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For each of our design talks we produce and publish a monographic catalogue. We're at Nº 74 right now.

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SNASK

Branding & Video

74 — SNASK is your future romance. A creative agency of misfit geniuses conquering the world through fine lookin' design and real emotions.

Catalogue layout by Guido Kröger.
Publication date March 2024.

Made By James

Type & Logo Design

73 — James Martin, AKA Made By James, is the Nonconformulator of logo design and his rebellious creativity has allowed him to thrive in one of the most competitive markets on the planet.

Catalogue layout by Hyder Razvi.
Publication date January 2024.

Germans Ermičs

Sculptural Design

72 — Combining methods from design and art, Latvian-born Germans Ermičs creates unique sculptural works, which are recognised and highly acclaimed across the world as collectible design pieces. His approach can be described as a gradual, determined movement towards the final aesthetic result, striving to give materiality to intangible phenomena, transforming two-dimensional shapes into spatial objects, and lifting the limitations of visual perception.

Catalogue layout by Claudia Eustergerling.
Publication date November 2023.

Valentin Vodev

Industrial Design

71 — Valentin Vodev lives and works in Vienna, Austria. He creates products in the area of sustainable transportation, furniture, lighting - products as well as designs for public spaces. Vodev reshapes form and function in a playful way. His products are marked through a redefinition of the conventional use of products by adding a surprising twist and added functionality to the design.

Catalogue layout by Vera Heliodoro.
Publication date October 2023.

Klasien van de Zandschulp

Interactive Design

70 — Klasien van de Zandschulp is an Amsterdam-based interactive artist and creative director at studio affect lab. She designs story-based and participatory experiences, blending digital/physical and online/offline interactions. Her work explores sensory design, embodiment, rituals, augmented realities, human interaction and (radical) thoughts around our daily technology consumption.

Catalogue layout by Zoë Mondloch.
Publication date June 2023.

Dennis Hinze

Sport Fashion Design

69 — Dennis Hinze is founder and Creative Director of NƎTWORK – an internationally recognized agency for Sport Fashion Design based in Frankfurt & Hamburg, Germany.

Catalogue layout by Mado Klümper.
Publication date May 2023.

Chris Noelle aka Tofa

Light Design

68 — By his career as a bike trials pro rider Chris Noelle aka Tofa learned early to see things from another point of view, a different perspective. Imagination and the search of thrill remained in every project that followed up since then. Today he looks back on 20 years of experience in Lightpainting photography and projection art and still finds new challenges as a creator.

Catalogue layout by Isabelle Mattern.
Publication date March 2023.

Eike König

Art Design

67 — Eike König is a citizen, lover, father, graphic designer, artist, teacher, founder and creative director of Berlin–based creative collective HORT, who has turned his hand to everything from branding to painting, sculpture, typography and printing.

Catalogue layout by Reza Kianpour.
Publication date January 2023.

Super Terrain

Graphic Design

66 — The busy French studio – run by Quentin Bodin, Luc de Fouquet and Lucas Meyer – brings together disciplines like posters, visual identities, books, website, scenography and signage. They are partnering regularly with photographers, writers, printers, web developers and makers.

Catalogue layout by Vinzenz Hölzl.
Publication date November 2022.

Lottermann and Fuentes

Photography Design

65 — Based in Frankfurt, the duo’s images are modern, sexy, fun and colourful. Their pictures always look familiar. The portrayed like good friends. Probably also because a photo session with Lottermann and Fuentes is more like a meeting with old acquaintances.

Catalogue layout by Guido Kröger.
Publication date October 2022.

Joupin Ghamsari

Photography Design

64 — Joupin Ghamsari is an internationally acclaimed Photographer and Creative Director from London, collaborating with a range of subjects within music, sport, film & fashion.

Catalogue layout by Hyder Razvi.
Publication date June 2022.

Studio Klarenbeek & Dros

Design Research

63 — Studio Klarenbeek & Dros is developing and stimulating a new production chain, in order to achieve CO2-binding and biocompatible materials.

Catalogue layout by Olga Silva.
Publication date May 2022.

Martha von Maydell

Illustration Design

62 — Martha von Maydell is a Berlin-born freelance illustrator and full-time creative working with the medium of paper.

Catalogue layout by Liz Kummer.
Publication date April 2022.

New Tendency

Product Design

61 — New Tendency is a Berlin-based design studio that applies Modernist design principles onto contemporary objects of the everyday.

Catalogue layout by Sebastian Schichel.
Publication date February 2022.

Thomas Kurppa

Brand Design

60 — Thomas Kurppa is co-founder and the Chief Cre­ative Offi­cer of Kurp­pa Hosk.

Catalogue layout by Claudia Eustergerling.
Publication date December 2021.

