Work Reports

Werkbericht (Work Report) Nr. 17 — hive

hive – Interactive Light Installation

\nInterior Architecture and Communication Design students of School of Design Mainz developed the transdisciplinary project hive, an interactive light installation behind Alte Oper in central Frankfurt and multichannel communication strategy for the Luminale 2010.

Werkbericht (Work Report) Nr. 15 — YIP YAP YELL

The new Work Report No. 15 demonstrates the view gained by 26 Mainz students of the Mousonturm Art Centre in Frankfurt.The new Work Report No.

Werkbericht (Work Report) Nr. 14 — cxi-Konferenz 2009

Within the context of the cxi Conference 2009 the lecturing companies explained collectively – and yet from very different angles – their view of the subject, as well as defining problems and presenting their solutions.

Werkbericht (Work Report) No. 13 — Quer durch Europa

The Three European Cultural Capitals 2010: from Essen via Pécs to Istanbul.

Werkbericht (Work Report) Nr. 12 — Exclusive Type for the Plus Tra

This work report shows the genesis of a type design from its concept via the initial sketches right through to its final use.

Werkbericht (Work Report) Nr. 11 — »P« wie Papier

The effect of paper is frequently underestimated by students – usually through ignorance about the subject matter. Therefore, Work Report 11 deals with the creative, technical and environmental aspects of "paper" as a subject. The report explains important technical terminology and outlines – based on examples – which criteria need to be considered when choosing a paper.

Werkbericht (Work Report) Nr. 10 — New York goes Mainz

In cooperation with the study course Communication Design and the German Committee of the TDC, the 53rd Type Directors Show was staged in the customs port in Mainz as a night exhibition, giving a preview of exceptional pieces of work, followed by a party, all under the heading 53rd TDC New York goes Mainz.

Werkbericht (Work Report) No. 9 — translations 02

wanderlust. changing visual identities
With the ?translations? symposia hosted at School of Design Mainz, Germany the Department of Communication Design analyses and discusses current design issues in regular intervals. The most recent project ?wanderlust. changing visual identities? (German title ?fernweh. positionen zur identität im design ?) reviews the positions between near and far, the known and the unknown. Which individual strategies are adopted by designers in light of an increasingly globalised culture that consumes individual statements at fast pace? Are visual design concepts in any way able to contribute to shaping cultural identity?

Contributors are: Ruedi Baur, Erik Spiekermann, Florian Pfeffer, Vier5, Bastard-Project, K&K, Mark Terkessidis, Johannes Bergerhausen, Thomas Manss, Filip Bla¸ek, Rodrigo Castañeda, Dr. Petra Eisele, Anna-Lisa Schönecker, Barbara Knorpp.

Werkbericht (Work Report) No. 8 — eight views on dutch design edu

Is there a connection between the visual language of a country and its national mentality? For this question we are fosussing on the Netherlands, whose daring, experimental and functional design attained worldwide reputation during the past decades.

Werkbericht (Work Report) No. 7 — Essen und Trinken

Kulturelle und gestalterische Phänomene

Was essen wir mit, wenn wir essen? Welche Vorstellungen, Traditionen und Versprechungen sind mit der Nahrungsaufnahme und –beschaffung verbunden? Wie zeigen sich diese in der gestalteten Nahrungswelt von heute? Diese und ähnliche Fragen beschäftigten eine Projektgruppe …

Werkbericht (Work Report) No. 6 — The quick brown fox jump

Work Report No. 6 documents a seminar on type design at the University of Applied Sciences in Mainz. Awards: »Certificate of Typografic Excellence« – TDC Award 2007, Silver medal »book design« – 87th Annual Art Directors Club Awards 2008, iF communication design award 2008

Werkbericht (Work Report) No. 5 — Corporate Design gtz

Work Report No. 5 documents the development of the new coporate design for GTZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit).

Werkbericht (Work Report) No. 4 —— Typography in Three Dime

Typography does not only occur in two dimensions. Our day-to-day life is filled with written language and its use in the public sphere: signs and building inscriptions are examples of »typography on buildings«, which is intended to structure, guide, lead and ultimately help the reader get from A to B. But it can also supplement, accompany, entertain …

Werkbericht (Work Report) No. 3 — Project km497

We all tend to foster stereotypes and biases, albeit with a bad conscience. After all, everyone knows that it is wrong to reduce specific mentalities down into clichés. Nevertheless, no one can deny having denounced or praised supposedly typical behaviour as clichés from time to time. In a research project at the Faculty of Design, we wanted to precisely find out: In the cultural areas along the Rhine River* have national visual idiosyncrasies vanished or does the same apply to the visual language as to the spoken language?

red dot award winnig publication (communication design 2006)

Werkbericht (Work Report) No. 1 — Chance and other Methods

Along with the basic question of »What actually is typography?«, in the course of the semester project »Chance and Other Methods«, experimental approaches and random operations in the area of typography were explored in a series of isolated exercises. In three preliminary exercises, the possibilities of »Experimentation by Rules« were explored.

Prêt-à-porter / Body coverings

With texts and illustrations, the brochure documents three days which 15 students of Communication Design from the University of Applied Science in Mainz spent at the Performance Hotel, Stuttgart under the direction of Prof. Kirstin Arndt, paying for their stay with several performances related to body wear and textiles. Apart from a detailed presentation of the events, there is also a discussion of the backgrounds. This publication is a must for everybody interested in performance as a subject.

Werkbericht (Work Report) Nr. 19 — skop Laboratory for Communication

As Work in Progress and within the framework of the Masterʼs Programme Gutenberg-Intermedia and the event »City of Science 2011«, students spent three months making science in Mainz visible and tangible.