Open Source Publishing: Design tools for designers

Open Source Publishing was a graphic design research work-group that used only Free Software tools. Now it has grown into an independent project from Constant.

Closely affiliated with Constant, OSP was created in 2006 as an experimental project to test the possibilities and realities of doing graphic design using an expanding range of Free Software tools. Over time it has grown into a diverse collaborative practice. In 2013 OSP has become an association independent from Constant.

OSP is serious about testing the possibilities and limitations of Open Source software in a professional design environment, without expecting to find the same experience as the ones we are used to. In fact, OSP is interested in experimenting with everything that shows up in the cracks.


Related events

Open Course

2008
Présentation de Nicolas Malevé suivie d’une Print Party animée par les membres du collectif OpenSource Publishing avec gâteaux et polices de caractères. Ces activités prennent place dans Open (...)

Print Party 3: 19 easy steps to do a booklet

2006
It is possible to make and print a complete publication by the sole means of open source software. Harrisson and Femke Snelting give a presentation and performatively enlarge the 19 steps (...)

Open Course

2008
Presentatie van Nicolas Malevé gevolgd door een OSP Print Party met cakes en fonts. De activiteiten vonden plaats in het kader van Open Course, een project van Marc Wathieu.

Open Course

2008
Presentation by Nicolas Malevé followed by a Print Party, a perfomative lecture with cakes and typographies by the members of the collective OpenSource Publishing. This activity is part of Open (...)

Print Party 2: Digitales

2006
Van document tot publicatie: het traject van een tekst vanaf de opmaak tot het printen, uitsluitend onder vrije software. Deelne(e)m(st)ers aan Digitales konden de programma’s ontdekken en (...)

Print Party 2: Digitales

2006
From document to publication: the trajectory of a text up to its printing, and this by the sole means of open source software. Participants to Digitales discover the programs and are invited to (...)

Print Party 1: Printing-on-demand

2006
Deze Print Party werd georganiseerd in het kader van het onderzoeksproject Tomorrows’ Book, en bestond uit een opstelling waarin ter plekke publicaties met Open Source Software werden (...)

Print Party 1: Printing-on-demand

2006
This print party is organised in the framework of the research project Tomorrow’s Book. Ad hoc publications where produced while using Open Source Software. Constant member Harrisson, (...)

Free Operations

2007
Atelier dans lequel on travaille seulement avec des outils libres: – du contenu qui appartient au Domaine Public – de typos qui nous permettent de les changer et de les redistribuer – (...)

Free Operations

2007
Voor de Free Operations workshop werken we enkel met inhoud die deel uitmaakt van het Publiek Domein, met fonts die ons expliciet toelaten om eraan te sleutelen en opnieuw te distribueren. Dit (...)