Live Flower Type specimen

Flower Type

A living typographic herbarium.

Flower type

Resolving

Arrangement

Resolving

Condition

Open AirWind carries the typographic field

A flower composed entirely from fixed-width glyphs.

Specimen details

Composing specimen…

Flower Type is a living typographic herbarium. Typography becomes petals, stems and atmosphere. A finite alphabet gives rise to living forms, each seed a different expression of the same underlying code.

Algorithmic code opens a doorway back into nature. The work invites close attention to the variations that make each specimen distinct. Ownership leaves its mark, becoming part of the composition.

Material
Type & color
Identity
Persistent
Growth
Unfolding
Ownership
Leaves a mark

A garden of characters.

Ten seeds from Flower Type. Select a specimen to grow it in the preview above.

Three orange and cobalt Strelitzia heads rise at contrasting angles against black, with green foliage and fine typographic clouds.
Strelitzia at night01
A single magenta columbine with sharply divided plum folds, mint stem and pale blue marks on white.
Magenta columbine02
Coral geraniums and red flytraps with yellow centers, green stems, and a tall companion bloom on charcoal grey typographic paper.
Coral and red garden03
Three blue columbines of contrasting sizes with winged petals and long stems in a pale typographic atmosphere on white.
Cobalt columbines04
A varied bouquet of yellow, violet, coral and pink flowers above green stems, against a pale blue typographic field on ivory.
Yellow and violet bouquet05
Pale blue and cobalt mixed flower forms with coral accents and cyan stems against graphite grey.
Blue and coral bouquet06
Three blue Anthurium forms at different heights with slender stems and sparse leaves on pale blue paper.
Blue Anthurium07
Two pale blue cyclamen with swept upright petals, coral accents and slender cobalt stems, set against blue typographic clouds on ivory.
Blue cyclamen pair08
Two unequal foxglove stalks carry coral-pink tubular flowers with bright yellow mouths and violet edges above green stems on pale cream.
Foxglove columns09
A varied bouquet of yellow, orange, pink and violet flowers above green foliage on black.
Night bouquet10

Growth

Each Flower Type is a living score written in characters. Time unfolds its forms, revealing new rhythms and relationships within a single seed.

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One seed, unfolding through time.

Atlas

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Opening the field guide…