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Kushtrim Hamzaj
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Kushtrim Hamzaj

Hi there, I have divided my Portfolio into four chapters:
A) Teaching, B) Research, C) Practice, D) Consult

Feel free to have a look around :)

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Teaching

Workshop Machine Learning Typography

Responsive Variable Typography Workshop

⚫ Variable Fonts ⚫ Machine Learning
⚫ Workshop ⚫ Digital Typography

In June 2023 I had the opportunity to hold a workshop at the department of Typography and Type Design at Bauhaus University Weimar. The aim of the workshop was to introduce students to Machine Learning (ML) and in the process to give them a glimpse of what is possible to achieve when machine learning is intersected with variable font interpolations.

Design by other means in the digital age

⚫ Remix Theory ⚫ Appropriation
⚫ Workshop ⚫ Authorship

Non – Original Genius (Design by other means in the digital age) was a three-week long graphic design workshop I carried out at the University of Prishtina in Kosovo. It was supported by the Centre for International Migration and Development (CIM) as part of the ‚Diaspora Experts’ program. The aim of the workshop was to use my expertise and skills to enable students to, over the three weeks, become acquainted with emerging design theories of remix, appropriation and authorship.

Exploring UI Design within the Bauhaus Context

⚫ User Interface Design ⚫ Typography
⚫ Bauhaus Legacy ⚫ Creative AI

Two-week workshop at the Bauhaus Summer School in Weimar. Over the course of the workshop, we delved into the world of UI design, exploring the core principles of the Bauhaus movement and their relevance to today’s digital interfaces.

28. Kolloquium "Design Promoviert at UdK Berlin

⚫ Design Research ⚫ PhD Presentation
⚫ Academic Conference ⚫ Design Innovation

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to take part at the 28. Kolloquium "Design Promoviert" organised by @dgtf.de in @udkberlin and deliver a condensed presentation of my current PhD research.

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Research

AI in the realms of Typography and Design.

⚫ Variable Fonts ⚫ Machine Learning
⚫ Research ⚫ Online Platform

AITYDE is the online platform for exploring Artificial Intelligence in the realms of Typography and Design. This platform is born out my research framework at the Bauhaus University in Weimar exploring the interplay between typography, design, and artificial intelligence. It serves both as a journal and as a dynamic platform, fostering collaboration and innovation.

Glitches: Honor thy Error as a Hidden intention

⚫ Image manipulation ⚫ Experimental art
⚫ Creative error ⚫ Random deletion

Honor thy Error as a Hidden Intention is a research project that began with a spontaneous experiment of dragging and dropping an image into a text editor, which revealed a wild textual noise. A random section was deleted, the file was saved, reopened in a graphic program, revealing a completely surprising aesthetic to the picture‘s previous content.

What would Dieter Rams say?

⚫ Appropriation ⚫ Design Remix
⚫ Dieter Rams ⚫ Aesthetic Reinterpretation

In the class of Prof. Bernd Hennig, we were asked to appropriate, replicate and remix in creating our own compositions. I decided to remix some iconic Braun products and in the meantime reject functionalism, one of the key values proposed by Dieter Rams.

Poetcloud - Rethinking poetry in the digital age

⚫ Digital poetry ⚫ New media
⚫ Screen reading ⚫ Media research

Poetcloud is the result of a three-month long research for my master’s thesis project “Poetry in the new media – Rethinking poetry in the digital age”. My aim was to bring poetry to a new audience and to use the special capabilities of the digital devices along with digital typography to read poetry in a different way on the screen. It was supervised by Prof. Hermann W. Klöckner and Prof. Bernd Hennig.

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Practice

Let them Eat Work at Schnapsundidee Kreativfestival

⚫ Digital Typography ⚫ Animated posters
⚫ Kate Tempest ⚫ Counterculture poems

Performed as a part of Schnapsundidee Kreativfestival in Munich, Let Them Eat Work explored into the matter of productivity-fetishism and workaholism culture through 14 animated posters. Texts were inspired by the counterculture poems of Kate Tempest.

Poster designed at CAPTCHA Designfestival

⚫ Creative Coding ⚫ Generative Design
⚫ Design Festival ⚫ Exhibition

Poster designed to celebrate the 7th edition of @captchamannheim design festival. The Festival included an exhibition which took place @mannheimerkunstverein and included works inspired by the theme called “onwards”.

When You're Strange

⚫ Foreigner ⚫ Artistic Reflection
⚫ Self-Identity ⚫ Artistic Exploration

When you are strange" is an art project realised while studying in Dessau (2015–2017). What does it mean to be a stranger, and how this feeling can warp your perception of yourself and others. It was realized in the class of Prof. Lisa Stybor under the theme of “Foreigner, Stranger”.

Forgotten Utopia

⚫ Generative Design ⚫ Creative Coding
⚫ Digital Stamps ⚫ Unique compositions

These are a series of stamps inspired by a mural painted in Kosova during the years of socialist rule in Yugoslavia. Each version of the stamps is based on geometric shapes of the original artwork. I separated these shapes, duplicated, scaled and colorized them to create unique compositions.

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Consult

A Journey Through Four Years of Creative Collaboration

⚫ User Interface Design ⚫ User Experience Design
⚫ Design agencies ⚫ Collaborations

This project serves as a curated anthology showcasing my portfolio spanning four years (2018-2022), encompassing collaborations with diverse design agencies and start-ups. It encapsulates my journey within the design industry, offering a silent yet evocative narrative of my professional evolution.

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