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Fons Hickmann M23, Berlin “Aesthetics are regarded in a philosophical sense, communications in a social context and design in an experimental manner.”
The studio “Fons Hickmann m23” is among today's most awarded design studios.
It varies a lot in size and scope: “There are seven of us at the moment, sometimes there are four, sometimes fourteen” says m23. The staff originates from Austria, Germany and Switzerland. The Berlin studio focuses on the design of complex communication systems. Its activities include corporate design, book and poster design, magazine design and digital media. The work is conceptual and analytical
It varies a lot in size and scope: “There are seven of us at the moment, sometimes there are four, sometimes fourteen” says m23. The staff originates from Austria, Germany and Switzerland. The Berlin studio focuses on the design of complex communication systems. Its activities include corporate design, book and poster design, magazine design and digital media. The work is conceptual and analytical
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The sixth issue of the magazine »dialogue« is here! It tries to give answers to political and very human topics such as cohesion, migration or health care. This edition also features the photographer Linn Schröder. Check it out:
https://fonshickmann.com/work/did_diakonie_dusseldorf_dialog_no_6/
We won the Gold Medal at the Taiwan International Design Award TIDA 🤩 and we are more than happy about the Judges Special Award for the poster campaigne »Das Plakat« for MK&G Museum of applied Arts Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg
To give a larger insight into the design of the Einstein Foundation, here are a few more print products. It is ver clear that the element of fading is one the main features of the design for the foundation:
The goal of the Einstein Foundation is to promote science, research in Berlin at a top international level and to establish the state permanently as an attractive location for science. Check out the animation Fons Hickmann M23 made for the Foundation:
We are happy every time a new program folder for Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg arrives. In this edition there's the great illustration work of Janosch on the cover. We developed a series of program folders as part of a general redesign of the museums visual identity in 2020. More related content on https://fonshickmann.com/work/mkg_quartalsflyer/
Based on the corporate design that M23 developed for RIAS Kammerchor Berlin, the digital and analog media are redesigned each season. Instead of the usual season brochure, this season we designed a assortment of postcards, a calendar as well as a booklet. You can see more of the colorful, glossy cards over here: https://fonshickmann.com/work/rkc_rias_kammerchor_saisonbrochure_21_22/
As part of the Corporate Design for »Utopie Kulturforum« Fons Hickmann M23 also created a guide that gives some historic insight into the eventful past of the buildings surrounding the »Kulturforum« in Berlin and provides important information for the visitors of the events and exhibitions. For more information see: https://fonshickmann.com/work/sms_utopie_kulturforum/
Julia Wasert and Jörg Bange founded their law firm »Bange+Wasert« in 2001. Law is known to be a rather dry subject, which made the task we were given, to create a unique design for the company even more challenging and exciting. In contrast to the often very complex briefs and tasks that lawyers have to work with, very clear shapes and colors were chosen as the main design elements. See their new Corporate Design:
https://fonshickmann.com/work/bw_bange_wasert/
Of course, there is also a website that provides information about the exhibition »Utopie Kulturforum« at Potsdamer Platz. The exhibition can be visited until the end of the year.
https://fonshickmann.com/work/sms_utopie_kulturmforum/
The Kulturforum near Potsdamer Platz in Berlin has a very eventful and moving past and for the first time in history the individual institutions are joining together. Among the institutions are the Art Library, St. Matthew's Church, Philharmonic Hall Berlin, the New National Gallery, the State Library and the Berlin Arts and Crafts Museum. »Utopie Kulturforum« is an exhibition that leads through the entire area and tells the story of the neighborhood, how it was built and almost completely destroyed by war. Fons Hickmann M23 designed the entire exhibition, which you can visit from tomorrow (Friday, 27 August).
The Tiger Flames is a lo-fi music project from Switzerland. The music of the quartet can be classified somewhere between psychedelic folk and indi-synth pop – but these musical genres have probably yet to be invented. Check it out:
https://fonshickmann.com/work/nb_neubad_tiger_flames/
We are happy to announce that our new corporate identity for the Mecklenburgisches Staatstheater can now be found all over the city of Schwerin. Check it out on our website: https://fonshickmann.com/work/mst_mecklenburgisches_staatstheater/
We are very happy and proud to present the new program book for the Wiener Staatsoper, that is out now.
