26 machines Part 1

In our first typo/graphic workshop, we were asked to work in pairs and design a typeface. Each team was given a pre-selected palette of basic graphic elements. The shape we chose was a hexagon. After some experiments we decided to create letters by folding/disforming the shape in different ways.

These were the first trials:

(small versions)

(big versions)



This is the final specimen sheet for my type, which I called "hexa":

For the next 3 months I will focus on the pathways "Typo/Graphics" and "Moving Image". I chose the following two examples in order to visualise in which direction I would like to go.

At the moment I am very interested in collages.
The works by Julien Pacaud and Mark Weaver especially inspire me.

Julien Pacaud

Mark Weaver



The following clip was made by Kate Gibb, who belongs to the team of the creactive consultancy "bigactive" which is specialized in art direction, graphic design and moving image.

The red carpet has been rolled out in Berlin for the 60th year of the capital's annual film festival, the Berlinale.

Taking centre stage is a restored and extended version of the sci-fi classic Metropolis, originally released 83 years ago. (source BBC news)

While I was researching post modern architecture for the presentation for my "Visual Culture Theory" course I stumbled on the works of Haus-Rucker-CO, which was an architectural cooperation formed in Vienna in 1967 by Laurids Ortner, Günter Zamp Kelp and Klaus Pinter.

One of their early projects were a collection of helmets featuring coloured visors, lights and headphones. These helmets change sensory impressions in a visual and acoustic way for a limited time and were said to isolate the wearer from the outside environment and should work as a buffer between the real world and the senses of the person inside.

The "ENVIRONMENT TRANSFORMER"
1968





Another project was a seat object for two people and featured light and sound effects and was meant to induce a trance-like state.

The "MIND EXPANDER"
1969

Marianne Brandt (Bauhaus school)

Kohle für Kunst

This is my first stopmotion video. It visualises the origin of the "Ruhr Theatre Festival"/"Ruhrfestspiele", which takes place in my hometown, Recklinghausen.

These are posters I created to support my stop motion movie about the
Ruhr Theatre Festival.