To celebrate the 250th anniversary of Ludwig van Beethoven’s birth, a special »music barge« was commissioned to carry a program dedicated to the great German composer from Bonn to Vienna – a route that he himself traveled during his lifetime. While the arrival of COVID-19 unfortunately kept the barge docked in Bonn, it was originally scheduled to stop at 14 cities, where it would have presented concerts both on board and on land.
Archives: Case Studies
Campus of Cultures
In addition to our usual in-person workshops, we’ve developed a digital infrastructure for collaborating on new brand strategies, including the best online tools to foster a diverse exchange of thoughts and ideas. In 2020 we used this framework with the Eidelstedt cultural center in Hamburg. Working together, we compiled a list of key words, redefined the core elements of the brand and developed a new corporate design.
From History to Nowness
In 2019, the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation published its fourth annual report. Each of these reports focuses on a specific topic of importance to the foundation. Questions are asked, and philosophical and artistic stances are taken, initiating and expanding a discussion to be continued in future publications.
One Hundred Years of Bauhaus
The Bauhaus’s 100th birthday celebration kicked off in January 2019 with a weeklong festival at Berlin’s Akademie der Künste. Bettina Wagner-Bergelt’s curatorial concept was intended to blow the dust off the (in)famous design movement with a flamboyant merger of past, present and future – and our campaign for the festival was designed to do the same.
Emeka Ogboh: Lagos Soundscapes
Pioneering sound artist Emeka Ogboh is one of the most exciting figures on the international art scene. For Kerber Verlag, we designed Lagos Soundscapes, a compendium of Ogboh’s early works (2009–14) focusing on Lagos, Nigeria’s economic and cultural capital. Subtle typographic differences between the French and English texts in this bilingual catalog highlight an important aspect of Ogboh’s oeuvre: the normalization of a hybrid society. The book was honored with a Red Dot Design Award for Brands & Communication Design.
Regional Headquarters
How can a regional museum successfully reflect the present state of its surroundings? And how can it become relevant for its region’s future?