https://fonshickmann.com/work/wso_spielzeit_2021_22/
sneak peek of our capaign for the Wiener Staatsballet
OHNE DEN HYPE – the podcast directly from the studio. Listen to Sven Jürgensmeier interviewing Fons Hickmann.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7AnxfrP1CLFywqAzpRZP1K
OHNE DEN HYPE – the podcast directly from the studio. Listen to Sven Jürgensmeier interviewing Fons Hickmann.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7AnxfrP1CLFywqAzpRZP1K
Sven Jürgensmeier of the Podcast »Ohne den Hype« came to Berlin and interviewed Fons Hickmann in the studio. You can listen to it on Spotify; check it out:
»Das Poster ist für mich die Königsdisziplin.«
– Die neue Folge mit dem Grafikdesigner Fons Hickmann m23 ist jetzt online ➜ https://ohnedenhype.com/podcast/fons-hickmann-grafikdesigner/
Fons Hickmann braucht wahrscheinlich eigentlich kein Intro, also halte ich es kurz: Er begann ein paar Studiengänge, aber das Grafikdesign war es dann, das seine Leidenschaft weckte. Und dann ging auf einmal alles ganz schnell. Er räumte alle möglichen Preise ab, erhielt schnell Lehraufträge und bekam dann viel zu früh, wie er selbst sagt, eine Professur in Wien. Einige Jahre ließ er sich auf das virtuelle Leben ohne so richtig festen Standort ein, bis er feststellte, dass das langsam aber sicher zur reinen Selbstausbeutung führte. Aber letztlich schaffte er es, mit viel Selbstreflexion und klaren Entscheidungen sein Leben in Berlin zu konzentrieren. Also das ist jetzt mal meine kleine Zusammenfassung, aber er erklärt das alles hier selbst natürlich deutlich besser.
Known as the cultural heart of the city, the Tiergarten quarter is among the oldest areas in Berlin. The history of the Tiergarten quarter has been reconstructed in three parts of a reading soirée in the church of St. Matthäus. Due to the pandemic, the third and final reading was often postponed or even canceled, which is why a collection of the three readings has now been published in the form of a book. Check it out: https://fonshickmann.com/work/sms_lesereihe_die_verschwundene_stadt-5/
We are happy to be part of the new yearbook of 100 beste Plakate! With texts by Markus Weisbeck and Fons Hickmann! Pre-order here: https://100-beste-plakate.de/shop/
Jahrbuch 100 beste Plakate 20 : buchbinderische Produktion im Endspurt, erstes Ansichtsexemplar auf dem Tisch
bereits vorbestellbar https://100-beste-plakate.de/shop/
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mit allen 100 Gewinnerplakaten/-serien
gestaltet von Bueronardin / Foto: Niko Havranek
mit Texten Markus Weisbeck und Fons Hickmann Fons Hickmann m23, thematischer Sonderbeitrag »Ein Jahr (Parallel-Parallel)« von Dorothee Dähler und Yeliz Secerli
deutsch/englisch
17 × 24 cm, Softcover, 376 Seiten
Verlag Kettler
ISBN 978-3-86206-913-2
29,90
Fons Hickmann M23 was asked to redesign The Society of Friends of Music in Vienna, also known as the »Wiener Musikverein«. There were many designed media, both print and digital: a new corporate design, the season brochure, a new website and program booklets to name a few. Check out the results: https://fonshickmann.com/work/filter/musikverein/
The sixth edition of the ALBERT magazine deals with the topic of enabling and accelerating. Where catalysis is now involved almost everywhere and how it permeates our everyday lives down to the smallest detail is explained in this issue.
Find out more about the magazine: https://fonshickmann.com/work/es_albert_no_6_magazine/
The fifth issue of the magazine »dialogue« is here! It deals with the topic of housing and how it is becoming increasingly unaffordable. This edition also features the photographer Kevin Fuchs. Check it out: https://fonshickmann.com/work/did_diakonie_dusseldorf_dialog_no_5/
To match the brochures Fons Hickmann M23 designed for the Vienna State Opera, posters have also been produced. These posters also happen to be one of several series M23 won in this year's »100 Beste Plakate« competition! Have a look: https://fonshickmann.com/work/wso_plakate/
Another part of the redesign of the MK&G includes this program-folder guiding through the exhibitions. The reference to the newspaper medium is obvious and on each page there is an object from an exhibition of the museum, which is described with a text. Have a look: https://fonshickmann.com/work/filter/MK&G/
In line with the last post, the corporate identity of the MK&G (Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg) is shown here. Unlike most other products Fons Hickmann M23 designed for the museum, the stationary tends to stay in the background and is a simple black and white. Of course, a variety of different »&« can be seen here as well.
Since Fons Hickmann M23 is on behalf of redesigning the MK&G (Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg) the focus of the museum's visual identity is among other things the »&«-sign. These compliment cards we did are a good example of how versatile the sign is and how to change the perspective on the objects in the collection.
Slanted Blog Magazine about the winners of the competition 100 beste Plakate . Fons Hickmann M23 is happy to be awarded and featured as well! 🎉
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Fons Hickmann in conversation with MAK - Museum of Applied Arts and Erich Brechbühl [Mixer] about posters, posters and posters!