David Kamp

Sound Design

59 — Composer and sound designer David Kamp has explored the medium of sound from many angles. He has designed sound worlds for hundreds of animated films and used Instagram to develop interactive musical instruments controlled by facial expressions.

Catalogue layout by Hyder Razvi.
Publication date September 2021.

Christophe de la Fontaine

Product Design

58 —In 2010 he opened his own design office based in Milan, leading to co-founding the DANTE – Goods And Bads in 2012 with his partner, German contemporary artist Aylin Langreuter.

Catalogue layout by Reza Kianpour.
Publication date July 2021.

Verònica Fuerte

Graphic Design

57 — Founder & Creative Director at Hey. Verònica is a designer, illustrator, international speaker and creative director from Barcelona.

Catalogue layout by Guido Kröger.
Publication date June 2021.

Jonas Lindstroem

Photography Design

56 — Lindstroem started his professional career within the broad context of fashion photography and has developed his directorial and filmmaking work increasingly over the years, balancing editorial, commercial, and personal artistic projects.

Catalogue layout by Vinzenz Hölzl.
Publication date May 2021.

Moth Studio

Motion Design

55 — Moth Studio was founded to share their member’s love of storytelling, drawing, and filmmaking through animation. They set up shop in 2015 and have been crafting award-winning animations from their studio in London ever since.

Catalogue layout by Liz Kummer.
Publication date March 2021.

Anna Fahrmaier

Type Design

54 — Anna Fahrmaier is a co-founder of the Austrian type and design agency Typejockeys. Professional type design, lettering and refreshing design with type – that’s the daily playground of the Vienna based creatives.

Catalogue layout by Bianca Maaß.
Publication date October 2020.

Marc Tamschick

Spatial Media Design

53 — Marc Tamschick is the founder and managing director of TAMSCHICK MEDIA+SPACE GmbH, an agency for multimedia scenography, immersive narrative spaces and installations using new technologies.

Catalogue layout by Arnaud Mouriamé.
Publication date February 2020.

Folch Studio

Strategic Narrative Design

52 — Based in Barcelona and founded in 2004, Folch Studio creates concepts, brands and narratives reaching and engaging audiences on the new paradigm.

Catalogue layout by Arnaud Mouriamé.
Publication date November 2019.

Ian Anderson

Graphic Design

51 — Ian Anderson was born before England won the World Cup, in Croydon, London’s erstwhile orbital city of the future.

Catalogue layout by Design Friends.
Publication date October 2019.

Dennis Lück

Designing Creativity

50 — Dennis Lück is the highest awarded creative in Switzerland, with the industry recently naming him Advertiser of the Year for 2017.

Catalogue layout by Claudia Eustergerling.
Publication date June 2019.

Frank Rausch

Interface Design

49 — Good typography is essential for a great user experience. Almost all app user interfaces rely heavily on text to guide their audience, so the shape of words and text deserves special attention from designers and developers.

Catalogue layout by Guido Kröger.
Publication date May 2019.

Studio Feixen

Graphic Design

48 — Studio Feixen is an independent Design Studio based in Lucerne, Switzerland that creates visual concepts. They focus specifically on nothing in particular. Whether it’s graphic design, interior design, fashion design, type design or animation.

Catalogue layout by Joanna Grodecki.
Publication date January 2019.

Sarah-Grace Mankarious

Graphic Design

47 — Sarah-Grace Mankarious is Art Director of Special Projects at CNN International, where she produces interactive online stories and award-winning videos.

Catalogue layout by Hyder Razvi.
Publication date December 2018.

Patricia Urquiola

Product Design

46 — Designer, Architect, Founder of Studio Urquiola, Milan, Italy. Patricia Urquiola studied architecture and design at Madrid Polytechnic and Milan Polytechnic, graduating with Achille Castiglioni.

Catalogue layout by Guido Kröger.
Publication date November 2018.

Isabelle Chapuis

Photography Design

45 — Cotton, smoke, powder, frost, cotton candy, plants... these are the materials that Isabelle Chapuis reinterprets in her photographic work.

Catalogue layout by Guido Kröger.
Publication date June 2018.

Lea Brousse & Raban Ruddigkeit

illustration & Graphic Design

44 — Brousse & Ruddigkeit is a French-German design studio founded 2015 in Berlin. Lea Brousse and Raban Ruddigkeit work as conceptors, graphic designers, and illustrators.

Catalogue layout by Joanna Grodecki.
Publication date May 2018.

Uwe Brückner

Scenography Design

43 — Uwe R. Brückner is the founder and creative director of Atelier Brückner (established in 1997, Stuttgart, Germany) that conceives and designs narrative architecture and spaces for brands, exhibitions, trade fairs, and museums.

Catalogue layout by Reza Kianpour.
Publication date March 2018.

