33 years of new year cards – büro uebele, new year’s greetings, stuttgart 1991–2024
it’s been 33 years and so there are – you guessed it! – 33 cards. well, not exactly 33 – the first ones were christmas cards, which didn’t feel quite right: “merry christmas!” being a greeting that limits its own audience, implicitly excluding those of other faiths or none at all. the first card showed a montage copied onto coloured paper: the sender with a speech bubble; ghastly – but at least it was coloured by hand. the animal alphabet of 2003 was the first card (really a little folded leaflet) to elicit a surprising response: colleagues requested help with the translation, and the director of the graphics collection at staatsgalerie stuttgart responded with a hand-drawn animal-alphabet thankyou letter. now every year we endeavour to offer our greetings in a new and intriguing way – posing a riddle in shapes or words (with the solution supplied on the reverse). the cards have become little art works, lavishly screenprinted (many thanks to eicher werkstätten). this year, instead of a bottle of trollinger (they might prefer a riesling!) we will be sending something very special to our clients, friends and partners to celebrate 33 years of new year’s greetings. if you don’t receive our cards you can view a selection of them on our website. if you’d like to receive a card in the future: send us a handwritten request!
büro uebele
new year’s greetings
stuttgart 1991–2024
2024
project team:
lorenz grohmann
carolin himmel
leoni sander
andreas uebele
2023
project team:
maks barbulović
carolin himmel
andreas uebele
2022
project team:
carolin himmel
marcel tillmanns
andreas uebele
2021
project team:
maks barbulović
carolin himmel
andreas uebele
2020
project team:
dominik bissem
carolin himmel
christian lindermann
andreas uebele
2019
project team:
carolin himmel
christian lindermann
anna pfältzer
andreas uebele
2018
project team:
dominik bissem
carolin himmel
christian lindermann
andreas uebele
2017
project team:
weronika rafa
andreas uebele
2016
project team:
yanik hauschild
tobias hönow
andreas uebele
2015
project team:
yanik hauschild
andreas uebele
2014
project team:
yanik hauschild
andreas uebele
2013
project team:
thanh-thao tran
andreas uebele
2012
project team:
daniel fels
andreas uebele
2011
project team:
katharina moritzen
andreas uebele
2010
project team:
anja klein (illustration)
tove günter
andreas uebele
2009
project team:
natalie de gregorio
andreas uebele
2008
project team:
beate kapprell
andreas uebele
2007
illustration:
andreas uebele
2006, 2005 and 2004
photo:
andreas körner
2003
illustration:
daniela sonntag
awards:
- german design award 2015, nominee