Henrik Vibskov

Recap of Berlin book launch
Posted by Gestalten—05/2012
Henrik Vibskov

As the Henrik Vibskov book launch tour saw its finale in New York last week, we bring you a video recap of the starting leg in Berlin.

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Reza Abedini

Identity and Definition
Posted by Gestalten—05/2012
Reza Abedini

For Tehran-born and Amsterdam-based designer, Reza Abedini, graphic design is not merely a visual art form but "a value".

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Tessa Farmer

Evil Little Worlds
Posted by Gestalten—04/2012
Tessa Farmer

The artist Tessa Farmer creates magical worlds ruled by minuscule fairy skeletons, who are not just mischievous but downright evil.

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Hillman Curtis

1961 - 2012
Posted by Gestalten—04/2012

The visionary creative's untimely passing leaves a void in the world of film and design.

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Henrik Vibskov

How to Fashion Art
Posted by Gestalten—04/2012
Henrik Vibskov

To describe Henrik Vibskov as merely a fashion designer would be a vast understatement. 

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Aram Bartholl

At Top Speed
Posted by Gestalten—04/2012
Aram Bartholl

Aram Bartholl’s work explores the power structures, the social systems, the cultural innovations, the inner dynamics, the languages, and the products that are shaping our age.

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Stählemühle

The Art of Master Distiller Christoph Keller
Posted by Gestalten—03/2012
Stählemühle

When former art publisher Christoph Keller stumbled upon sleepy Stählemühle, an old dormant mill turned schnapps distillery, he took upon the task of bringing it back to life.

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Metalheads

Jörg Brüggemann on the Global Brotherhood
Posted by Gestalten—03/2012
Metalheads

Heavy metal is a cultural phenomenon that unites its fans across borders, generations, genders, religions, and social classes.

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Numen / For Use

True Grids
Posted by Gestalten—02/2012
Numen / For Use

Under their group moniker Numen, Industrial designers Sven Jonke, Christoph Katzler and Nikola Radeljković focus on experimental architecture and spatial installations, meanwhile concentrating on designing objects as their second alias For Use.

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Talking Type

About Type Navigator: The Independent Foundries Handbook
Posted by Gestalten—02/2012
Talking Type

Gestalten.tv met a true "Type Writer" and typography expert to find out more about the "GPS for fonts." Alongside Martin Lorenz and Lupi Ascensio of TwoPoints.Net

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Francesco Franchi

On Visual Storytelling and New Languages in Journalism
Posted by Gestalten—02/2012
Francesco Franchi

Francesco Franchi is the art director for IL-Intelligence in Lifestyle, the monthly magazine of Il Sole 24 ORE, Italy’s leading financial daily.

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Mark Jenkins

Go Figure!
Posted by Gestalten—01/2012
Mark Jenkins

American artist Mark Jenkins's urban (and rural) interventions are street-smart—in the truest sense of the word.

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The Hell of Aschau Race: The Movie

Nils Holger Moormann's Bookinist Reading Chair Machine
Posted by Gestalten—12/2011
The Hell of Aschau Race: The Movie

It all began in 2007 when Nils Holger Moormann had the ludicrous idea of designing a reading chair, derived from the concept of a wheelbarrow called “The Bookinist”.

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House Industries

Interview with Ken Barber
Posted by Ole Wagner—12/2011
House Industries

House Industries has been producing their premier league retro design and their true love… Fonts! Fonts! Fonts! since 1993.

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Project Projects

Collective Individuality
Posted by Ole Wagner—11/2011
Project Projects

Headed by Prem Krishnamurthy, Adam Michaels, and Rob Giampietro, Project Projects is one of the most interesting design studios in practice today.

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Gestalten.tv Down Under

Curated Selection at Melbourne's Pause Fest
Posted by Gestalten—11/2011

Gestalten.tv will be making its way to Australia next week, where we'll be presenting a carefully curated 90-minute selection of our best films.

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Piet Hein Eek

Mastering his Universe
Posted by Ole Wagner—10/2011
Piet Hein Eek

When it comes to unorthodox, yet hugely successful ways of producing and distributing cutting-edge furniture and product designs, look no further than a former Philips ceramic factory in Eindhoven.

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Joep van Lieshout

The Fifth Horseman
Posted by Ole Wagner—10/2011
Joep van Lieshout

Recurring themes in Joep van Lieshout's work are the organization of the world, power structures, economy, revolution and new tribal organization, autarky, and the classical themes of life and deat

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¡Olé, Erik!

Spiekermann en español
Posted by Gestalten—10/2011

Gestalten.tv Interview now with Spanish subtitles

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Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès

Winning the Match
Posted by Lina Kunimoto—09/2011
Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès

Typographer, graphic designer, researcher, and writer Huda Smitshuijzen AbiFarès is the founder of the Khatt Foundation, Center for Arabic Typography, which is dedicated to advancing design research and typography in the Middle East, North Africa, and their diaspora.

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FILM + DESIGN

Gestalten.tv at Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven
Posted by Gestalten—09/2011

We're heading off to the lowlands in late October to screen some of our Gestalten.tv offerings at the FILM + DESIGN festival in the Dutch city of Eindhoven.

