April 29, 2011
Further Reading, OSP, Thoughts + ideas, Tools

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 chang…

January 31, 2011
Culture of work, History, Licenses, OSP, Thoughts + ideas, Tools

Hit any key to exit

Finally… How to choose and install four three new distributions Since announcing that it was time for a new adventure, colleagues and friends have advised me what to install and why (see notes below). In the last few weeks I tried to follow up on…

December 9, 2010
Live, OSP, Presentations, Thoughts + ideas, Workshops + teaching

Territorial practice

It’s hard to believe that we are back for more than three weeks from Tel Aviv, where we participated in Open Code Versus Military Culture? Aspects in Israel Digital Culture. It feels both close and very far away. Open Code Versus Military Culture…

November 6, 2010
in the news, make art, News, OSP, Thoughts + ideas

Infiltrating culture in a positive way

The opening talk therefore sounds like a manifest, asking to valorize Free Software, in order to “infiltrate culture in a positive way”. Pierre Marchand, member of the OSP collective, presenting a collaborative ornamental font, supports thi…

November 3, 2010
Free Software Community, News, OSP, Thoughts + ideas, Watch this thread

Stop competing, Start collaborating

Excellent post by Troy Sobotka explaining why designers should collaborate with Free Software projects and stop responding to contests: “We need a round table interaction where literature, art, design, philosophy, psychology, and sociology can be…

November 2, 2010
Design philosopy, Discussion, OSP, Texts, Thoughts + ideas, Tools

Time for a new adventure

Dear Ubuntu, A few weeks ago I needed to re-install my computer. Using the convenient Startup Disk Creator, I prepared a USB-stick with a fresh version of Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx, rebooted the computer and clicked ‘install’. While the Ubunt…

October 10, 2010
future, News, OSP, Thoughts + ideas

OSP-summit

Last Thursday and Friday OSP gathered in Heure-en-Famenne to discuss future plans and current projects. After almost 5 years of work we wanted to take a bit of time to look back and forward. We made several resolutions and decisions. Some will be alrea…

February 15, 2010
books, context, LaTex, News, OSP, Thoughts + ideas

TeX, Fata Morgana et une promesse

Les organisateurs du Prix Fernand Baudin nous ont demandé de répondre à trois questions concernant le livre, en vue d’intégrer les réponses dans le catalogue en préparation actuellement. Nos réponses sous forme d’extraits traduits en français du texte publié à la fin du livre. (Full version in English)
— Brèves explications du concept/déroulé du livre:
“Making Of” [...]

June 25, 2009
Berlin, calligraphy, DIN, letters, OSP, OSP-DIN, Texts, Thoughts + ideas, Type

Adjustment of a bone under the skin

Last LGM and its typographic excitements has brought the DIN – Das Ist Norm – Loch Ness project to the surface of the Saint Laurent river again in a discussion with Denis Jacquerye from Deja Vu. Back in Brussels, we meet Denis in the temporary OSP Studio at Rue de la Senne to begin to [...]