A F R I K A

My all time favourite artwork by Zurich-Bale-based graphic design agency A  F  R  I  K  A.

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Lucerne - design master thesis exhibition

The Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts presents the 2010 design master thesis exhibition from February 2nd to 7th. The exhibition poster is designed by the Lucerne-based designbureau C2F Cybu Richli & Fabienne Burri. In 2009, C2F received an recognition design-award from the City of Lucerne.

uns ich er

uns ich er: is a new book from the linguist Beat Gloor, designed by Zurich-based designbureau Prill-Vieceli. The book is about word breaks, you can read the German words in two ways. The design of the book is kept simple with black letters on white paper, format A4 - which is suitable to the content. Great design, great book - you have to "read" it!
Salis Verlag Zurich, ISBN 978-3-905801-25-5
Pictures: © Prill-Vieceli

ED-Awards 2009: Gold for Formdusche

The four book-journals for 'project 68/89' from Berlin-based design office Formdusche were awarded Gold in the category book layout at the European Design Awards festival 2009 in Zürich.

Further Gold winners 2009:
Vidale-Gloesener Sarl, Lava grafisch ontwerpers, Bleed, Fuenfwerken Design AG, a part, Dietwee, Vier für Texas, Jäger & Jäger, Studio Laucke, Creative Inc, Sole 24 ore Spa, Moving Brands, Nomint Motion Design, Punchcard, Aer visual studio, Remo Caminada graphic design, Edenspiekermann, Designbolaget, Thijs Verbeek grafisch ontwerp, Enric Jardí disseny gràfic, KMS TEAM GmbH, Susanne Stahl & André Gottschalk, Suitcase Type Foundry, Graphic design studio by Yurko Gutsulyak, Ando bv, Bendita Gloria, bauer konzept & gestaltung gmbh, Adrian Frutiger

James Clar

Media artist James Clar creates art by visualising technology in a new way. He "has been recognized by numerous publications such as Architectural Lighting, Mark, Axis, IdN, including being awarded the 'Design Distinction Award' by I.D. Magazine 2004 for his thesis project done at New York University’s Interactive Telecommunication’s Program." (jamesclar.com)

For informations about James' influences you should read this ARCHITECTURAL LIGHTING Magazine interview.

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Braun flickr set

Marvellous flickr set of Braun products. Flickr-member photonium collected these objects from flea markets, the b&w pictures are taken in the munich design museum. The design of Braun products, most of them created by Dieter Rams who worked as product designer for Braun from 1955 until his retirement in 1998, has influenced several generations of designers.
The iPhone's calculator app is an obvious tribute to the 1977 Braun ET44 and ET66 calculators.

via stylespion / wired

ED-Awards / ED-Festival 2009

The ED-Awards (European Design Awards) is the comprehensive annual awards organization acknowledging the best of graphic design, illustration and multimedia design in Europe. Last year's award winner in the category magazine was Netherlands-based agency Lesley Moore with 'MARK', an inspiring architecture mag.
The ED-Festival 2009 takes place in Zurich and will include the ED-Conference (15-17th May), the ED-Award ceremony (17th May), several Design Walks and other design events. The program is published here.
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Cactuses everywhere

A summerlike cactus photo from German photographer Ina Johanna Gecke. Ina was published before here at Shotspot with her series 'horse paradise', her pictures can also be found here at Swiss picture agency Sodapix.


Urban Cactus is a housing project in the Vuurplaat section of Rotterdam by UCX Architects / Ben Huygen and Jasper Jaegers and done for Vestia Rotterdam Feijenoord/Estrade Projecten.


The Cactus Candy Company began with cactus candy made from the fruit of the prickly pear cactus and later introduced pomegranate, lemon, orange, raspberry chipotle, ...


Tokidoki's wildly successful cactus friends line of vinyl figures

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Good Design, Good Business

Markus Löw, 'Acaralate 2E Geigy', ca. 1967, Photo: Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Umberto Romito © ZHdK

The J. R. Geigy A.G. chemical concern was the starting point for a great moment in the history of Swiss graphic art and advertising. "Research for tomorrow" – the former Basle-based company also lived up to this forward-looking slogan in its communication: its design was intended to increase sales of products "made in Switzerland". The exhibition 'Good Design, Good Business' from 4.2. – 24.5.2009 at the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich is the first comprehensive show of this important Swiss contribution to the history of design, presenting works from well-known Swiss designers like Gottfried Honegger, Max Schmid, Herbert Leupin and Karl Gestner. More pictures can be found here at werbewoche.ch.
'Corporate Diversity – Schweizer Grafik und Werbung für Geigy 1940-1970' is the well designed publication accompanying the exhibition, edited by Karin Gimmi, Andres Janser, Barbara Junod, R. Roger Remington and Yvonne Zimmermann. Design by norm.

Karl Gerstner, 'Neocid – eine Schranke dem Hausungeziefer!', Werbeblatt. DE ca. 1953, Armin Hofmann, Luzern

TCHO chocolate

"How do you make a chocolate company? Be obsessed. Be very, very obsessed." TCHO is a new chocolate company from San Francisco with a focus on "obsessively good dark chocolate" and a Fair Trade background, founded by the experienced chocolatier Timothy Childs and the co-founder of Wired magazine, Louis Rossetto.
The Corporate Design was created by Susanna Dulkinys, Partner at Edenspiekermann in Berlin.