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ART+COM

Digital Poetry and Analog Magic
Posted by Gestalten—09/2011
ART+COM

With its more than 20-year history, the media artists and designers, software developers, media technicians and engineers, communication and product designers, scientists, and project managers at ART+COM continue to play a central role in defining the international forefront of spatial media communication.

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Sarah Illenberger

She Speaks in Images
Posted by Gestalten—08/2011
Sarah Illenberger

The Berlin-based artist Sarah Illenberger has developed a very unique and strong visual language, conveying even the most abstract and complex content into vivid, humorous, and concise visual forms without ever forcing a meaning on them.

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Found Electronics

Generation Self-Domestication
Posted by Ole Wagner—07/2011
Found Electronics

When it comes to soulful and emotional interactive design, there are many who try, but few who manage to come up with something that actually deserves these tags.

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Michael Cina

Free Associating
Posted by Gestalten—07/2011
Michael Cina

Minnesota-based graphic designer and Creative Director Michael Cina's design studio, Cina Associates, is

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Mario Lombardo

The Tender Spot
Posted—06/2011

Gestalten presents The Tender Spot—A Talk by Mario Lombardo
Thursday, June 23 starting at 19:00

Mario Lombardo is one of Germany's most internationally renowned and prolific graphic designers.

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Beta Tank

Taxing Art - Gestalten.tv Interview
Posted by Ole Wagner—06/2011
Beta Tank

What’s the difference between design and art? What if objects could memorize their history? And how can you see with your skin?

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Christiane Lemieux

Deliberately Dwelling On It
Posted by Ole Wagner—05/2011
Christiane Lemieux

DwellStudio is one of today's most innovative brands when it comes to high-quality bedding and baby, children's, and tabletop designs.

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Jürgen Mayer H.

By Spatial Demand
Posted by Gestalten—05/2011
Jürgen Mayer H.

For almost 15 years, the Berlin-based architect extraordinaire and his team have researched the relationship between the human body, technology, material, and nature, reaching new heights of innovative spatial creation and architectural solutions.

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Bompas and Parr

Return of the Jelly Knights
Posted by Gestalten—04/2011
Bompas and Parr

Taking the term to whole new levels, the British food and design consultancy duo Sam Bompas and Harry Parr has breathed new, refreshingly artifical, and entertaining life into what is known as "food experience."

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Kurt Weidemann 1922 - 2011

The King Is Dead, Long Live the King!
Posted by Gestalten—04/2011
Kurt Weidemann 1922 - 2011

Kurt Weidemann, one of the most influential typographers of the 20th century, died at the age of 88 on March 31st, 2011.

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Masahiko Yendo

Under Distraction
Posted by Ole Wagner—03/2011
Masahiko Yendo

By definition, the Greek term Utopia is literally a non-place. Commonly, it is used to describe an ideal society, respectively a perfect community, which does not (yet) exist.

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Irana Douer

Otherworldly Jewels
Posted by Gestalten—03/2011
Irana Douer

Illustration, painting, drawing: Argentinean artist Irana Douer's art is a "huge mix" of many techniques and styles.

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Papercraft 2: Design and Art with Paper

Book Teaser Video
Posted by Ole Wagner—02/2011
Papercraft 2: Design and Art with Paper

Paper doesn't blush. But it entertains in various unexpected ways and formats.

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A Cutter's Edges

James Gallagher on Creating and Curating Contemporary Collage
Posted by Ole Wagner—02/2011
A Cutter's Edges

The New York-based artist James Gallagher is a master of contemporary collage.

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Erik Spiekermann

Putting Back the Face into Typeface
Posted by Ole Wagner—02/2011
Erik Spiekermann

Typographer, graphic designer and businessman Erik Spiekermann has created timeless, influential and, yes, Meta-physical work over the past three decades.

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Shepard Fairey

Obey to the better
Posted by Ole Wagner—01/2011
Shepard Fairey

Introducing the American artist Shepard Fairey is a bit like explaining whose portrait he famously altered for the "Hope" campaign that was widely used by Barack Obama's supporters in 2008.

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Jennifer Rubell

An Artist Who Uses Food as Her Canvas
Posted by Ole Wagner—01/2011
Jennifer Rubell

Artist Jennifer Rubell uses food as her canvas to create culinary concoctions carved straight out of a hedonist's dream.

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Arabeschi di Latte

Simple Pasta: Present Perfect
Posted by Ole Wagner—12/2010
Arabeschi di Latte

Florence-based collective Arabeschi di Latte has taken up the course of new design experiences.

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Checking in with Jennifer Rubell

An artist with food as her canvas
Posted by Gestalten—12/2010

There are many reasons why Jennifer Rubell should make news.

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Recent Book Releases

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Upcoming Book Releases

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The Best of Japanese Communication Design
Posted—04/2012

Walls & Frames on Vandalog.com.

Rock, Paper, Scissors: The Work of Julien Vallee featured on Lust and Found.

Henrik Vibskov on Lust and Found.

2-page feature about Once in a Lifetime in L'Officiel Levant's May issue.

Metalheads book presented on Conscientious.

Aram Bartholl's The Speed Book featured on Whalemountain's blog.

A Girl's Best Friends in Benchpeg's jewelry newsletter.

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