exhibition catalogue
innsbruck 2009
the place is characterised by a combination of odour, light, colour and lettering: bright colourful type, cast metal letters, names engraved in plaster, messages and paintings sprayed on surfaces capture the characteristic visual scent of a city. you don't perceive them as shapes but as information. you read the signs but fail to identify their messages. in the interplay of their shapes and forms they are tiny time-capsules, narrative echoes of the era in which they were created. anecdotes relating to a building and its location. in the book »alphabet innsbruck« these hidden stories become visible.
hermann schmidt mainz
180 pages
eur 28,–
isbn 978-3-87439-785-8
projectdata
client:
aut: architektur und tirol
arno ritter
project team:
katrin dittmann (project management)
andreas uebele
photos:
daniel fels
copy:
georg salden
gretl köfler
andreas uebele
awards
german design award 2013, nominated
design award of the federal republic of germany 2012, nominated
red dot award: communication design 2011, red dot
adc germany 2010, award
berliner type awards 2010, bronze
if communication design award 2010, award
the chicago athenaeum, good design 2010, good design award
deutscher designer club (ddc), good design 10, gold