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Studienreihe edition (update)

Michael Drossmann — Mon, 30 Sep 2019 23:00:43 +0000

Volume 67 now available: The New Frankfurt: Exile and Remigration; a Big City Utopia as Cultural Property in Transfer by C. Julius Reinsberg
ISBN 978-3-95542-352-0

Volume 66: Craft Guilds in Late Medieval Frankfurt am Main; Familial, social and political functions by Ellen Diehm
ISBN 978-3-95542-337-7

Volume 65: Born of Crisis, Theatre Funding Associations and their Protagonists in Frankfurt am Main since 1924 by Theresa Victoria Leonhardt
ISBN 978-3-95542-298-1

Volume 64: (Co-)Designing the New Frankfurt, The Art School Principal and Cultural Policy Maker Fritz Wichert by Carina Danzer
ISBN 978-3-95542-284-4

Volume 63: Cultural policy in the Third Reich on the example of Frankfurt museums by Sebastian Farnung
ISBN 978-3-943407-61-7

Volume 62: Frankfurt’s Great Late Gothic Architect and Stonemason Madern Gerthener by Gerhard Ringshausen
ISBN 978-3-943407-35-8

Volume 61: Municipal Youth Welfare in Frankfurt am Main during the Weimar Republic by Kristina Matron
ISBN 978-3-921606-97-1

Over the years, the Studies on Frankfurt’s History have been issued in co-operation with different publishing houses.

Volume 60: Stockfish and Turnip by Christoph Regulski
ISBN 978-3-86539-680-8

Volume 59: Architecture of the 1950s in Frankfurt am Main by Almut Gehebe-Gerhardt
ISBN 978-3-8653-9675-4

I redesigned the well-established book series in 2007 for the Waldemar Kramer publishing house by commission of manager Dr Henriette Kramer. The focus of the Kramer publishing programme was on the cultural history of the city of Frankfurt am Main. The Studienreihe look features multi-coloured bands with a section of Kramer’s striped letter K logo (original logo design by master typographer Joachim Romann, 1916—1996).

Volume 56: Paintings from St. Katharinen’s Gallery Parapets by Joachim Proescholdt
ISBN 978-3-7829-0569-5

Volume 55: Money Powers Culture by Gudrun-Christine Schimpf
ISBN 978-3-7829-0568-8

Volume 58: Administered Lust by Fritz Koch
ISBN 978-3-8653-9672-3

Volume 57: Modern municipal image-building in Frankfurt am Main, Wiesbaden und Offenbach by Torben Giese
ISBN 978-3-8653-9671-6

The original concept also included a layout without any image on the frontpage and one with a full-format upright image.

In Summer 2008, the Studienreihe design was shown in Bremen’s Neues Museum Weserburg in the exhibition Ein X für ein U, presenting 25 years of typography deriving from Bremen University of Arts. The exhibition was organized in association with the 23rd Forum Typography conference.

The daily Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung said “the traditional book series now has a new face. The cover design is as fresh as the approach of editor Evelyn Brockhoff.”

TITLE: Studienreihe
SHORT INFO: Book cover design
CLIENT: Institute for City History Frankfurt am Main
DIRECTOR: Dr Evelyn Brockhoff
AGENCY: Dr Henriette Kramer editorial office
YEAR: 2007 et seq.
DROSSMEDIA.COM’S ROLE: Design, Pre-Press
LINK: https://societaets-verlag.de/

APPENDIX: Full-bleed cover for volume 63 (proposal)

Happy Anniversary, Euramet!

Michael Drossmann — Sat, 10 Jun 2017 11:00:52 +0000

In January 2017 Euramet celebrates an important anniversary. On this occasion, a 64-page booklet detailing its history was issued.

TITLE: 30 Years of Collaboration in European Metrology
SHORT INFO: Anniversary Publication
CLIENT: Euramet e.V.
AGENCY: drossmedia.com
YEAR: 2016/17
DROSSMEDIA.COM’S ROLE: Art Direction, Design
CO-DESIGNER: Maşite Atik
PRINT PRODUCTION: bonneberg.com
LINK: euramet.org

PTB Foyer (update)

Michael Drossmann — Thu, 01 Dec 2016 13:00:27 +0000

Idea of a a semi-transparent blue square over the existing steel wall sculpture focussing on PTB’s new corporate design.

Update 2011: Aluminium 3D lettering and vinyl lettering applied to the wall accompanying the Algorithmia steel sculpture.

The Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB) is the national metrology institute of Germany. The basis of all measurements also is the basis of PTB’s work: almost everything revolves about the seven SI base units. In 2008 I was commissioned to layout a showcase of the SI base units for visitors of the Central Division.

Each SI base unit is represented by two photos, a large screened-back photo and a small one in full colour mounted behind 25 mm perspex blocks, and by prototypes from the corresponding PTB laboratory. The foyer lettering was realised in high-performance signage film in cyan blue, white and bronze colour.

The PTB foyer also features the Timeline, a portrait gallery of PTB’s founders and former Presidents dating back to the year of 1871. Matching the existing materials of the interior, I provided A4 size photo mounts in an open glass and aluminum design.

In an earlier project stage I proposed a decorative mobile of reflecting, transparent and open-worked materials in different colours to mark the “here and now” in playful effects of light.

