German design

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DIN 1451: Designed in 1931 for the German standards body DIN – Deutsches Institut für Normung – it looks and behaves as if it had been produced today. It extols all of the principles of the Bauhaus and has not dated in any way.

The facilities of Giesinger Bräu can be visited, and they offer guided tours of the brewery. For these tours, I designed a gift certificate (Gutschein) revolving around lock and keys as a symbol of granting access. As a more individualized alternative, I exchanged the core element for an illustration of one of their graffiti-covered brewing tanks. - - - beer | brewery | bier | brauerei | german | vintage |illustration | label | ephemera | hop | ribbon | tatoo | engraving

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Larger label measuring approx 70 x 95mm. Date unknown, but looks like 60s/70s.

the graphic design exhibition provides insight into the planning and construction history of the city of leipzig from 1933 until 1945.

Here we’ll look at how to create a tribute poster, using typography, colors and grids which are trademarks of the Bauhaus style.

German graphic designer Anton Stankowski (1906–1998) was a master of the minimal—and a pioneer of what was referred to as “constructive graphic art” that involved using photographic media. He was also a master of visual shorthand, with emphasis on logos, the minimalist Deutsche Bank, the Münchner Rückversicherungen, REWE and Olympic Congress Baden-Baden. I recently found a long-lost file with a portfolio of ads he designed for Standard Elektrik Lorenz from his hometown, Stutt

German designer Mark Bohle certainly has a knack for poster design, boasting a portfolio of work that showcases skilfully drawn typography and illustration that manages to be at once wonderfully weird and very concise.

In the first of a new series, we look at Germany’s creative culture, which is both forward-thinking and respectful of the country’s rich history.