komma 32—Ein Komm(a) Anders

With its 32nd issue, komma—the design magazine of the Technical University of Applied Sciences Mannheim—takes a different approach.

Created, designed, and produced entirely by students, komma has always been a space for experimentation, exchange, and creative perspectives emerging from the university’s Design Faculty. With every new editorial team, the magazine changes its voice, its visual language, and its way of looking at the world. This time, the 32nd editorial team chose to do things a little differently.

Ein Komm(a) Anders is an invitation to look beyond the familiar. To try something new, to play, to break away from the expected and to question what a magazine can be. Instead of adapting to the masses, this issue embraces individuality, fragments, and everything that makes each of us different.

The idea of the fragment became a starting point for the entire issue. A fragment can be a piece of something larger, a part of a whole, or something that stands on its own. It leaves room for interpretation and creates space for new connections. This openness became an essential part of the magazine’s design and content, allowing each contribution to find its own place within the larger picture.

komma 32 brings together a diverse collection of projects, perspectives, and voices. The issue is shaped by the contributions of students and creatives who each bring their own piece to the magazine. Together, these individual fragments form something new—something that could not exist without their differences.

The visual language follows the same idea. Handwritten elements, unexpected compositions, unconventional layouts, and playful details move away from classical editorial structures. The result is colorful, imperfect, experimental, and deliberately different. Rather than following one strict system, the magazine leaves space for each element to become part of its own story.

At its core, komma 32 is about creating space—for things that are often overlooked, for ideas that do not immediately fit, and for people who want to be part of something in their own way. It is about giving fragments a place and recognizing that sometimes a small piece can say just as much as the whole. With its 138 pages, komma 32 brings together these different pieces into one publication. It is a magazine about individuality, diversity, and the freedom to experiment—and an invitation to make your own comma different.

komma 32 – Ein Komm(a) Anders
Publisher: Technical University of Applied Sciences Mannheim, Faculty of Design
Editors: Lara Dalida Zink, Lyra da Rocha Krüger, Laura Maria Rödel, Esther Lee, Carina Duschanek
Release: May 2026
Format: 195 × 240 mm
Volume: 138 pages
Fonts: PT Mono, Base 05, Lacque, Swiss Grit, Desirable Calligraphy, Permanent Marker, Pt Sans serife
Language: German
Photos: Lara Dalida Zink, Carina Duschanek, Steffen Breitung
Printing: ABT Print und Medien GmbH