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Book design/Graphic design

The field of graphic design has expanded drastically. Before desktop publishing, a designer was just one of several experts involved in a complex process, whereas now, a designer has many processes to handle. His role has developed from specialist to all-rounder, from creator to producer. The end products of each design process are also changing: away from a printed artefact and towards an electronically generated image. The degree course at the HGB can look back on a rich tradition, and the programme cultivates it as living heritage. An important constant is an intense involvement with different production processes and reproduction techniques. At the HGB, Graphic Design is understood as a comprehensive training that goes beyond the supposed limits of the subject, yet leaves room for qualified and focussed work. The foundational course includes the principles of typography, nature studies and drawing as well as graphic and typeface design. In the main studies, the students decide between one of four specialist classes: Illustration, Typography, Type Design or System Design. Practical experimentation in the superbly equipped workshops is accompanied by seminars about theoretical backgrounds of visual culture.

Selected works
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Photo: Elmo van der Poel
Photo: Elmo van der Poel
The Unauthorized Repair Of The World – Typespecimen
Ever again, something in need of repair? By reclaiming discarded, broken, leftover, or found materials, we reimagine their potential, using them to create initial compositions through experimental offset printing. From these freeform experiments, we discover how shapes tell stories, fit together, and define the character of a typeface. This hands-on exploration of cutting, layering, recomposing and repairing shapes creates new letterforms with the potential to evolve into functional typefaces.
Prof. Marion Kliesch
Elmo van der Poel
Ondrej Báchor, Andrej Loll
Auslage, die
Kyra Winkler
Montreux 2024
Sascha Barz
Sascha Barz
Montreux 2024
100 × 75 mm, white ink on black paper
Sascha Barz
Artwork: Nina Gohlke
Exhibition poster for Kevin Bray
Photo: Emil Kowalczyk
I hope this finds you well
Emil Kowalczky, Sohyeon Lee, Merle Petsch
Photo: Anna Sophie Knobloch
It's a book stage
Lukas Weber, Hagen Tanneberger
Photo: Emil Kowalczyk
Portait of a class
Conversation pieces of students from Systemdesign class about self-marketing, cultural responsibilities and the design education form a portrait of the class. A4 on Clairfontaine Color Trophée 120g/qm. Supervised by Claudia Doms.
Artwork: Emil Feinweber
Preserving my favorite shirt
Emil Feinweber
Film: Barbara Galizia
Thinking Loud
Barbara Galizia
Artwork: Anna Breit
VEB Typoart Exhibition
IfBk (2021) Riso-Exhibitiondesign
Photo: Helena Silva
We have such problems defining it
Helena's Part of 'Portrait of a class'
Heléna Silva
Artwork: Emil Kowalczyk
Pandemic Archive
Emil Kowalczyk
Will update soon
Photo: Sören Sandbothe
Photo: Sören Sandbothe
State of introversion
Embroidered flag
Sören Sandbothe
Photo: Leen Murad
Revised!
This is a contribution to the systemdesign class newspaper that was printed in the W/S, where the matter of the language used towards the female athletes have been observed, and refined to highlight some of the comments that are used to expose what that words would mean if they were used towards male athletes.
350×500mm, 4pages