While
looking for designers writing about their relation to tools, I
discovered the excellent William Morris
Archives, part
of the Marxist writers' Internet
Archive. To Morris, to own
his means of production, was the only way a designer/workman could find
back pleasure in work, and this in turn he …
Articles by Femke 
Play!
"It may well turn out that one of the most important effects of open source’s success will be to teach us that play is the most economically efficient mode of creative work." (Eric S. Raymond, postscript (2000) to The Cathedral and the Bazaar)
The Cathedral and the Bazaar is …
Creative License: Take as much as you want
Adobe's new Creative Suite is currently advertised with the slogan: Creative License - Take as much as you want. Terms and Conditions which apply when you submit a feature request or a bug report:
You agree that by submitting your Idea, you acknowledge and agree that any such Idea is nonconfidential …
OSP @ EU Info Day Culture
Looking for ways to fund an European project on Free Fonts... OSP participated in the Info Day on cultural grants, organised by the European Commission in Brussels.
November 7: PubliActie
PubliActie @ Boekenbeurs Antwerpen
Inspired
by the legacy of Cornelius
Kiliaan, inventor of
the first Dutch dictionary, Marthe van Dessel and Wendy van Wynsberghe
look for neologisms and definitions in search of a word. Using Free
Software and Free Licenses, the result will be an open source lexicon
taking into account …OSP @ Werkplaats Typografie
OSP visits Werkplaats Typografie in Arnhem (The Netherlands) to discuss a two-day workshop on Free Fonts with Anniek Brattinga and Karel Martens. http://www.werkplaatstypografie.org
November 3: OSP @ Integrated2007
On Saturday November 3, OSP will lecture at Integrated2007 "a new vital international design conference taking place in deSingel Antwerp":
"OSP takes you on a trip into the wonderful universe of Free Software. We will meet alien devices and extraterrestrial tools, previously unknown to the world of graphic design. We …
Mute: now available in Free Software
La Rentrée
View from Les Rencontres de Lure (Lurs, France)Welcome back! OSP is about to start a busy year, but before we begin... here a fresh take on the application of Open Source methodologies in design:
"An open source methodology could aid us in moving in this direction for it provides …
Inconsolata
One of our Rotterdam reporters made us notice Inconsolata, a monospaced font designed by Ghostscript maintainer Raph Levien. Levien offers an OTF version, plus 'raw' fontforge files on his webpage.
First and foremost, Inconsolata is a humanist sans design. I strove for the clarity and clean lines of Adrian Frutiger's …
