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The Exhibition Season in 130 SecondsHere's the whole of the Layer Tennis Season Three Exhibition Matches edited down for fun. Thanks a million to Diego Bernal for the use of Lunch Money (Brown Paper Box) from his most mighty album "Besides," which is available as a free download from Exponential Records. You can pre-order the vinyl for five bucks. Here's the video on YouTube.
Ten designers in ten cities, fifteen minutes at a time. The file circumnavigated the globe starting in Portland and ending in Tokyo with Jeffrey Zeldman providing the layer-by-layer commentary. Check the final Exhibition Match of Layer Tennis, Around the World in Ten Layers.
Exhibition Match 5, two pro video editors shared a bin of common elements and swapped an edit-list back and forth, fifteen minutes at a time, telling a story of laws, rule-breaking, and “the noir moment.”
Our experimental five-day motion-graphics Exhibition Match, #4, is complete. Oh, the humanity.
Two photographers in two cities shooting and posting a photographic dialogue live while a musician created a sound track. That was the March 3rd Exhibition Match. Here’s what the competitors had to say afterwards: Peeling Back the Layers.
The week before, two accomplished typographers, Peter Bruhn from Malmö Sweden and Mark Simonson from St. Paul designed a typeface live, in fifteen minute increments. Layer-by-layer commentary was provided by well-known type-geek Grant Hutchinson. Mark has posted an excellent recap, Beneath the Volley of the Fonts on his site.
The new season started out with a bang. Check out Khoi Vinh versus Nicholas Felton with comments by John Nack from our first Friday afternoon’s Exhibition Match. Man, it’s good to be back. Check Khoi's Behind The Layers commentary.
We’re gearing up for the Third Season of live Layer Tennis sponsored by Adobe Creative Suite. We’ll have tons of news about that coming very soon so please make sure you are a Free Season Ticket Holder. While we’re getting all the details together we thought it would be fun to stage a series of Live Exhibition Matches.
We’ve invited lots of new players and commentators to take part in the series and we’ll be experimenting with the Layer Tennis format and structure during these “friendlies.”
We’re hosting a series of live design events called Layer Tennis. This wouldn’t have happened without the support of Adobe® Creative Suite®, the weapon of choice for Layer Tennis players and creative professionals everywhere.
We'll be playing matches using video, animation, sound, photos, type and lots more, but the basic idea is the same no matter what tools are in use. Two competitors will swap a file back and forth in real-time, adding to and embellishing the work. Each artist gets fifteen minutes to complete a “volley” and then we post it to the site live. A third participant, a writer, provides play-by-play commentary on the action, as it happens. A match lasts for ten volleys and when it's complete, Season Ticket Holders tell us what they think and we'll declare a winner, so sign up today.
Shaun Inman won the Championship for Season Two. Congratulations to him and to his opponent Gregory Hubacek and thanks a million to all the artists, commentators and fans who played along with us on Friday afternoons. All the Regular Season, Qualifying and Playoff Matches can be found listed in The Archive.
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Hello, friends, please note we've compiled the 2010 preseason into one easy-to-watch video along the lines of our Season Two video. When will Season Three start? What surprises await? Season Ticket Holders will find out first, and tickets don't cost a dime!
Oliver Reichenstein of Information Architects in Tokyo submits the final volley (Oops I just accidentally typed "vinyl folly!") Our humble document has clocked over 21,000 miles today, and almost that many layers. Thanks for joining us for this and all our preseason matches. Sign up for free Season Tickets to be the first to find out about our regular season!
Here's a list of the players for today's Around the World in Ten Layers match. There is no coin-flip for today but that doesn't mean The Ref isn't busy.
Don't forget to sign up for Free Layer Tennis Season Tickets to get the scoop on the regular season, which starts later this year. Plus who knows? Maybe you'll get a chance to show your stuff in a Qualifying Match.
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