what is beautiful? what is functional? what works and what doesn’t? where does it feel wrong and why? this book is a sketchbook, a project catalogue, a collection of interviews and a volume of essays. it explains and describes with and through pictures. it’s a book for reading and for using, a collection of material and materials. it presents 85 projects along with the materials from which they emerged – interspersed with material by people who’ve accompanied us along the way: kai bierich, joachim blüher, hannes böhringer, matthew carter, andreas cukrowicz, adrian frutiger, durs grünbein, hans hansen, klaus klemp, norbert lammert, jórunn ragnarsdóttir, thomas ruff, karin sander, manfred schmalriede, klaus schmiedek, eva-maria schön, massimo vignelli, hermann zapf and peter zizka.
english version:
unit 32,
isbn 978-0-9956664-2-9
german version:
isbn 978-3-87439-875-6
verlag hermann schmidt
amazon:
projectdata
client:
büro uebele
communication design:
büro uebele
visuelle kommunikation
project team:
yanik hauschild (project manager)
andreas uebele
copy editing:
miriam holzapfel, astrid rabin
german proofreading:
joachim straßburger
translation:
paul boothroyd, susan mackervoy,
alyssa schmitt:
english proofreading
andrew leslie
repro:
immedia23
printing:
offsetdruckerei karl grammlich
binding:
josef spinner
principal typefaces:
adapted version of maison neue book and maison neue italic/medium/bold (timo gaessner);
antwerp regular/semibold/bold (henrik kubel);
massimo bold (andreas uebele and gabriel richter)
specifications:
size: 185mm x 240mm
pages: 654pp
print: five colour offset-print
binding: lay-flat bound
special features: two papers, one with a full bleed uv-lacquer finish
english language
39.00 pound
awards
tdc tokyo, annual awards 2018, selected
tdc new york, tdc64 2018, certificate of typographic excellence
11th macau design biennal, award