errrorlogue

errrorlogue is an interdisciplinary print publication that explores the creative power of mistakes. In a culture shaped by perfection, productivity, and control, it proposes a different perspective: to understand failure not as disruption, but as design method, aesthetic strategy, and conceptual tool.

The project stems from the bachelor thesis of Hannah Keilbach, a graduate of Visual Communication at Pforzheim University. Raised in her grandfather's letterpress workshop and deeply connected to drawing as her most instinctive form of perceiving and expressing the world, her practice merges clarity and chaos, rules and rupture.

The publication combines theory, a survey among creatives, curated interviews, photography, and hand-drawn material. Visually, it stages error through glitch-inspired typography (coded in p5.js), pixelated graphics, image noise, torn edges, scribbles, and fragmented layouts, engaging in a playful negotiation of legibility and hierarchy. Between structure and breakdown, it asks: What is allowed to go wrong?

errrorlogue is extended into digital and public space through an interactive app ("error calendar"), the Instagram channel, and analog interventions like riso printed postcards and stickers. A bold invitation to embrace the unintended, where failure becomes a tactile experience.

errrorlogue

Publisher: Hannah Keilbach, Bachelor Thesis SS 2025, Hochschule Pforzheim DESIGN PF
Concept, Design and Layout: Hannah Keilbach
Supervised by: Prof. Tanja Krampfert, Prof. Dr. Thomas Hensel
Volume: 112 pages
Format: 20 cm × 25 cm
Print and Binding: Offsetdruckerei Karl Grammlich GmbH
Workmanship: Hardcover with sewn binding and exposed spine
Paper Inside: Munken Lynx 150 g/qm
Typeface used: Helvetica Neue Medium & Medium Italic, Source Code Pro (glitch-modified in p5.js)
Language: German