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Ready for take-off

by Nina Reetzke

Not much longer to go, as in early June the Berlin Brandenburg airport opens. Heike Nehl and Sibylle Schlaich at Moniteurs designed the signage system. In fact, the first signs have already been put in place on the construction site.

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Brave it with wallpaper

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Speedy Gonzales

by Thomas Edelmann

Kurt Weidemann defined the public image of such major companies as Deutsche Bahn and Daimler Benz. The typographer and graphic designer saw himself as an intermediary between content and observer, not as an artist. The master of lettering and language, who himself said he had seen too much to be good, passed away on March 30.

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Sergeant Pepper’s Longing for the Fur Cup

by Thomas Wagner

Don't think graphic designers would be content with giving surfaces an appealing design. They too feel the urge to break out into the freedom of 3D. What happens when they do so can be marveled at in the book ‘Drei D - Grafische Räume.'

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100 years of Swiss graphic design

by Jörg Stürzebecher

In terms of graphic design, Switzerland is a world leader. Züricher Museum für Gestaltung, the Zurich Design Museum, is currently demonstrating why, in a show that provides an overview of all Swiss design has to offer and is well worth seeing.

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One hundred best posters

From busy images to quiet ones to wild games with letters – the work featured in a competition, "100 best posters", gladdens the eye and makes the heart beat a little faster.

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If you ask me, everything should be white.

British Pop Art artist Richard Hamilton designed the legendary cover of The Beatles' "White Album". The seemingly unprinted sleeve lent the album its name and set it apart optically from all the brightly colored albums. Franziska von Bethmann asked Richard Hamilton how the cover came about.

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