Synopsis

Speaker: Ovidiu Hrin Location: Timisoara, Romania Website: www.synopsismedia.com Case: Time & Design The case is a CD cover & Booklet for Implant Pentru Refuz (trad. Implant For Denial) band. IPR is a rock band with a solid presence on the Cross-metal – Hardcore scene in Romania. Synopsis was invited to jump on board and direct […]

Scandinavian Design Group

Speaker: Eirik Seu Stokkmo Location: Oslo, Norway Website: www.sdg.no Background Eirik Seu Stokkmo is a graphic designer of Italian and Norwegian origin, hailing from Oslo, Norway. Before graduating in Graphic Design at NABA (Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti) in Milan, he worked for MTV Italia. Upon graduation, he returned to Oslo and has since worked […]

Niklaus Troxler

Speaker: Niklaus Troxler Location: Willisau, Switzerland Website: www.troxlerart.ch Background Born in Willisau/Switzerland in 1947. Studed Typography in Lucerne, then graphic design at the Art School of Lucerne. After studies Art Director in Paris. Own graphic design studio since 1973. Organizer of jazz concerts (since 1966) and an annual jazz festival (since 1975) in his home […]

MAGMA Brand Design

Speaker: Lars Harmsen Location: Karlsruhe, Germany Websites: www.magmabranddesign.de,  www.melvilledesign.de, www.volcano-type.de, www.bastard-project.com, www.slanted.de Case The Sports Bible — Encyclopedia for Activewear, Outerwear, Streetwear & Sports Fashion. Each copy is one-of-a-kind MAGMA Brand Design designed the Sports Bible, an in-depth fashion-based encyclopedia of sport and sport-inspired style for Sportswear International containing nearly 600 sports-fashion terms over 400 […]

Lysergid

Speaker: Loïc Sattler Location: Paris, France Website: www.lysergid.com Case Case-Study for www.Sonacom.fr (FWA awarded web project) This web-based project has been built for a Parisian Sound Studio in Paris called Sonacom. I had to redo the online presence of the studio.  The initial brief was to create a simple site where you can only click […]

Koeweiden Postma

Speaker: Hugo van den Bos Strategy director/partner Koeweiden Postma Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Website: www.koeweidenpostma.com Case HEMA rebranding HEMA is the most popular retail chain in the Netherlands, since 2007 owned by Lion Capital. As a private label store with over 300 stores, HEMA is loved for its well designed products for daily use at […]

Ginette Caron

Speaker: Ginette Caron Location: Milano, Italy Website: www.ginettecaron.it Case Simplicity of Complexity/ Complexity of Simplicity Knoll /WA furniture system identity Background Ginette Caron was born in Montreal where she graduated in Graphic Design/BFA at Concordia University. She opened her own studio in Milan in the early Nineties after a few years working in Montreal, Bologna […]

Designiq

Speaker: Filip Blažek Location: Prague, Czech Republic Website: www.designiq.eu Case Where is my home? Where is my home is a first verse of the Czech national anthem and the name of a book about the anthem, a recent project of Designiq studio for the Czech government and three partner institutions. The book cover is made […]

The Designers Republic

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Designbolaget

Speaker: Claus Due Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Website: www.designbolaget.dk Case Working in the fields of fashion Designbolaget were told to do the campaign for the a large jewellery manufacturer Pilgrim – advertising their men’s jewellery. We decided to make a statement on the whole celebrity scene and to make a homage to the people behind it […]

Erik Spiekermann

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Erik Spiekermann Location: Berlin, Germany Website: www.spiekermann.com Background Erik Spiekermann, born 1947, studied History of Art and English in Berlin. He is information architect, type designer (FF Meta, ITC Officina, FF Info, FF Unit, LoType, Berliner Grotesk and many corporate typefaces) and author of books and articles on type and typography. He […]

Kokoro & Moi

Speakers: Teemu Suviala, founder Location: Helsinki, Finland Website: www.kokoromoi.com Case Change of identity, from Syrup Helsinki to Kokoro & Moi. “Kokoro” is japanese for Heart/Mind, “Moi” french for Me and finnish for Hello/Bye. The name reflects our philosophy in design: when you connect ideas that haven´t been seen together before you can create something unique […]

R2 design studio

Speakers: Lizá Defossez Ramalho and Artur Rebelo, founders Location: Porto, Portugal Website: www.r2design.pt Case Unfinished Trajectories Graphic Instalation in Casa da Música, Porto Reflection based on visitors’ emotions and other viewpoints, suggested by the spaces of the Casa da Música. ⁄ The objective is to list, classify, contextualise, build relations and map the respective content. […]

Henrik Nygren Design

Speaker: Henrik Nygren Location: Stockholm, Sweden Website: www.henriknygrendesign.se Background Henrik Nygren was active in Stockholm design and advertising agencies from 1983-1991, and subsequently launched own company. Henrik Nygren Design mainly deals with analysing the client’s market potential, with strategy in accordance with this potential and the design and production of books, magazines, packaging, corporate identities, […]

designersunited.gr

Speakers: Dimitris Papazoglou & Dimitris Koliadimas Location: Thessaloniki, Greece Website: www.designersunited.gr Case: Redesigning “Makedonia” Newspaper The project took place in Thessaloniki during the four months of May to August 2007. “Makedonia”, one of the most historic Greek newspapers, will be celebrating its 100 years in 2012. Redesigning a newspaper is about redesigning the structure of […]

Labomatic

Speakers: Pascal Béjean & Frédéric Bortolotti Location: Paris, France Website: www.labomatic.org Client: Theatre National de la Colline www.colline.fr Background The group’s five member are all coming from different backgrounds (graphic design, fashion, architecture, fine arts, and computer) and skills. Their work concerns mainly projects from the cultural sector (such as theatres, museums, art galleries, the […]

Gorilla

Speaker: Richard van der Laken Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Websites: www.volkskrant.nl/gorilla, www.designpolitie.nl Case: De Volkskrant Since october 2006 De designpolitie maintain a visual column on the front page of De Volkskrant, one of Hollands main newspapers. Together with Lesley Moore and Herman van Bostelen they are the collective ‘Gorilla’. In words and images they react […]

Graphic Thought Facility

Speaker: Andrew Stevens, founder/director Case: Big client/small client/same client The name of the Restaurant is Oki-Nami (meaning Big Wave). They created the identity for this restaurant in 1993. It was one of our first ‘big jobs’ in that they were involved in defining an attitude to the whole environment – something they had not had […]

Laboratorium

Speaker: Ivana Vucic and Orsat Frankovic, founders Location: Zagreb, Croatia Website: www.laboratorium.hr Case: Packaging ego Or how to dig identity for creative clients How to work for artists? How to design with materials that already has strong visual identity? Should we sometimes tame our personal creative drives? It includes different experiences working for/with creative clients […]

Goldstudio

Speaker: Ole Lund, founder Location: Copenhagen, Denmark Website: www.goldstudio.dk Case: Art vs. Design Background GOLD is a multidisciplinary creative studio with primary focus on design, communications and art. GOLD is represented in Copenhagen, Denmark (GOLDSTUDIO-CPH) and New York, USA (GOLDSTUDIO-NYC). GOLD is composed of a spectrum of competencies and individuals that synergise to create breadth […]