FEEDBACKS

“Feedbacks” is a typographic Poster series about some of the most used feedbacks on social networks regarding graphic design and other visual fields.
Aesthetically each poster is like an abstract block composition inspired by printmaking movable type machine.
In order to enhance the “fun” mood each letter has a different ratio (also texture and color) compared to the others, but all together stay and interact inside a rectangle layout in an imaginary photographic set.

POV

My Work explores Greek/Cypriot slang language, proverbs, sayings or urban myths. The work takes up a word or a phrase and explores the ways that can be transformed into a visual work of art. The trigger for this project is about how people deconstruct and merge languages or influences from other cultures to express their selves or pass an ethical lesson in everyday life. I think that the essential point of connection between humans is the use of language and ethical lessons. In a way this is the most common thing we have as species, to be creative in expressing ourselves to each other, therefore this is a form of self-exploration enabling us to unlock our limits of imagination.

Numbers 2020

Layout of a calendar with custom numbers (personal experimentations). These numbers are used for show different months, 1 month per page. This calendar was printing in offset (100 copies) with Munken Polar paper (200 g/m2). Colors Pantone used : 801, 802, 804, 805.

soft chaos

I don‘t apply colours, I am searching for them. I‘m searching for the perfect symbiosis of composition, texture, lighting and colour. This process can take hours or months. I have a starting point with one or a few photos, scans or other materials and transform them until the result is perfect and triggers emotions in myself and others. The works all have different moods but I would describe the overall vibe as a soft chaos, that you can fall in love with.

THERE IS A GHOST IN MY HOUSE

We created this project for our instagram channel. First we designed an architecture in CGI, which is composed over 9 posts and added the model afterwards. In this way, the boundaries between the real and the illustratively surreal become blurred, the socks become secondary and an unseen colorful world emerges.

Corona Food Habits

CORONA FOOD HABITS
When curfew, assembly bans and home office became reality, food and eating quickly advanced to the highlight of the day. For our work as designers in the area of food it is crucial to constantly follow up on social and cultural trends. With social media having been flooded by sourdough and banana bread recipes, we were wondering how the circumstances of the lockdown has changed our food preferences and eating habits. Through our research we were able to observe a number of phenomena, which we translated into a series of 8 images – styled in monochrome colours and repetitive patterns, reflecting recurring routines and the monotony of the days during the lockdown.

BAUHAUS X SOTO

The straightforward flashcards series entitled “BAUHAUS x SOTO” discover the resemblance between the German and Venezuelan jargon. The series put under the microscope the way that we informally refer to those among us and towards other individuals or events in spoken word.

The emblazoned playful and toddler-driven designs resemble a hybrid of kinetic art by Venezuelan sculptor Jesús Rafael Soto and artworks of the Weimar-based Staatliches Bauhaus which suggested dimensionality by pairing flat planes with overlapping shapes or perhaps by featuring bold typography and blocks of color.

ohne Titel

This series is the outcome of a lot of experimenting. We (Lukas Hopp and me) created images you get drawn into while looking at them by using vivid colors for depth and different objects for soothing shapes.

Scale Up

“Scale Up” consists of a series of images which reflect the idea of being ultra close to something. These images are super close ups of other images. More than 10000% scale up. A new image and aesthetic evolves.

MAVETRA Brand Building

“The best of two worlds” – this is how MAVETRA present themselves. Facts and emotion, head and heart – the two worlds of constrasts are worked into the complete brand, as to the content, tonality and look.
So we used the color gradient as an important part of the brand, showing the two worlds and how they merge together to be the perfect match for the customer. The color gradient has the two coaches in black and white pop out to the viewer instantly.

I.SL002

I.SL002 is a work in public space using the codes of advertising and propaganda displays. The committed text from Kate Bornstein’s book becomes a manifesto and the claim of pride. For the magazine, I may send you the original file to print it on a page or photos of the installation in the public space.

I.SL001

I.SL001 is a work in public space using the codes of advertising and propaganda displays. The committed text from Kate Bornstein’s book becomes a manifesto and the claim of pride. For the magazine, I may send you the original file to print it on a page or photos of the installation in the public space.

Beyond Design

The publication Beyond Design: Making Socially Relevant Projects Successful is now available at Slanted Shop.

The time has come in which graphic designers are playing an important role in rendering ever more complicated information transparent and understandable for a wider audience. To stress this urgency, Renate Boere dove headfirst in the world of project management lingo, confidentiality statements, copyright, complicated contracts, the search for stakeholders, and grant applications. This journey resulted in the designer’s novel Beyond Design: Making Socially Relevant Projects Successful.

This nonfiction novel provides insights into the contemporary, often hybrid, practice of today’s multi-talented graphic designers. The story tells how Boere decides to take matters into her own hands by working on socially relevant design projects. An exciting and informative book that gives insights into the designer’s do’s and don’ts while working on projects from start to finish.

While writing the designer’s novel Renate Boere discovered a simple ten-step method that anyone can use for self-initiating a project. In addition to the book she invented Beyond Design, The Game of Social Solutions which is the perfect workshop tool for anyone interested in setting up their own socially relevant design project.

Beyond Design

Publisher: BIS Publishers
Author: Renate Boere
Volume: 192 pages
Format: 17.5 × 11.5 cm
Release: November 2020
Language: English

Bookbinding: Paperback
ISBN: 978 90 6369 594 1
Price: € 12.99 
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