Live Coding: A User's Manual (Book Cover)
Joana Chicau
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Geographic location
United Kingdom
Year
2022
Description
The cover design is by Joana Chicau, who created a programming script to form different patterns using the font title. The script is published in the front cover and can be reused to generate further patterns. The font used was FT88 from the Degheest font family based on typeface by pioneering 20th-Century female type designer Ange Degheest. The project nurtures free (libre) and open source modes of production, sharing and caring in line with feminist values.
The book is published open access available at: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262544818/live-coding/
Acknowledgements
Font Design by Ange Degheest, Camille Depalle, Eugénie Bidaut, Luna Delabre, Mandy Elbé, May Jolivet, Oriane Charvieux, Benjamin Gomez, Justine Herbel, velvetyne.fr/fonts/degheest/
Biography
Joana Chicau is a designer and researcher — with a background in dance. She researches the intersection of the body with the designed and programmed environment, aiming at widening the ways in which digital sciences is presented and made accessible to the public. Her practice interweaves web programming with choreography — from the making of online platforms to performances and workshops. In parallel she co-organizes events involving collaborative algorithmic improvisation and discussions on digital equity and activism. Chicau is a lecturer and a PhD candidate at the Creative Institute at the University of the Arts London.