the studio of diego

During my travels through Mexico City i got inspired by the House-Studio of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera. It is one of the most important cultural landmarks of Mexico City. Not only for being the studios of two of the most important artists of the twentieth century but also for being on of the first construction of the modern movement in the American continent.

Positive Afterimage

Afterimages occur when the photoreceptors in our retina are stimulated by light. They translate this stimulus into electrical impulses through a chemical reaction. These phantom images are still felt even when the original stimulus has faded away. They are usually perceived as bright spots after looking at the sun or another light source.

For that fun project I experimented with positive afterimages, documenting the colors and shapes I saw in my mind’s eye after looking into different light sources.

Bauwagenumzug

This is a page out of my first picture book, ‘ausgebüxt’, which is about the difficult situation of zoos and their animals, as well as diversity, friendship, and dealing with situations you (later realize) feel guilty about. I love the joy of trying to draw certain things I’ve always struggled with, like clouds, cars, and crowded places.

Netloops

Intersections, transitions, networks and cycles — these fundamental principles are integral parts of all complex systems surrounding us in the real world as much as in the ideational world. May it be natural ecosystems between animals, plants and the abiotic or may it be digital ecosystems between virtual entities made of codes and numbers. May it be physical networks like the mycorrhizae that connect billions and billions of plant roots and fungi on a microscopic level or may it be conceptual networks like our global community. May it be corporal connections like the innumerable synapses in each and every brain or may it be the countless thoughts, ideas and memories they connect.

Netloop

ntersections, transitions, networks and cycles — these fundamental principles are integral parts of all complex systems surrounding us in the real world as much as in the ideational world. May it be natural ecosystems between animals, plants and the abiotic or may it be digital ecosystems between virtual entities made of codes and numbers. May it be physical networks like the mycorrhizae that connect billions and billions of plant roots and fungi on a microscopic level or may it be conceptual networks like our global community. May it be corporal connections like the innumerable synapses in each and every brain or may it be the countless thoughts, ideas and memories they connect.

SPACE

Staying sane in a limited space and act like there is no pandemic.

Photography & creative direction: Doris Himmelbauer
Space. Kohlmaier Vienna
Art Installation. Esther Stocker
Dresses. Eva Poleschinski
HMUA. The Christoph Vienna
Models. Stella Models Vienna

Spread love

After the dark winter, the day began to lighten up little by little. The gray fountain in park near my home, which had been frozen all winter, started working on the day Summertime began. I saw a fountain spouting water for the first time in a long time. it felt like love.

True Colors

New Years Card in collaboration with silkscreen printer Lézard Graphiques. Twelve beer mats printed in 15 colors. One side shows the term cheers in twelve languages and the other side one of twelve proud flags. For 2020 we wished everybody to sit together whatever country you are from and whatever your sexual orientation is. The title True Colors is borrowed from Cindy Laupers track.

Teardrop

Tears have a healing effect they flush out all negative thoughts and filter the positive ones. “Let the teardrops fall from your eyes”, as Inna De Yard celebrates in the song “Let the water run dry”. The analogue collage is inspired by this song and is part of a series of posters. As a group of five students we founded an initiative which we use as our common space for interchanging our creative thinking, to explore our individuality, exchange ideas and initiate projects. We started by sharing our most favourite songs to get inspired by the musical and lyrical atmosphere. Feel free to explore more of our collective works @papiamagazin.

RGB / all the colors (updated verison)

»all the colors« is a homage to graphic design and print. It plays with geometric shapes, the RGB color palette, and the layering of elements which creates light and shadow. The typeface OCR-A used for the print series is one of the first fonts created that could be recognised by both humans and computers.

P2P2P

P2P2P is an abstract depiction of how ideas are given life over the internet through collective input. The matrix takes inspiration from bitfields in torrent files, each point representing a single contributor, while the variance in textures, patterns and colours mimics the polarizing yet tribalist nature of human opinion.

Free Forms (007)

This poster can be described as a kinetic still life, a celebration of the dynamic community that has formed around CalArts. A legacy that thrives on the diversity between people, forms, and ideas; brought together as an experiment that can be loosely defined as concrete poetry, geometric jazz… and semi controlled scientific experimentation (thinking about 80s movies Toxic Avenger, Weird Science, etc… always a silly mix of temptation and greed to counterbalance the science at stake). The splitting and splicing of organic and geometric forms establishes a foundation for one to stand on, but there is a strong desire to breakout against the structure. This is where the fun happens.

Anniversary Flag

A flag designed in celebration of the 4th year anniversary of my marriage. The flag was created and gifted to my wife to monumentalise this milestone (linen) and the memory of the big day.

Symbolic elements have been incorporated into the flag to highlight different aspects of our wedding day. The central circle and radiating triangles symbolise the London lighthouse where the ceremony took place, line work represents the date 07.04.17, and the colour tone picks up on the bouquet.

Let the water run dry

I created the poster while listening to “Let the water run dry” by Inna de Yard and Ken Boothe. I took the lyrics from the song and arranged them in a different way
to address the environmental problem of water scarcity. There is no dry run for us to solve the environmental problems.

Posters

As we design posters for theory-intense events, they usually end up type-crowded, so we try to keep ’em loud, interesting and still mindful.
Color is used for entertainment, supporting content or just attracting ones attention.

Digitalizing The Water

Photos are part of the art project Digitalizing The Water. The project’s main idea is to offer an “alternative way” to save water with its digitalization. Humanity tries to preserve knowledge, intellectual and cultural heritage with digitalization techniques. Why not try doing the same with water, the most precious element on the planet. Photos are made with a phone camera without any computer editing.

Gigposters

Music was always one of the most important things in my life. For a long time I’ve been creating posters for various music venues in Poland for both, local and foreign artists. Posters are very special to me as I think they stand exactly where art and graphic design touch. In my work I’m always drawn to vivid colours and this is especially visible in my posters.