Phoenix Design

Product Design

42 — The World is changing, but some things will never change. Shelter, food, water, warmth, safety, rest and light. This fundamental continue to define people’s lives.

Catalogue layout by Lisa Bidgen & Dean Kauffmann.
Publication date January 2018.

Laura Straßer

Product Design

41 — Laura Straßer founded Studio Laura Straßer in 2009 as a studio for product design with focus on porcelain and ceramic designs. Since then she worked on numerous projects and products, which were continuously presented on international shows and fairs.

Catalogue layout by Hyder Razvi.
Publication date November 2017.

Armando Milani

Graphic Design

40 — A household name in modern and contemporary graphic design, Armando Milani (b. 1940, Milan, Italy) has studied with Albe Steiner at the Società Umanitaria in Milan. He collaborated with some of the most important Italian design studios...

Catalogue layout by Silvano Vidale.
Publication date October 2017.

Brosmind

Illustration Design

39 — The Mingarro brothers, Juan (1978) and Alejandro (1981) were born in Huesca, and spent their childhood in Binéfar, drawing comics, building vehicles for their action figures and shooting movies with his domestic camcorder. In 2006, they founded Brosmind.

Catalogue layout by Guido Kröger.
Publication date May 2017.

Tim John & Martin Schmitz

Scenography Design

38 — In his studio Tim John – Atelier für Szenografie Tim John together with Martin Schmitz creates spaces and places of a special kind. Together with designers, graphic designers, illustrators and mechatronics engineers ideas come to life.

Catalogue layout by Sebastian Reiter.
Publication date March 2017.

Pe'l Schlechter

Graphic Design

37 — A household name in Luxembourg graphic design and literature, Pe’l Schlechter is a pioneer whose work you’ve likely encountered before.

Catalogue layout by Silvano Vidale.
Publication date February 2017.

Jean-Paul Lespagnard

Fashion Design

36 — Il se murmure dans le monde de la mode que si le peintre Salvador Dalì et la styliste Elsa Shiaparelli avaient eu un fils, ce serait lui, Jean-Paul Lespagnard, créateur atypique, enfant prodigue du surréalisme.

Catalogue layout by Joanna Grodecki.
Publication date February 2017.

Kiki Van Eijk

Product Design

35 — Kiki van Eijk’s work is easily recognisable by her mild and playful designs. But don’t be mistaken by the first look of her work. Where it might look very soft and playful, it can be really hard and serious.

Catalogue layout by 101 Studios.
Publication date November 2016.

Mr Bingo

Illustration Design

34 — Over the last fifteen years Mr Bingo has worked with hundreds of clients across a wide range of media; you might have seen his illustrations in TIME, Esquire, QI, The Mighty Boosh, The New York Times and on Channel 4. He is a regular in the New Yorker.

Catalogue layout by Runa Egilsdottir.
Publication date October 2016.

Romain Urhausen

Product Design

33 — Design Friends has invited the photographer, designer and architect Romain Urhausen (*1930) for a discussion on the subject of his design works from the 1960s and 1970s in the (inter)national context in which he was involved.

Catalogue layout by Silvano Vidale.
Publication date June 2016.

Ruedi Baur

Graphic Design

32 — Between complexity and poetry, Civic design and global citizenship.

Catalogue layout by Annick Kieffer.
Publication date May 2016.

Murielle Scherre (La fille d’O)

Fashion Design

31 — La fille d’O is the lingerie label of Belgian designer Murielle Scherre. She started designing lingerie, firstly for herself, because she refused to compromise between a perfect fit and aesthetics.

Catalogue layout by Stina Fisch.
Publication date March 2016.

Pleix by Pleix

Digital Design

30 — Formed In 2001, Pleix was born out of a meeting between seven artists with different visions but with a desire to come together to mix complimentary approaches and draw on each other’s inspiration.

Catalogue layout by Arnaud Mouriamé.
Publication date February 2016.

Alexandra Murray-Leslie (Chicks on Speed)

High Techne Fashion Design

29 — With the Computer Enhanced Footwear (CEF) in the live art piece FOOTwerk Murray-Leslie suggests that the foot can be temporarily enhanced with technology to create a new type of High-Techne Fashion, a new tool to carry out complex creative tasks on stage.

Catalogue layout by Joanna Grodecki.
Publication date November 2015.

Philippe Apeloig

Graphic Design

28 — Philippe Apeloig is an influential French graphic designer. His typographic solutions are skillfully crafted and demonstrate great attention to detail. 20x20 cm, soft cover, 24 pages

Catalogue layout by Philippe Apeloig.
Publication date October 2015.

Eduardo Aires

Corporate Design

27 — White Studio, led by Eduardo Aires, is a multidisciplinary design studio, based in Porto, that works in a wide range of areas, from print to web, from editorial to signage, from packaging to interior design.

