Our work for kaffeewerk espressionist was just published in “BranD” magazine.
Nice!

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Stylepark, a german platform for architecture and design, host a debate about the future of design – particularly the future of design education. The discussion unfolds quiet spectacular with every author and article. The über-academic tone of some authors doesn’t make the whole story less interesting to follow.
Actually, this is a very rare something in a german-speaking design world.

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It is one of those things designers and advertisers like to talk about and sometimes try to enforce (and advise others to do) – pick you clients and say “no”, if you should. There is no other profession I know where this kind of client handling is beng discussed so regularly and is being seen as some kind of advantage. Designers like to compare themselves to doctors – but do doctors really pick their patients and are able to say “no” to them? I don’t think so. How come this question then comes up in the industry of design and advertising?…

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First off: this post is written mostly as a round-up of status quo in the creative industry, design and advertising included. While rethinking the business model of the Bureau itself and looking for the possible directions to pivot – which is a difficult decision to acknowledge for now – I have researched the subject to see how other entrepreneurs in the industry look at the future of this business field.…

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It might seem like a late reaction to a very self-conscious statement, however the discussion seems to belong to one of those evergreen questions examining the value of design and its impact on the business.
One thing is for sure – everything is designed, consciously or not. The question is whether you paid attention or paid a blatancy fine.…

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While under fresh impression, I have to state, that this one is absolutely inspirational movie to watch. Taking different perspectives – from artists and producers to managers and everyone in between – the story told is about creating and consuming art in the era of digital everything. Beautifully produced, full of thought-provoking quotes, this is a movie which I would recommend watching to get oneself thinking and inspired of what we are all going through nowadays.…

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The b+p type foundry is good. The typefaces look quite refreshing, they are legible and have their own signature. However something about them is even more exciting – every font can be acquired under “free license”. Buy a typeface, try it in your layout and if everything is looking fine – buy it. It is hard to say how this strategy pays off, but for the designers this offer is absolutely unique.

Anybody to follow the lead?

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Apart from being just a good video and some interesting piece of advice (or experience), it comes close to a subject matter we would like to start researching more as well. By designers for designers. Clients. Value. Partnerships. Colleagues. Business models. There are enough topics only experience can answer – not your tax adviser (who should be very good at his subject anyway). We plan to turn this research into a publication and bring it the public discussion, too.

But for the time being, breathe iiiiiiiiiiin….. exhale.

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Complex problems have easy, simple to understand wrong answers.

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