Grafikmagazin

The new Grafikmagazin is out now and proves: Print is not dead! Grafikmagazin, as the name proposes, is a German-language design magazine aimed primarily at professional graphic designers, creative agencies, and design students from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and beyond. Every two months, its editorial team presents outstanding work from the fields of graphic design, typography, illustration, photography, design theory, research, paper, and printing on over 100 pages.

When the almost 100-year-old magazine novum – World of Graphic Design was merged with the publication Page in December 2020, the former editorial team announced that by February 2021, they were going to publish a new print magazine of their own. Editor-in-chief Christine Moosmann, deputy editor-in-chief Sonja Pham and art director Tobias Holzmann will remain in their roles, while the former advertising and marketing manager Christian Meier will also take on the position of managing director of the Phoenix Verlag für Grafikdesign. Just like before, their passion for haptics will be central which is why special papers and printing or finishing techniques will continue to be used on a regular basis.

For the first issue, the editorial team selected the Grafik+ theme The digital museum. The exhibition designs and digital solutions they portrayed show how imaginatively and playfully many art and cultural institutions defied the restrictions of the pandemic.

Readers can get to know other creatives in the extensive Showroom section, such as the typographer Marta Bernstein or the graphic icon Paula Scher. It’s purely coincidental that for this issue, the team chose four female designers, but the representation of all genders and backgrounds truly matters and will continue to be of high importance. 

The Design & Research category presents interdisciplinary projects that show how science and research may creatively refer to and play an active role in graphic design.

In the Production & Publishing section everything revolves around the topic of print, here you will find exceptionally beautiful books, particularly refined annual reports, or high-quality embossed greeting cards. Here, the poster designer Dafi Kühne is interviewed; he was responsible for the cover of the first issue. He artfully combined old handicraft with modern elements, and even designed a corresponding poster, which is now available via the website.

Grafikmagazin

Editors: Christine Moosmann, Sonja Pham, Tobias Holzmann, and Christian Meier
Publisher: Phoenix Verlag für Grafikdesign
Release: March 2020
Volume: 106 pages
Format: 21 × 27 cm
Language: German
ISSN: 2703-1071
Price single issue: € 19.80 
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Hati – Work in Progress

It all started with an elephant illustration for a product for children. The project was not implemented – the illustration and the knowledge that the graphic elements that make up the sketch offer a variety of possibilities remained.

The results are colorful illustrations, a font and numerous animations.

https://yasminkarim.de/project/hati

Uth KLUB

A unique addition to the K11 Art Mall membership program, Uth KLUB is created specially for the Gen Z population in Hong Kong. Focused on providing exclusive art, cultural, and career development experiences, Uth KLUB offers a wide array of privileges with youth appeal.Spotlighting individuality and identity, a series of six personalities were conceived to illustrate the dynamic realm of Uth KLUB. The Foodie, The Fashionista, The Intellect, The Aesthete, The Athlete, and The Techie are experiential embodiments of K11 Art Mall. Each personality is brought to life through vibrant illustrations of symbolic objects representative of the personas.

Programme Stellwerk Theater S18/19

34 x 46 cm Programme for the Stellwerk Theater of Weimar for the 2018/2019 Season.
The motto of the season was “XXL”, so we decided to exagerate everything, to be loud with the graphics and the type. We used the Elastik font from Benoît Bodhuin as the main font for the programme but we decided to give a voice for each play with its own type and illustration. We streched type, we draw some, and used as well free fonts. The neon orange pantone was used to tigh everything together and was referencing as well the street posters for fleamarket, or to promote sales, where the font is usually stretched in order to maximize the space.

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This work is based on my memories and their textures. To construct a new position from various resources including photography and advertisement which i see in my everyday life. I find memories as the chunk of textures which are composed by colours, light, smell, temperature and so on. On my own project, I keep working with these thoughts and ideas.

Digital is Dead

“Digital is Dead,” especially now where we have become a binary world, while modern history disappears with the swipe of a finger—and more than ever due to current pandemic precautions. We need to get back to the days of having tangible publications to feel and physically connect with, to pull from your actual bookshelves.

