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2007 Nyár / Summer — the lab’s first catalogue, powered by Magyar Telekom

Setup — naming & plans

Setup — naming & plans

Nevünk generált alternatívái

generated alternatives for our name

LabWords02.pde — 2007-08-14
// Lab name generator
// WWeb20 keywords partyl based on http://www.lightsphere.com/dev/web20.html

[POINCREVU BUDAPEST — [M]OST INNOVATIVE [C]REATIVE SPACE
TRIWHYSWE BUDAPEST — WHY NOT SWEAT MEDIA ALLIANCE
[M]AVINE BUDAPEST — [M]AKE VISIBLE [N]EW MEDIA ALLIANCE
MARECELIA BUDAPEST — MAKE RELAXED MEDIA CENTER
[P]OADAL BUDAPEST — [M]OST YOUNG [A]DVENTUROUS ALLIANCE
FWDTRY BUDAPEST — TRY RELAXED [NEW ME]DIA SPACE
[T]ESWE BUDAPEST — [T]EST SWEAT [F]UTURE POINT
TESERELA BUDAPEST — TEST SEXY [RESE]ARCH INITIATIVE
[…]ELAWORKS BUDAPEST — [T]EST AETHER [C]REATIVE LAB
TRYINAL BUDAPEST — TRY AGGRESSIVE INNOVATION ALLIANCE

Hi all, I am here from POINCREVU Budapest, a new media research center focusing on prototyping technologies with user participation, cultural values, locative stuff. Its a partnership lab with Telecom Hungary, so our best projects end up being rolled out to large audiences. Yes, we drink lots of latte.

press any key/mouse to generate

(Processing source code excerpts, verbatim fragments:)
PFont fontLarge; PFont fontSmall; PFont fontTitle;
int spacing = 40;
boolean firstRun = false;
String[] vowels = {"a", "e", … "o", "u", "y"};
String[] NContent = {"Urban", "New Media", "Media", "Locative", "Research", "Creative", "Tomorrow", "Future", … "Adventurous", "Idea", "Now", "Social", "Innovation"};
String[] NGeek = {"SHIFT", "ESC", "CMD", "ALT", "PXL", "CRT", "LOAD", "DND", "FWD", "HIVE", "NET", "DEV"};
String[] NVerb = {"Try", "Make", "Build", "Post", "Develop", "Why not", "Test"};
String[] NType = {"Lab", "Center", "Initiative", "Alliance", "Institute", "Project", "space", "point"};
String[] NPlace = {"Budapest", "Bib", "BUD", "Pest", "HU", "BIBL"};
String[] NAdjective = {"Young", "Playful", "innovative", "cool", "cult", "smart", "streetsmart", "funny", "geek", "tech", "street", "aggressive", "relaxed", "refreshing", "visible", "spectacular", "aether", "ozone", "anti-WTO", "marxist", "punk", "anti-elitist", "jam"};
String[] NWeb20Start = {"Centi", … "Kay", "Kwi", "La", "Lee", "Mee", "Mi", … "Pixo", "Pla", "Qua", "Qui", "Rba", … "Tri", "Twi", "Tru", "Vi", … "Zoo"};
String[] NWeb20End = {"ba", "bla", "bu", "deo", "do", "du", "jo", "lia", "loo", "mba", "mbee", "mbo", "mbu", "mia", "la", "ndo", "ndu", "jam", "mix", "nti", "nu", "nix", "pe", "ta", "st", "va", "vi", "veo", "vu", "xo", "jo", "zz", "zzi", "zio", "zw", "opia", "kr", "works"};
String labName;
String[] LabnameList = new String[10000];
int NContentPos; int NGeekPos; int NVerbPos; int NTypePos; int NPlacePos; int NAdjectivePos;
void setup() { size(710, 400, P3D); colorMode(HSB, 100); //smooth(); background(102); fontLarge = loadFont("Zigge…"); fontSmall = loadFont("Ajuthaya-12.vlw"); fontTitle = loadFont("SynchroLET-66.vlw"); //textFont(fontLarge, 32); frameRate(200); allToUpperCase(); }
void draw() { //* if (!firstRun) { generatePositions(); generateName(); printLines(); firstRun = true; } //*/ /* println(frameCount); if (frameCount < 10000) { generatePositions(); generateName(); } else { saveFile(); println("done"); noLoop(); } */ }

