Moiré Index by Carsten Nicolai © 2011 Gestalten, Berlin Released in August 2010 (November in Japan), Moiré Index (Gestalten) by Carlsten Nicolai is his collected result of studying research about the effect calle...

CHICKS ON SPEED “DON’T ART, FASHION, MUSIC”

2010.11.17　 Text: Victor Moreno

If Einstein had been hanging out during the change of the millennium perhaps he could define himself: Electroclash + Riot grrl + DIY = Chicks on Speed. The band known globally for their hybrid, explosive DIY fading ou...

NEULAND

2009.12.3　 Text: Asami Miyamura

Actar has released "NEULAND: The Future of German Graphic Design" a design book featuring about 50 graphic designers from Germany. The recent graphic design in Germany has drastically changed with a new focus on young...

TATTOO IN JAPAN

2008.5.29　 Text: Mariko Takei

There are various ways to express the word "tattoo" in Japanese kanji. In Japanese, "irezumi" is the word for "tattoo", and you can express it in 7 or more different words written in kanji characters. In addition, the...

FRIENDSWITHYOU HAVE POWERS!

2006.8.22　 Text: Yurie Hatano

A book of a design unit FriendsWithYu (FWY). FriendsWithYou Have Powers!" will be released early in October. FWY is well known for producing their original dolls, also continuing activities in a variety of ...

ADICOLOR PODCAST RED

2006.4.26　 Text: Yurie Hatano

Creative Director Jacqueline Bosnjak & Mark Beukes A a customized sneaker Adicolor project we introduced before just launched the fifth film "Red" by Roman Coppola & Andy Bruntel. Adicolor was announ...

STEFAN GANDL “NEUBAU WELT”

2006.1.1　

"Neubau Welt" is an extensive encyclopedia of well over a thousand pictograms of everyday objects and obsessions large and small. They were created by designer Stefan Gandl and his Newbau team. Stefan Gandl's...

TAPE: AN EXCURSION THROUGH THE WORLD OF ADHESIVE TAPES

2005.12.1　 Text: Tim Engel

The book "TAPE: An Excursion through the World of Adhesive Tapes" is a product of a young German designer. Her name is Kerstin Finger, she is 26 years old and life in Frankfurt, Germany. She studying graphic design, a...

HIDDEN TRACK

2005.12.1　

A well known publishing company for artistic books, Die Gestalten Verlag had released "Hidden Track - How Visual Culture Is Going Places" in this October, which shows how contemporary visual culture is breaking out of...

FONS HICKMANN “TOUCH ME THERE”

2005.10.1　 Text: Tim Engel

Fons Matthias Hickmann is a 37 years old German graphic designer. He is born in Ruhrgebiet, Germany. Fons Matthias Hickmann is the fourth son of Franzi und Erwin Hickmann. Fons Hickmann lived in Duesseldorf for ten ye...

DESIGNED TO HELP

2005.3.3　 Text: Yurie Hatano

At the beginning of this year, a team from the design agency iLovedust in the UK dreamt up the idea of producing a book of graphic design, illustration and photography to raise money to help charities deal with the ts...

ANDERSEN: THE ILLUSTRATED FAIRY TALES OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN

2005.2.3　 Text: Yurie Hatano

Following "Grimm", and in commemoration of the 200th birthday of Hans Christian Andersen, Die Gestalten Verlag is publishing "Andersen: The Illustrated Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen". The book contains the or...