Shape Grammars is a study on generative shapes, asking: how can unique pieces be mass produced? Jannis Maroscheck designed and programmed 12 production systems that draw an unlimited number of individual graphic shapes. The result is a systematic catalog, a kind of dictionary of shapes, for browsing forms and their formulas. Accumulating 150.000 shapes, sorted from the strictly geometric to the organically free, the book is a useful manual for Designers, Architects and everybody working with shapes, showing the nature of infinite graphic variation through automated design.

Jannis Maroscheck is a German designer. He studied at the Faculty of Design Wuerzburg and the Tokyo University of the Arts. Working as an independent designer and consultant in the culture, technology and finance industry, he designs print, digital and spatial products. His research practice deals with automation processes in graphic design, form- and image synthesis. The publication Shape Grammars is sold worldwide.

Jannis Maroscheck is a German graphic designer. He studied at the Faculty of Design Würzburg and the Tokyo University of the Arts. He designs visual identities, print, digital and spatial products. His research practice deals with automation processes in graphic design, form- and image synthesis.