Valentine's day specials /// Related article from The New York Times

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Photograph: © TCHO

Movie poster remix

Olly Moss, born 1987 in the UK, is an outstanding designer and illustrator. His minimalistic movie poster remixes strip to the essential content of the films. My favourite is The Deer Hunter.
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Saab 99 Combi Coupé : 1974 - 1978

Dear car designers, please be inspired by this timeless beauty. Thank you.
The Saab 99 Combi Coupé or Wagonback as it was initially referred to in the U.S. arrived in 1974. The car was designed by Bjorn Enväl and was produced in Uusikaupunki, Finland as well as Trollhättan, Sweden.
Photograph: © Saab Automobile

Book Cover Archive

An Archive of over 800+ book covers and 180+ book cover designers: BookCoverArchive.com
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DESIGN+DESIGN 08

http://www.designunddesign.ch/

DESIGN+DESIGN 08

Eine schöne Gelegenheit, die besten Stücke guter Jahrgänge zu finden: Bei DESIGN+DESIGN 08 versammeln sich über 18 ausgesuchte Vintage-Möbelhändler, Galeristen und Sammler aus dem In- und Ausland (Schweiz, Deutschland, Österreich und Holland) und bieten auf einer Fläche von 750qm moderne Klassiker, respektive Klassiker der Moderne an: Möbel, Leuchten, Wohnaccessoires, Textilien, Glaswaren, Elektrogeräte und Keramik der 20er bis 80er Jahre. Hochwertige Design-Ikonen, Klassiker und Originale führen durch Kapitel der Produktegestaltung; die Auswahl reicht von raren Sammlerstücken bis hin zu preiswerten Fundstücken: die Preise liegen zwischen einem kleinen Vermögen und einem Butterbrot. Sowohl für den Studenten zur WG-Gründung als auch für das Komplettieren der eigenen Sammlung oder Museumskollektion; es wird an der DESIGN+DESIGN zu finden sein.

Die Messe findet vom 22. - 23. November im grossen Vortragssaal des stimmigen 1969er Jahre Anbaus des Zürcher Kunsthauses statt.
http://www.designunddesign.ch/ /// via

sharesomecandy.com

Sharesomecandy.com is a curated site of design and art inspiration that can have unlimited contributors. Each post has nothing other than the image and a "via" text link to the site where the image was found. There are no titles (just two forward slashes "//" to allow for a permalink in case someone wants to link back), no categories, keywords or comments. Just pure eye candy. Contributors can post from either their own blog or from someone else's. Guest entries are initially curated, and eventually contributors become guest authors.
The end result is an ever-changing resource of visually fresh and inspiring material. Some might compare the concept to ffffound. The contributors themselves will be anonymous. So, you can totally post things from your own blog, without looking like you're promoting it directly.
aus http://swissmiss.typepad.com

Designpreis für Freitag Shop Zürich

Der Freitag Shop Zürich - das kleinste Hochhaus der Stadt - erhielt den Goldenen Designpreis der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Das ist höchst ehrenvoll, denn erstens steht der Bau etwas quer zu den üblicherweise ausgezeichneten «Spitzenleistungen auf dem Gebiet des Produktdesigns (Serienerzeugnisse) sowie des Kommunikationsdesigns». Zweitens wird der Preis auf Nomination vergeben. Und drittens setzte sich der Containerstapel, den Harald Echsle und Annette Spillmann entwarfen, gegen über 1240 vorgeschlagene Projekte durch. Wir gratulieren herzlich!
aus www.hochparterre-schweiz.ch

Städtebau in Zürich

Die Disziplinierung der Stadt > Moderner Städtebau in Zürich 1900 bis 1940

Um 1930 entstehen in Zürich neue Quartiere von grosser Einheitlichkeit und Ausstrahlung. Doch schon vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg ist das städtebauliche Paradigma der Moderne formuliert: Architekten schicken sich an, das urbane Chaos zu ordnen, die Funktionen zu trennen und der Stadt eine ästhetische Ordnung zu geben. Die Vision von sozialer Gerechtigkeit und Integration legitimiert diesen Anspruch, Ideenquellen lieferten die Städtebauwettbewerbe «Gross-Berlin» (1910) und «Gross-Zürich» (1918).
Das neu erscheinende Buch zeigt auf, mit welchen Instrumenten in der Zwischenkriegszeit wirksame Stadtplanung betrieben wurde. Es verbindet Architekturgeschichte mit einer breiten Darstellung sozial- und wirtschaftsgeschichtlicher Hintergründe. Es ist reich illustriert und spannend geschrieben.
Daniel Kurz

Das Buch erscheint im gta Verlag Zürich.
Gestaltung: Prill & Vieceli (www.prill-vieceli.cc) mit Kathrin Urban
ISBN 978-3-85676-216-2

Eureka Tower Carpark

"In Melbourne I developed a way-finding-system for the Eureka Tower Carpark while working for Emery Studio. The distored letters on the wall can be read perfectly when standing at the right position. This project won several international design awards." Axel Peemöller
http://de-war.de/eurekacarpark.html