The poster is created with different “sheets of Paper” which are printed with the Bandname and all the other informations, then composed in a collage and rebuild in InDesign.
Richtfest
Poster for an Exhibition of Lena Schramm in Berlin. The Typography is cut because of the many Layers that is giving the feeling of something is wrapped in something.
Xploric Typeface
Typography created for adidas Xploric. Herzogenaurach, Germany, 2020.
Countertypes
Remix of different counters of a font.
OBLQ
OBLQ is an interactive design generator working with the intersection of typography and animation to create shirt designs.
clipper
The extensive use of handheld controllers while working in VR got me interested in the idea of handwriting in virtual reality. What could handwriting look like when it is performed in a VR environment? Clipper is a first try of answering this question with a naive 3D „typeface“, handwritten in VR.
dopamine cycle
This work is a very literal description of my emotional states when using social media, specifically Instagram. Ironically, once this piece was finished, the first thing I did was uploading it to Instagram and waiting for likes, comments and follows to come in. Still caught in the loop.
trying to become friends with machines
Using virtual reality tools as a means to create typographic work takes quite some time and effort to get used to. It feels very different to me than any other tool I previously used to create type. This is probably because working in VR is a rather new experience to me which I still have to familiarize myself with.
This work is inteded to communicate my efforts in fostering a symbiotic relationship between myself and the machines I use.
A Meditation on Type
This a resubmission of my previous file by the same title with rich black and bleeds pulled. Apologies!
yawn
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This a resubmission of my previous file by the same title with rich black and bleeds pulled. Apologies!
squiggies
oishii
Ukraine SoliShirt
Ukraine SoliShirt was initiated by Support Your Local Dealer by _thek with Igor Renko, Alex Isakov, and Kartel. Support Your Local Dealer is originally the non-profit response from the independent collective _thek to the covid-related crisis. In collaboration with various artists and designers, theme-specific t-shirts have been created since March 2020—meanwhile summarized under the concept of solidarity in order to financially support initially owner-operated retail and gastronomy businesses and currently NGOs with the proceeds. Solidari_thek is a non-profit organization led by an interdisciplinary team of volunteers: Freelancers from art, culture, hospitality, non-profit organizations, and the collective _thek from Berlin and Düsseldorf.
On February 24th, 2022, Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine with coordinated attacks on the entire country and civilian population. To offer support as soon as possible, we teamed up with Ukrainian artists Igor Renko, Alex Isakov, and Kartel. Together we initiated and launched the Ukraine SoliShirt with a total of 29 artists from Ukraine, Russia, and the world.
Ukraine SoliShirt is a project in favor of humanitarian aid for all people fleeing Ukraine. The donations collected through the sale will benefit the non-profit organization Mission Lifeline and its essential work on the Ukrainian-Polish border. In addition, we support in equal part the self-initiated initiative Berlin Helps, which informs, supports, advises, and supplies refugees at the ZOB Berlin. Furthermore, the shirt is a show of solidarity with the affected civilian population and a clear sign for peace and against war.
Already in the collaboration and development of the project, the full force with which the Ukrainian and Russian civilian population was hit became clear. Ukrainian artists have no address, as they had to give up their current residence due to flight; Russian artists, who donated artwork, do not share their work on social networks, as expressions of solidarity can lead to imprisonment.
The first drop of the t-shirt raised more than € 11,500.–, which has already been paid to Mission Lifeline. The second drop took place on Monday, March 21st.
Our thanks to the following artists without whom the project would not have been possible:
@r_u_i_n_ @Isakov_______ @xulididit @pablondon2 @bischofbeni @patricia_tarczynski @die.nat @jumumonster @florian.schommer @krashkid @juliuswiebe @Marikinoo @_bilos_ @highdanger. tattoo @anaivan @alikro @studiomarianfitz @kj263 @j_i_m_b_oo @raoulgottschling @pashaopen @maratdanilyan @superkatze3000 @streetfiedler @voroninakate @_kartel_ @romanaruban @zhenyaartemjev @igor.renko
I’m Going Slightly Maed …
Starting in April 2022, Frappanz and the master’s degree program in editorial design (MAED) at the Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Department of Design will be showing selected seminar and final projects in the second part of the new exhibition series. With I’m Going Slightly Maed …, the design works will be presented to a wider public, thus making the complexity and relevance of editorial design visible. Magazines, newspapers, and books surround us all every day, but what is behind these publications? What motivations, themes and ideas drive young designers, and how does a concept become a design idea?
The series gives innovative editorial projects a direct space in the urban environment. The projects are starting points for discussions and thought movements and situate the students’ considerations and implementations in the direct cultural and social contexts.
The openings take place on Thursdays at 6:30 p.m.. Feel free to visit the opening or view the works while passing by through the large shop window of Frappanz.
The exhibitions are a collaboration of Frappanz-Kollektiv Kultureller Freiheiten e.v. and the University of Applied Sciences Dortmund, Department of Design.
I’m Going Slightly Maed …
When?
April 7th to 20th, 2022:
Viola Dessin: “Decade of Eruptions, 2011–2021,” 2022
Maria-Dorothea Knaub: “Signale der Erde—Unser Planet stellt sich vor,” 2022
April 21st to May 4th, 2022:
Jonas Brüggemann: “Wer wir sein wollen” Sc(hrift)rolle, 2021
Jennifer Caulfield: “Interferenzen. Zwischen Widerspruch und Kompromiss,” 2021
May 5th to 18th 2022:
Theresa Donay: “The Book in Books,” 2019
Sophie Schäfer: “Superhaufen. Magazin für independent Publishing,” 2020
Where?
Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts
Sonnenstraße 96
44139 Dortmund
Germany
FT Speaker
FT Speaker is our personal interpretation of typefaces with letterforms made from circular dots on a matrix/grid.
Dynamic Grid
A dynamic grid which manipulates the existing alphabet into new randomly generated forms. Each letter was given a different grid depending on its shape, which was then used as an input to a code that rearranged it. Machine learning was integrated to the code to train the computer to recognise and differentiate between letters and grids. Once a letter is presented, the related grid is applied to the canvas. The outcomes were published in a collection of 26 booklets — each exploring the outputs of the code to a given letter.
Tilefaces: WIM Mono
There are strict rules determining the letterforms while also mantainning the modular square tiling concept. The special thing about WIM’s grid is its asymmetry wich interlocks neighboring characters. When creating a typeface, I like to aim for a modular toolkit. All my experimental typefaces are based on a system of tiles which lets you fill an entire canvas with glyphs without any spacing in between. These features dictate my typefaces to be monospace and mostly de- and ascenderless.
SZ Type
A monospaced typeface developed around the idea of symmetries, grown out of the desire to mirror shapes found in letterforms and create a visual outcome that abstracts the combinations of letters into geometric images. The typeface was built to includes the Latin letters, numbers and glyphs, and was later extended to the Hebrew alphabet.