Acid

To become equal to the aggressive character of acid, there is no getting away from the strong, almost exaggerated use of full tone colors. With the biting colors and the slightly asymmetrical composition, it is intended to hurt the eyes a little when viewed.
The poster was created as part of the Blankposter project.

DEMOKRATIE

“Farbe bekennen” (show colors) is a german phrase and means to have an opinion and to speak openly about it. The freedom of speech is the basis for every kind of democracy.

Democracy is one of our greatest achievements. We have to defend it every day, otherwise it would start to crack. Splitting the word into several colored speech bubbles provokes a short irritation during the reflection phase. This graphical approach should show and reflect the difficulty of being able to confidently pronounce, reflect and show the true goal behind the word.

Cells & Squiggles

These prints were made during an artist residency where I worked with scientists that were researching Beta-Cells. I re-purposed elements from medical images, re-appropriating images created using calcium imaging and 3D macromolecular structure data from the protein data bank.

(1) yellow-and-brown-house, (2) pink-house, (3) light-green-and-red-house

(yellow-and-brown-house) Who lives there, what are their tastes, are they female, who knows? There is also a long tradition in Suffolk, a county in the United Kingdom, of painting house and cottages this pink colour. (pink-house) I noticed this unusual, unloved and uncared for house on the outskirts of a town in the United Kingdom. The shear horridness and dullness of the colours, seems to produce interest. Who lives there and would you live there? (light-green-and-red-house) I noticed this unusually coloured house in a town in the United Kingdom. There is something about the yellow colour used, and the complimenting dark brown, that is quite interesting, very daring.

Aesthetics of Sustainability

Aesthetics of Sustainability is a beautifully crafted book that lives up to the book’s theme of sustainability by using green paper made from algae, for example. It shows the possibilities of using renewable materials in product design and demonstrates through thoughtful graduation projects from ECAL / Ecole cantonale d’art de Lausanne what good ideas can do for our world.

The book Aesthetics of Sustainability summarizes the results of an eponymous research project led by ECAL / Ecole cantonale d’art de Lausanne. It brought together master’s students of product design, established materials specialists, manufacturers, and researchers with the aim of exploring and defining the aesthetic potential of a new generation of sustainable materials.

The result of this research-through-design project is a series of fourteen case studies involving the development of materials made from textile waste, recycled paper, rubber granulate, or vegetable fibers such as algae, rice husks, hemp, flax, and wood. The resulting new materials can be shaped, pressed, woven, or welded. A selection of these materials will be presented through experiments and prototypes of products.

The aim is to offer future designers a range of practical tools and applied knowledge about the methods of analyzing and processing seminal materials, utilizing their advantageous qualities, and developing functional, yet aesthetically intriguing objects. The materials further aim to provide proof that sustainable materials are a great market opportunity for manufacturers and consumers alike.

With contributions from: Christophe Guberan, Chris Lefteri, Ala Tannir, and graduates of the Master’s Program Product Design of École cantonale d’art de Lausanne (ECAL).

Aesthetics of Sustainability

Editor: Thilo Alex Brunner
Graphic Design and Editorial Management: Federico Barbon
Publisher: Triest Verlag
Language: English
Volume: 272 pages, ca. 150 images
Format: 19 × 26 cm
Workmanship: softcover with flaps
Production: printed on resource-saving paper made from algae and kiwi peels

ISBN: 978-3-03863-062-3
Price: € 39.–
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Sardine can (o.t. Fischstäbchen)

According to a study by the »Ellen MacArthur Foundation«, more than eight million tons of plastic deposit in the global oceans every year, consequently there would be 2050 more plastic than fish in the water. Around 4 % of the found garbage on North Sea beaches are cotton swabs. Aim was to build a critical position towards daily plastic consumption to the benefit of marine conservation. The illustration was part of the group exhibition »Seagulls. Waste. And some Mermaids« and was screen-printed in three colors on DIN A2 in a limited edition of 30 pieces.