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Coding Systems is an explorative framework by Tim Rodenbröker and Martin Lorenz. Together, we explore the potential of Creative Coding for Flexible Visual Systems. Read more about how we work.

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Tim Rodenbröker is a design educator dedicated to building a community-based online school. His teaching focuses on Creative Coding, an experimental approach to understanding computation and a versatile tool for designing across a wide range of media formats. His primary interest is in exploring Creative Coding as a philosophical method for shaping a new way of thinking about digital technology, overcoming anxiety, fostering curiosity and critical thinking. He also writes essays and designs visual identities.

Tim has taught at a wide range of prestigious academic institutions, including Elisava (Barcelona), Glasgow School of Art, and ECAL (Geneva).

As a freelance creative technologist, he has worked for clients such as The New York Times, IBM, the University of Pennsylvania, and Slate + Ash.

Together with Martin Lorenz, he runs the design studio Coding Systems, which explores the synergies between flexible visual systems and code.

Tim is also part of the curatorial team of the Design in Motion Festival.

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Dr. Martin Lorenz (1977, Hanover, Germany) is the grandson, son, and nephew of teachers. His escape plan from this family tradition was to become a graphic designer. 

He graduated from the Graphic Design department at the Royal Academy of Art (KABK) of The Hague, Netherlands, after studying communication design at the University of Applied Sciences in Darmstadt, Germany. While founding the design Studio TwoPoints.Net with Lupi Asensio and raising two boys, he enrolled first in a Master’s Degree and later in a Ph.D. Degree at the University of Barcelona, Spain, writing a doctoral dissertation about flexible visual systems in communication design. 

Martin became a teacher in 2003. He has taught at dozens of European Universities since then. He currently teaches at the Bachelors and Masters Degree of Graphic Design of Elisava, Barcelona, and the Film Academy of Ludwigsburg. He is also the Conversational Design Lead at the Not-For-Profit organisation Dark Matter Labs and a partner of TwoPoints.Net and Coding Systems.

Published on November 4, 2024

Last updated on December 29, 2024