“In my photography I put a special emphasis on the examination of the relationship between humans and nature in different cultures of our world. I find my subjects mainly in large cities and on islands: both are places where civilisation and nature encounter each other in an area of limited space. I visited Honolulu on the Hawaiian island of Oahu last February to photograph nature in this city. We were able to leave Hawaii shortly before the lockdown and the contrasting colours of our hotel floor and the exit sign represent the mixed feelings we had due to the new pandemic situation.”

READ THIS is a text composition by Rüdiger Schlömer, and the outcome of a series of creative dialogues in typography, colourwork and knitting. For its making, the letter studies “XYZ” by Andreas Uebele were completed into an alphabet, then knitted by Loret Karman in her own hand-dyed yarn, then arranged into a seemingly random texture for letter or pattern recognition. The making of these letters tells about digital colour pixels meeting the analog mechanics of knitting, a pile of yarn leftovers, the secret ingredients for their dyeing, and some sheep chewing a lot of green while growing their wool. So when you READ THIS, think about the long way these colours have come to reach your eyes.

This woodcut is an attempt to show the diversity of colors with only one color.

Wir wünschen uns mehr Glück, und helfen nach mit einem Talisman.
Jede Kultur hat ihre eigenen Glücksbringer – für Zuversicht und Hoffnung.

Three is the natural number between two and four.
All good things come in threes.
Apart from lockdowns during a pandemic.

What is the color of language? What are the similarities in sounds/letters that these languages share? Using English, Japanese, and German as examples I pick 7 colors to explore within their language parameters. Upon observing, I noticed that all three languages often uses a word that describes an object (ie: orange, midori, rosa for roses) to make an immediate association between the word and the color. The first poster combines black type with colored spheres and words which makes finding those associations easier for those who don’t know German and Japanese, while the second contrasts black type with the colored background, which makes it a bit harder for non-speakers.

This picture expresses hope that all people get along well, no matter what skin colour they have.

“Awareness brings” is a typographic synthesis based on the well-known Fibonacci sequence. “Awareness brings more awareness, and more awareness; guess what? Brings even more awareness! So it goes”.The spine is being used to illustrate the continuous flow of the phrasing. From scaling the small type to the bigger one and backwards. The grid on the background reminds me of the system I have put in my thoughts. It is the beginning of the artwork’s creation and constitutes the guidance to maintain the words in each shape that is included in Fibonacci’s Sequence. Moreover, the red color is the main signage that informs our attention. To warn us to explore the message.

Art Director / IMG.LY / 2018 – now
Freelance Graphic Designer / 2010 – 2018
Kommunikationsdesign / Master of Arts / Hochschule Düsseldorf / 2015 – 2018
Design Medien Kommunikation / Bachelor of Arts / FH Dortmund / 2010 – 2014
Mediengestalterin digital/print / Walter Gropius Berufskolleg / 2007 – 2008
Erziehungswissenschaft / TU Dortmund / 2005 – 2007
AHR + Gestaltungstechnische Assistentin / Max Born Berufskolleg / 2002 – 2005

Diversity + Individuality . . .

Triptych composed of 3 strange figures well dressed in patterned clothes inspired by the works of Max Bill

Especially the last year, living in a pandemic, made me realize how much freedom the ability to drive a car can bring you. If it´s getting somewhere safely or just getting out of the city into nature, just to escape the noise for a while. Driving can make everyday life a bit easier and is also sign of independence. And who doesn’t love listening to music with friends while driving just anywhere?

Accepting yourself for who you are can take a lot of courage and bravery. Loving yourself takes time. What world would we live in, if everyone would stop hating on others and start embracing their own self? If we could love and treat our bodies as holy and not just see their faults and flaws. Who said they were flaws in the first place? “So don’t be afraid to let them show. Your true colors.”

Smile if you’re depressed.

Nothing man made will ever be natural.

The ubiquitous, social media-influencer-driven #bestlife motif that’s become increasingly groany as well as corporatized. While the sampled elements draw on the faux-rustic glamping trend ironically, the glowing complementary colorscheme undercuts any trace of authenticity. The overt statement ‘anywhere but here’ calls upon Fugazi to blend in an ambiguity… is this retreat to nature counterculture, counter-countercultural, or just another form of conspicuous consumption?

lonesome places. explosive colours. futurism – retro sci-fi

lonesome places. explosive colours. futurism – retro sci-fi

A small study on the element neon.

All life on earth is interdependent. If one part of the chain breaks off completely, the system begins to crumble and threatens to break down. So: Don’t kill the crew!

drawing is my favourite language

drawing is my favourite language

_the_sun is a drawn illustration further edited digitally with bright color and combined with typography.
A combination of analog drawing and progressiv color.

The sun always comes. Here comes the sun.

_future is an analog etched illustration further edited digitally with bright color and combined with inked symbolic typography.
A combination of old printing technique and progressiv color in context with my future thesis.

Future is a part of your identity. Everything forms everything.