What We Do

Publishing

Since the founding in 1995, Gestalten has published over two hundred and fifty books and remains on the cutting-edge of visual publishing, translating the latest developments in all aspects of visual culture both for our own title list as well as for commissioned book projects. Compiled, edited and designed by graphic designers, our experimental yet professional publications span from graphic design, illustration, typography, object design, architecture and interior design to urban and contemporary art and are available worldwide and in the world’s most important design centers through international distribution.

Simultaneously user-oriented and inspirational, our titles have found resonance not only among a professional agency and design audience, but also among students, architects, directors, trend scouts and anyone interested in visual codes. Specialised in understanding visual culture and trends on a global level, we are firmly committed to publishing modern subjects with unique, timeless substance.


Curation and Consulting

Gestalten uses the background, knowledge and insight into contemporary visual culture that we have accumulated as an internationally successful design publisher to offer clients curation and consultancy services. Because of the highly discriminating nature of a design-savvy target group, we work closely with our clients to develop authentic, completely customized solutions.


Corporate Design

Gestalten’s books on cutting-edge visual culture resonate so well with a global design-savvy audience because they are developed and created by designers themselves. From the company’s inception over ten years ago, Gestalten has never only published books, but has always put their design skills to work for a broad range of international clients and projects.


Customer Publishing & International Distribution

For more than ten years, Gestalten has developed, designed, published, distributed and promoted for our own title list that document and anticipate vital movements in design, lifestyle and visual culture worldwide. We also offer the expertise gained from this experience to clients to help them make their own publication projects including books, magazines, DVDs, websites or events – a success.

Since 2007, Gestalten is the worldwide distribution partner for books by Frame Publishers, the publishers of the internationally acclaimed magazines Frame: The Great Indoors and Mark: Another Architecture. Exclusively in the UK, Gestalten also distributes titles by the well-respected publisher Hatje Cantz since 2008.


Motion / Interactive

Gestalten’s design expertise applies to moving images and interactive applications in addition to print products. We help clients to develop an initial idea for a project and then implement this idea creatively across a variety of media. These media include film, DVD and the web as well as print, packaging and advertising campaigns. For example, we developed an idea and key visual for a client from the music industry. Based on this idea, we created their stage design and then shot concert footage, which we used to make a DVD.


Case Studies

For detailed information about projects for each of the services we provide, please have a look at our Design Services section.