full-bleed dark spread: pixel-font generated lab names in bright colors (POINCREVU, TRIWHYSWE, MAVINE, MARECELIA, POADAL, FWDTRY, TESWE, TESERELA, ELAWORKS, TRYINAL … BUDAPEST) with slogan lines and Processing source code (LabWords02.pde) interleaved

MIPOCOOLA BUDAPEST — POST COOL RESEARCH LAB
DESTININ BUDAPEST — DEVELOP STREETSMART INNOVATION INSTITUTE
POLAJO BUDAPEST — POST CULT IDEA LAB
LEEBUIRE BUDAPEST — BUILD AETHER RESEARCH INSTITUTE
GNDFU BUDAPEST — TEST ANTI-ELITIST FUTURE INITIATIVE
WHYMELA BUDAPEST — WHY NOT JAM [MEDIA LAB]
BUIINPOI BUDAPEST — BUILD INNOVATIVE MEDIA POINT
KAMAREUR BUDAPEST — MAKE RELAXED URBAN POINT
POGEEINI BUDAPEST — POST GEEK SOCIAL INITIATIVE
DEMODETE BUDAPEST — DEVELOP TECH [I]NITIATIVE

Hi all, I am here from MIPOCOOLA Budapest, a new media research center focusing on prototyping technologies with user participation, cultural values, locative stuff. Its a partnership lab with Telecom Hungary, so our best projects end up being rolled out to large audiences. Yes, we drink lots of latte.

press any key/mouse to generate

LabWords02.pde — 2007-08-14
(Processing source code continuation, verbatim fragments:)
if (random(10) > labName.length()){ labName += NType[NTypePos].charAt(0); labName += NType[NTypePos].charAt(1); if (checkIfVowel(NType[NTypePos].charAt(2))) labName += NType[NTypePos].charAt(3); }
if (random(10) > labName.length()){ labName += NWeb20End[int(random(NWeb20End.length))]; }
//println(labName.length());
labName += " Budapest";
//LabnameList[frameCount] = labName;
void saveFile(){ // now write the strings to a file, each on a separate line saveStrings("names.…"); }
void printLines() { background(20); int baseLine = 130; textFont(fontTitle, 66); randomFill(); text(labName, 10, 90); textFont(fontLarge, 32); fill(90); text(NVerb[NVerbPos] + … , 10, baseLine + spacing * 0); fill(10); text(NContent[NContentPos] + " " + NType[NTypePos], 10, baseLine + spacing * 1); fill(80); textFont(fontSmall, 10); text("Hi all, I am here from … research center", 10, 320); text("focusing on prototyping technologies with user participation.", 10, 335); text("cultural values, locative stuff. Its a partnership lab with", 10, 350); text("Telecom Hungary, so our best projects end up being rolled out", 10, 365); text("to large audiences. Yes, we drink lots of latte.", 10, 380); fill(80); text("press any key/mouse to generate", 10, …); }
void randomFill() { fill(random(100), 100, 100); }
boolean checkIfVowel(char …){ int q = 0; for (int i=0; i < vowels.length; i++){ if (vowels[i].charAt(…) … } if (q == 1) { return true; } else { return false; } }
void allToUpperCase() { for (int i = 0; i < NContent.length; i++){ NContent[i] = NContent[i].toUpperCase(); } for (int i = 0; i < NGeek.length; i++){ NGeek[i] = NGeek[i].toUpperCase(); } for (int i = 0; i < NType.length; i++){ NType[i] = NType[i].toUpperCase(); } for (int i = 0; i < NPlace.length; i++){ NPlace[i] = NPlace[i].toUpperCase(); } for (int i = 0; i < NAdjective.length; i++){ NAdjective[i] = NAdjective[i].toUpperCase(); } for (int i = 0; i < NVerb.length; i++){ NVerb[i] = NVerb[i].toUpperCase(); } for (int i = 0; i < NWeb20End.length; i++){ … } }

full-bleed dark spread continuation: ten more generated lab names in colored pixel fonts (MIPOCOOLA, DESTININ, POLAJO, LEEBUIRE, GNDFU, WHYMELA, BUIINPOI, KAMAREUR, POGEEINI, DEMODETE … BUDAPEST) over Processing code

