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

RELEARN: Libre Graphics Zomerschool

2013
De ontwerpcaravan Open Source Publishing nodigt u uit voor een zomers experiment met ontwerponderwijs - van 26 tot en met 30 augustus 2013 De meeste ontwerpstudenten brengen een laptop mee (...)

RELEARN: Libre Graphics Summer School

2013
The design caravan Open Source Publishing invites you for a design education experiment this summer "” from 26 until 30 August 2013 By and large, graphic design students bring a laptop to (...)

OSP Public Meet

2012
OSP (Open Source Publishing) is a graphic design collective that uses only Free, Libre and Open Source Software. At the first OSP Public Meet you are invited to finally discover 9000 km of (...)

PA/PER VIEW: Assembly

2011
For the annual art book fair PA/PER VIEW, Agency (Kobe Matthijs) speculates on the question: How to include book making in art practices? How are typeface designers, book binders, lay-outers, (...)

PA/PER VIEW: Verzameling

2011
Voor de jaarlijkse kunstboekenbeurs PA/PER VIEW presenteerde Agentschap (Kobe Matthijs) dingen die speculeren omtrent de vraag: Hoe kan het maken van boeken worden opgenomen binnen (...)

Territorial Practice

2010
A two day workshop on F/LOSS cartographic tactics Even if cartography is generally produced from a bird’s eye perspective, details cannot be drawn from a remote location; they must be (...)

OSP @ Open Design Week

2011
Vijf leden van het ontwerpcollectief OSP reisden naar Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam om deel te nemen aan Open Design Week. Van 3 tot 10 april toerden ze door de Mekong Delta om kennis te maken met (...)

OSP @ Open Design Week

2011
5 members of the design-collective OSP travel to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam to participate in Open Design Week. From 3-10 April they tour through the Mekong Delta to meet local F/LOSS fans (...)

Pratique territoriale

2010
Un atelier de deux jours sur les pratiques cartographiques Open Source à l’Israeli Center for Digital Art dans le cadre de la Conférence Internationale ’Open Sources versus Military Culture?’ (...)

OSP/Nancy@Make Art

2010
Le thème de l’édition 2010 du festival Make Art est ’in-between design’: redécouvrir la collaboration dans l’art digital. OSP fera une presentation et participera à l’exposition avec les (...)