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Two photographers in two cities shooting and posting a photographic dialogue live while a musician created a sound track. That’s the most recent Exhibition Match of live Layer Tennis. 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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Naz and Sam Peeling Back the Layers on last Friday's amazing photographic and musical live Layer Tennis Match. No Tennis this week by the way, we'll be back live on the 19th
Layer 10 is up. And that's a wrap! Big thanks to Sam, Naz, Mark, and all the fans. No voting this week, but be sure to sign up for Season Tickets and be the first to get match info and learn how to play in our qualifying matches. Layer Tennis is taking a week off, we'll see you back here on March 19th for our fourth exhibition match.
The coin-flip and Match Preview are up for today's live Photographic Exhibition Match. We're almost set to go. Tweet your comments and include #lyt and then follow the chatter on our Crowd Page. And if you don't have 'em already, sign up for Free Season Tickets for news, contests and maybe even a chance for you to take the court this season.
Mark Simonson shares his insider's view of Friday's typographic battle, including a nifty chart of all the glyphs created during the match.
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