TITLE: PTB Foyer
SHORT INFO: Showcase and portrait gallery
CLIENT: PTB
AGENCY: drossmedia.com
YEAR: 2008/2011
DROSSMEDIA.COM’S ROLE: Art Direction, Design, Production Co-ordination
FLOOR PLAN and FURNITURE LAYOUT: PTB et al.
PHOTOGRAPHER (showcase motifs): Marc Steinmetz, in association with GEO magazine
LINK: http://www.ptb.de/

2016 – the Year in Hand Lettering

Michael Drossmann — Wed, 30 Nov 2016 20:31:38 +0000

2016 was the year of hand lettering. 12 calendar sheets came here one by one, featuring my own handwriting powered by a few catchy script fonts.

December 2016: Powered by Selima.

November 2016: Michael’s handwriting powered by Elastic.

October 2016: Dada Gold

September 2016: Michael’s handwriting (Hommage à Octavo).

August 2016: Michael’s handwriting (featuring POWDR by Ian Barnard).

July 2016: Michael’s handwriting (spatula technique).
Click image for a 1800×2546 px version.

The Making of July in stop-motion animation on Vimeo.

Things similar to the July style could be done entirely in Photoshop with the new Liquify Tool or the awesome Mixer Brush.
Liquify tool on Youtube
Mixer Brush on Youtube

June 2016: Michael’s handwriting powered by Arabella Script.

May 2016: Brusher and M+ fonts powered by Michael’s handwriting.

April 2016: Michael’s handwriting powered by Amatic SC font.

March 2016: Michael’s handwriting modified.

February 2016: Michael’s handwriting modified.

January 2016: Michael’s handwriting powered by Brusher.

TITLE: 2016 Hand Lettering Calendar
SHORT INFO: in-house project
YEAR: 2016
DROSSMEDIA.COM’S ROLE: Design

Higher resolution available on request.

Doorbell plate

Michael Drossmann — Thu, 03 Mar 2016 10:11:39 +0000

The playful constructivism of vertically and horizontally aligned names on this door sign matches the Art Deco-inspired style of the door panel.

TITLE: Doorbell plate
SHORT INFO: Engraved family name plate with integrated bell button
CLIENT: Private commission
AGENCY: drossmedia.com
YEAR: 2015
DROSSMEDIA.COM’S ROLE: Design

Running

Michael Drossmann — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 20:36:34 +0000

Personal project featuring Fontfabric’s Nexa Rust font system and a retro American-inpired letterpress flavour.
TITLE: Runden
SHORT INFO: online promotion
YEAR: 2015
DROSSMEDIA.COM’S ROLE: Design

APPENDIX: Menu by Lido restaurant

Acomi goes HTML5

Michael Drossmann — Thu, 11 Sep 2014 10:00:34 +0000

Acomi volunteers asked me for an iPhone-friendly website for their São Paulo neighbourhood project.

TITLE: Acomi
SHORT INFO: Responsive design website
CLIENT: Associação Comunitária Micael
AGENCY: drossmedia.com
YEAR: 2014
DROSSMEDIA.COM’S ROLE: Design
CODING BY: Peter Finlan
LINK: http://drossmedia.com/acomi

Schiller40 Triangle Mesh

Michael Drossmann — Mon, 25 Aug 2014 08:52:25 +0000

Triangle mesh design for Schiller40 Running Team on the occasion of the 2014 Wolfsburg Marathon event.

TITLE: Schiller40 Running Team
SHORT INFO: Online promotion
CLIENT: Schiller40 Running Team
YEAR: 2014
DROSSMEDIA.COM’S ROLE: Design, social media editing
ADDITIONAL STOCK PHOTO: fl0wer/photocase.de
ADDITIONAL STOCK ART: dryicons.com
LINK: http://www.wob-marathon.de
LINK: http://www.facebook.com/Schiller40

The Date

Michael Drossmann — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 22:54:15 +0000

Poster design for the Open Days at HfK Bremen, University of the Arts on February 9th and 10th, 2013. The HfK held a design contest for students and alumni. My entry came up with the idea of a transformed tear-off calendar featuring this important date.

TITLE: Save the Date
SHORT INFO: Poster contest entry
CLIENT: HfK Bremen, University of the Arts
AGENCY: drossmedia.com
YEAR: 2012
DROSSMEDIA’S ROLE: Design
LINKS: http://www.hfk-bremen.de

Euramet exhibit booth materials

Michael Drossmann — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:17:19 +0000

The European Association of National Metrology Institutes (EURAMET) coordinates the cooperation of the national metrology institutes of Europe in fields like research in metrology, traceability of measurements to the SI units, international recognition of national measurement standards.

In autumn 2011 EURAMET ran an exhibition stand at the International Congress of Metrology 2011 in Paris, powered by drossmedia.com

TITLE: Euramet exhibit booth materials
SHORT INFO: Roll-up banner, posters, flyers
CLIENT: Euramet e.V.
AGENCY: drossmedia.com
YEAR: 2008/2011
DROSSMEDIA.COM’S ROLE: Print Design
EURAMET LOGO DESIGN: Alberto Parra del Riego, PTB
EURAMET WEBSITE DESIGN: Neonaut GmbH
LINK: http://www.euramet.org/