Basil.js

Have you ever wanted to…

  • export 10,000 mass-customized copies of your InDesign document?
  • use spatial-tiling algorithms to create your layouts?
  • pass real-time data from any source directly into your InDesign project?
  • create color palettes based on algorithms?
  • or simply reconsider what print can be?

basil.js is…

  • making scripting in InDesign available to designers and artists.
  • in the spirit of Processing and easy to learn.
  • based on JavaScript and extends the existing API of InDesign.
  • a project by The Basel School of Design in Switzerland.
  • has been released as open source in February 2013!

The limits of my language mean the limits of my world

- Ludwig Wittgenstein