to make?

For my Graduation Project I want to use the well-known concept of Modular Synthesis. Instead of working with sound, I want to translate the idea to the realm of print publishing. More precisely, I want to create physical modules that perform operations on text and images to create printed outcome.

Modular Synthesis

A modular synthesizer is an electronic instrument that generates electronic sounds. It consists of many different and independent modules that can be combined in any numbers of ways to create and manipulate the output. Each module performs a certain operation which can be controlled by adjustable components like switches, sliders and patch cables. The output of one module can be used as the input for another module. This allows for creative combinations, loops and unexpected outcome. For my project I understand a module as a small unit that provides a specific operation as well as an operation-specific physical interface.

Suzanne Channi

(Suzanne Channi and the Serge Modular Synthesizer)

Make Noise Erbe Verb Illustrated Manual

(Erbe Verb by Make Noise, Illustrated Manual)

Desktop Publishing (DTP)

The Technology of Desktop Publishing is commonly used to create printed matter and combines several hardware and software components:

Input devices like keyboard, camera or scanner to generate text and images
A personal computer with a Graphical User Interface (GUI) and WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) layout software to manipulate text and images
Control devices such as mouse, trackpad and keyboard for human-computer-interaction
A printer that produces typographical and pictorial outcome