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22.10.2014—26.4.2015
MAK Works on Paper Room
With its ninth presentation of the exhibition 100 Best Posters. Germany Austria Switzerland, the MAK will once again be placing up-to-the-minute graphic design at the center of attention. Media theory pioneer Marshall McLuhan, in his 1967 book The Medium is the Massage, described various forms of communication and the levels of perception on which they “massage”—and thus alter—the human sensorium. McLuhan had originally intended its title to be The Medium is the Message, but a printing error then made him aware of this alternative—and, to his mind, immanently appropriate—twist on his own saying.
And it is in this sense that the best 100 “ambassadors to and/or masseurs of the public space” will again be exhibiting their design ideas in the MAK Works on Paper Room. This year’s submissions overwhelmingly featured the employment of typography-based strategies that probe the range of possibilities between economy and excess in poster lettering. Among the 100 winning posters on exhibit, works by up-and-coming designers take their place alongside those of established figures in a refreshing combination, with this year’s presentation once again showing how, as jury member Holger Matthies puts it, posters “function as an irreplaceable category of urban furniture.”
From nearly 1,700 submissions, an international jury consisting of Verena Panholzer (Vienna, jury chair), Reza Abedini (Iran/Netherlands), Christophe Gaudard (France), Holger Matthies (Germany) and Felix Pfäffli (Switzerland) selected the best 100 posters and poster series from Germany (55 winners), Austria (4) and Switzerland (41).
Catalog 100 beste Plakate 13. Deutschland Österreich Schweiz / 100 Best Posters 13. Germany Austria Switzerland, designed by 2xGoldstein, including a special thematic contribution by Jan-Henning Raff entitled “Theories to Understand Graphic Design in Use: The Example of Posters,” and published by Verlag Hermann Schmidt, Mainz, 2014, 2oo pages. € 34,80
Curator Peter Klinger, Deputy Head of MAK Library and Works on Paper Collection
Thu, 6.11.2014, 5 p.m.
A cooperation between the MAK and the Verein 100 Beste Plakate. e.V.
And it is in this sense that the best 100 “ambassadors to and/or masseurs of the public space” will again be exhibiting their design ideas in the MAK Works on Paper Room. This year’s submissions overwhelmingly featured the employment of typography-based strategies that probe the range of possibilities between economy and excess in poster lettering. Among the 100 winning posters on exhibit, works by up-and-coming designers take their place alongside those of established figures in a refreshing combination, with this year’s presentation once again showing how, as jury member Holger Matthies puts it, posters “function as an irreplaceable category of urban furniture.”
From nearly 1,700 submissions, an international jury consisting of Verena Panholzer (Vienna, jury chair), Reza Abedini (Iran/Netherlands), Christophe Gaudard (France), Holger Matthies (Germany) and Felix Pfäffli (Switzerland) selected the best 100 posters and poster series from Germany (55 winners), Austria (4) and Switzerland (41).
Catalog 100 beste Plakate 13. Deutschland Österreich Schweiz / 100 Best Posters 13. Germany Austria Switzerland, designed by 2xGoldstein, including a special thematic contribution by Jan-Henning Raff entitled “Theories to Understand Graphic Design in Use: The Example of Posters,” and published by Verlag Hermann Schmidt, Mainz, 2014, 2oo pages. € 34,80
Curator Peter Klinger, Deputy Head of MAK Library and Works on Paper Collection
Guided tour
with the curator Peter KlingerThu, 6.11.2014, 5 p.m.
A cooperation between the MAK and the Verein 100 Beste Plakate. e.V.
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Media
Rigoletto
Studio: Atelier Bundi AG
Graphic Design: Stephan Bundi
Client: Theater Biel Solothurn
Technique: Siebdruck screen printing
Printing house: Serigraphie Uldry AG, Hinterkappelen/Bern
Switzerland
Das Matterhorn ist schön Alpabzug
Studio: Erich Brechbühl [Mixer]
Using a poster by Ernst Hodel from 1928
Client: Theater Aeternam, Luzern
Technique: offset printing
Printing house: Plakatif AG, Stans
Switzerland
Qual und Wahl
Studio: sensomatic design
Graphic Design: Florian Koch, Christine Zmölnig
Client: Kunstverein Wolfsburg
Technique: Offsetdruck offset printing
Printing house: Onlineprinters GmbH, Neustadt a. d. Aisch
Austria
Rosengarten Festa
Graphic Design: Thomas Kronbichler in collaboration with Max Edelberg and Julian Koschwitz
Client: Ear We Are, Festival für improvisierte Musik, Biel
Technique: screen printing
Printing house: Eigendruck
Germany
Fritz-Kola: müde wach
Studio: Rocket & Wink
Graphic Design: Petronius Amund Wink, Gerald Rocketson
series of two posters
Client: fritz-kola GmbH, Hamburg
Technique: offset printing
Printing house: Ellerhold Wismar GmbH, Karow Germany
Fritz-Kola: müde wach
Studio: Rocket & Wink
Graphic Design: Petronius Amund Wink, Gerald Rocketson
series of two posters
Client: fritz-kola GmbH, Hamburg
Technique: offset printing
Printing house: Ellerhold Wismar GmbH, Karow Germany
NOWOW Das Kino in der Mensa
From a series of five posters
Graphic Design: Pia Moana Scharler
Client: NOWOW Das Kino in der Mensa, Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien
Technique: screen printing on textile
Printing house: Eigendruck: Lucas Pressler
Österreich
NOWOW Das Kino in der Mensa
From a series of five posters
Graphic Design: Pia Moana Scharler
Client: NOWOW Das Kino in der Mensa, Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien
Technique: screen printing on textile
Printing house: Eigendruck: Lucas Pressler
Österreich
Charles Bukowski
Graphic Design: Andrea Weber
Project assignment at the Fachhochschule Dortmund, supervision: Prof. Johannes Graf
Client: Fachhochschule Dortmund
Technique: digital printing
Printing house: medien team Digitaldruck GmbH, Düsseldorf
Germany
The Essence 13
Project assignment at the Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien, Klasse für Grafik Design, supervision: Prof. Oliver Kartak, Katharina Uschan
Client: Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien
Technique: offset printing
Printing house: Paul Gerin GmbH & Co KG, Wolkersdorf
Austria