Website terv

website plan

paper-prototype photo of the website plan: hand-drawn wireframes on post-its and cut-outs taped to paper; labeled sections 'Events' (calendar/iCal sketches), 'Network', 'Start Page' (with 'BUKI' lettering, Kitchen Budapest logo, BLOGS strip, Projects card, photo with speech-bubble puppet), 'Blogs View' (green pattern BLOG card, 'Latest' and 'Tags /topic author platform/' yellow notes), 'Projects' (pink wireframe cards), 'Hunglish widget' strip and 'A Project' heading; green marker pen and tape roll in shot
'Press' section of the paper website plan: green Press card, notes about press materials ('atlanet…, communication kit (sajtoanyag?…), emails (nagy kepek)…, sajtolista sign up'), pink post-it 'CALENDAR / UPCOMING EVENTS'
'About KiBu' section: green 'About Kitchen' card with contact notes, two blue post-its with sketched about/contact page layouts and 'EVENTS / CONTACT' arrows
left column continuation: colored site-map icon strips (People, Events, Research, Press, About Kitchen), notes 'search (site+google site), newsletter sign up, RSS', wireframes with 'APPLY NOW! BE A:' pink post-it, green KIBU sticker, red X marker cut, markers and scissors in shot
'People' section: browser wireframe with KUTATOK / ALL / MUNKATARSAK? / ALUMNI columns, 'APPLY NOW!' note, yellow arrow leading to 'a Researcher' page: black-and-white portrait photo with robot doodle, pink post-its 'PROJECTS TEAMS' and 'BLOG ENTRIES', green Kitchen Budapest business card of Adam Somlai-Fischer, CV note ('kep a nevhez a kontakt, projektlink, blog bejegyzesek, blog (histro french eszkozok, jelentkezz te is) uj cikk…?')

kiállítás

project / project / project / project / project / project
coordinating
contributing
researchers
shared / shared KIBU projects / shared

Budapest Media Kitchen (logo sketches, repeated)

MAKE THINGS MOVE
kiállítás
08.24–09.20
BUDAPEST MEDIA KITCHEN
Budapest IX.
Biblia köz 2-4.
www.budapestmediakitchen.hu

SOMLAI-FISCHER SZABO[LCS]
Budapest IX. Biblia köz 2-4.
T: 06 1 123 45[67]
M: 06 30 123 4567
E-mail: soml…@…hu
www.budapestmediakitchen.[hu]

logo identity sketches: 'Budapest Media Kitchen' wordmark variants with white/green dog-rat mascot in different weights and sizes
black ink doodle fragment bleeding in at left edge
organisation diagram on olive gradient: rows of small white-and-green human figures labeled 'researchers', white 'project' bubbles above connected by thick yellow-green 'coordinating' lines and dashed green 'contributing' lines, yellow boxes below 'shared / shared KIBU projects / shared'
photo of round mascot stickers (white, black, green variants) scattered over colorful toys, incl. a grinning devil toy head
'MAKE THINGS MOVE kiállítás 08.24–09.20' exhibition poster mock-up over an Arduino USB board and breadboard photo, with mascot, taped 'BUDAPEST MEDIA KITCHEN' label, address 'Budapest IX. Biblia köz 2-4. www.budapestmediakitchen.hu', plus a business-card mock-up of Somlai-Fischer Szabolcs at right edge

Restored from the original Kitchen Budapest project site — texts and images as published.