Catalogue layout by Joanna Grodecki.
Publication date June 2015.

Klaus-Peter Siemssen

Light Design

26 — Sustainable lighting solutions for both interior and exterior applications.

Catalogue layout by Miriam Rosner.
Publication date November 2014.

Erik Spiekermann

Graphic Design

25 — Don't work for assholes, don't work with assholes.

Catalogue layout by Guido Kröger.
Publication date September 2014.

Bruce Duckworth

Packaging Design

24 — Iconic design for consumer brands ranging from global leaders to feisty start-ups.

Catalogue layout by Silvano Vidale.
Publication date June 2014.

Paul Priestman

Transport Design

23 — Design is not just about styling, but about making things better.

Catalogue layout by Mik Muhlen.
Publication date April 2014.

Mirko Borsche

Editorial Design

22 — A content-driven approach based on the idea of design as a source for learning, understanding and joy.

Catalogue layout by Joanna Grodecki.
Publication date February 2014.

Christophe Pillet

Product Design

21 — The perfect command of sensuality and refinement.

Catalogue layout by Arnaud Mouriamé.
Publication date November 2013.

Sissel Tolaas

Scent Design

20 — The world of smells.

Catalogue layout by Sebastian Reiter.
Publication date October 2013.

Nicolas Bourquin

Editorial Design

19 — Datatorial - Infographics in the editorial field.

Catalogue layout by Joanna Grodecki.
Publication date June 2013.

Murat Günak

Automotive Design

18 — MIA is a beautiful car, ultracompact, silent, economical and with zero-emissions conceived to simplify urban driving.

Catalogue layout by Claudia Eustergerling.
Publication date April 2013.

Lernert & Sander

Art & Design

17 — About simple and communicative works, that takes little note of the existing border between contemporary art and commercial projects.

Catalogue layout by Mik Muhlen.
Publication date February 2013.

Sonja Stummerer & Martin Hablesreiter

Food Design

16 — People should talk about food as an aspect of culture, as the most important good, as business, as a design product of daily life.

Catalogue layout by Nicolas Felten.
Publication date November 2012.

Sam Hecht

Industrial Design

16 — The importance of design as a means of simplifying our lives in an inspirational way.

Catalogue layout by Christophe Peiffer.
Publication date September 2012.

Mario Lombardo

Editorial Design

14 — Juggling with photography, typography and strong visual identites in order to create awesome works of stunning beauty.

Catalogue layout by Pietro Namèche.
Publication date June 2012.

Christian Schneider

Sound Design

13 — Insight into the process of producing sound designs, the audible identity of a project or a product.

Catalogue layout by Silvano Vidale.
Publication date March 2012.

Stefan Diez

Industrial Design

12 — From furniture and tableware to industrial design and exhibition design.

Catalogue layout by Mik Muhlen.
Publication date February 2012.

Elvis Pompilio

Fashion Design

11 — How to become a milliner

Catalogue layout by Joel Brücher.
Publication date November 2011.

Michael Johnson

Graphic Design

10 — ZIG ZAG

Catalogue layout by Nicole Goetz.
Publication date October 2011.

Joachim Sauter

Media Design

09 — The Renaissance of Space

Catalogue layout by Elisa Kern.
Publication date June 2011.

Niklaus Troxler

Graphic Design

08 — Poster Sound

Catalogue layout by Tom Gloesener.
Publication date March 2011.

5.5 Designers

Product Design

07 — Travaux

Catalogue layout by Miriam Rosner.
Publication date February 2011.

Kustaa Saksi

Illustration Design

06 — Color burst

Catalogue layout by Guido Kröger.
Publication date November 2010.

Harri Peccinotti

Photography & Graphic Design

05 — Depth of Field

Catalogue layout by Cliff Ross.
Publication date September 2010.

Andreas Uebele

Signage Design

04 — More luring than leading

Catalogue layout by Arnaud Mouriamé.
Publication date May 2010.

Fun Factory

Product Design

03 — Love yourself

Catalogue layout by Silvano Vidale.
Publication date November 2009.

Michel Mallard

Creative Design

02 — Misbehavin'

Catalogue layout by Silvano Vidale & Michel Mallard.
Publication date July 2009.

Christoph Niemann

Illustration Design

01 — A picture is worth 1000...

Catalogue layout by Vidale-Gloesener.
Publication date April 2009.

50 Friends

Anniversary publication

50 Designers, 50 Encounters, 10 Years of Design Friends

Produced by Maison Moderne.
Publication date October 2018

DEE

Season 15

For each season, we also publish our "DEE" — which with this edition not only serves as a programme for the new season 15, but also includes a review of seasons 1-14.

Concept by Heike Fries & Silvano Vidale. Layout by Jill Mersch. Datavisualisation by Sebastian Reiter.
Publication date October 2023.

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