LightType

What

Posters and books are linked to defined spaces : paper sizes, the reading place. Interactive design can involve distant people and ideas. We can collect print materials, not really youtube videos, websites, tweets...
The cube's — a clearly defined space — perception is altered by LEDs used to create letters. The three dimensionals structure becomes a two dimensions reading space.

How

Everything said on Twitter about the festival, from people in Chaumont but also all over the world, is fetched. When a message is tweeted, the structure reacts to it and creates each letter of each word. They are all captured via a webcam and the message is then projected on the wall to create a virtual poster, in a new environment at another time.

Video

Video shot in Chaumont.

Photos

Who

François
Chay

François graduated from Les Gobelins (Paris) in 2009. He then went to Amsterdam to confront the print design world with Roosje Klap. He's now working in Paris as a freelance graphic & interactive designer. He's a proud member of the QSDQSD & Lab212 collectives.
http://www.francoischay.eu

Léo
Chéron

Léo also graduated from Les Gobelins (Paris) in 2009. He worked as an actionscript developer in several of the most famous french interactive agencies Megalo(s), Uzik, weareanonymous. His focus on creative coding gained him a bunch of FWA. He is also involved in photography (CRCR) and part of the QSDQSD collective.
http://www.mrgnou.net

Tobias
Muthésius

First working as a web-developer, Tobias more and more defines himself as an interactive installation designer. The bigger the machines, the bigger the fun.
He's one of the founding members of the Lab212 collective.
http://www.tobiasmuthesius.net

About

LightType is an installation designed for the 22nd International poster and graphic design festival of Chaumont.