Kurator Peter Klinger im Dialog mit den beiden Grafikern Fons Hickmann ([M23], Berlin) und Erich Brechbühl ([Mixer], Luzern). Thematisiert wird der persönlic...
nice feature at typographic posters
Fons Hickmann studied design, photography and philosophy. The Berlin based studio »Fons Hickmann m23« was founded in 2001 and it varies a lot in size and scope: There are seven of us at the moment, sometimes there are four of us, sometimes fourteen« says Fons. The studio focuses on the design of ...
Based on the corporate design that M23 developed for RIAS Kammerchor Berlin, the digital and analog media are redesigned each season. This year’s season is characterized by colorful, fluid movements that dance to the classical music of RIAS Kammerchor. See more at: https://fonshickmann.com/work/filter/RIAS,Kammerchor,2020/
Fons on air. live im MDR radio:
www.mdr.de/kultur/saechsischer-staatspreis-fuer-design-audio-100.html
MDR Sachsen-Anhalt MDR - Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk Sächsischer Staatspreis für Design Universität der Künste Berlin
Ist sächsisches Design eine Erfolgsgeschichte? Fons Hickmann, Chef der Jury sowie Grafikdesigner, Typograf, Autor und Professor der Universität der Künste Berlin im Gespräch mit Vladimir Balzer.
When re-imagining the corporate design of one of the most internationally successful dance companies – the Vienna State Ballet – Fons Hickmann M23 aimed to reflect the versatile nature of the company while staying true to its longstanding tradition. See what else we created for the Vienna State Ballet: https://fonshickmann.com/work/wsb_stationary/
The fourth issue of »dialog« – the magazine of Diakonie Düsseldorf – with the title »Zusammenhalt« (cohesion) is out now.
It can also be found on our website: https://fonshickmann.com/work/did_diakonie_dusseldorf_dialog_no_4/
The new issue of Ästhetik & Kommunikation (»Aesthetics and Communication«) is here! We were asked to design the 180th/181st edition, check out the result:
Happy to give a first look at a series of booklets we designed for the Wiener Staatsoper!
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Throwback to »Die Finals – Berlin 2019«. Ten German championships in one city during one weekend, 3400 athletes competing for a total of 194 titles within 48 hours. Let us look back to this weekend of the absolute athletic superlatives which Fons Hickmann M23 designed the identity for!
High Five! We are very pleased to announce that our poster „Kurz & Mittwoch“ for Neubad is currently sweeping the board for all important prices for excellent graphic design. 100 beste Plakate TOKYO TDC Graphis Graphic Design Festival Scotland Typo/Graphic Posters so far!
Cast off! M23 had the pleasure to design a poster for the Sagmeister & Walsh »Beauty« exhibition at Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg! You still have the chance to visit it until April 24th!
Waiting for the weekend to come. Meanwhile we're excited to be part of DEMO Festival.
Fons Hickmann designed a Future Korean Flag for Gwangju Design Biennale 2019 / 2019 광주디자인비엔날레 This draft of the Korean flag illustrates a possibility of diverging and merging as a process. Presently the circle is divided, but in the future North and South Korea will reunite.
The dancer and choreographer Pina Bausch left behind an eclectic and an extraordinarily comprehensive artistic heritage. After her passing in 2009, her son, Salomon Bausch, founded the non-profit Pina Bausch Foundation, which administers her collective artistic legacy with the purpose of making it more accessible to the general public. To commemorate the decade of its existence, we designed a dedicated poster campaign. The capital X in the centre symbolises the ten year anniversary. Simultaneously it provides the stage for exhibiting the Foundation’s archive and collection stock and embedding them into the narrative context.
»Die Finals – Berlin 2019« are running! Ten German championships in Berlin during this weekend, 3400 athletes competing for a total of 194 titles within 48 hours. Check out the typeface, we designed!
PAGE featured Albert Magazine #3 in which we cooperated with Refrakt. Thanks to PAGE for the feature and a big thank you to Refrakt for the amazing work. https://page-online.de/kreation/dreidimensional-und-futuristisch-3d-als-visueller-mega-trend/
And the Oscar goes to … To celebrate the relaunch of Homebase. Künstleragentur's new website we created a short trailer animation. The agency represents more than 50 directors, screenwriters as well as actresses and actors. Music: Fakear & La Fine Équipe — 5th Season
Kurz und Mittwoch is an unconventional jazz session at Neubad Lucerne, short but intensive. There is improvisation, experimentation and interaction. Just like it’s graphic design, made by Fons Hickmann.
Christmas time is flu time. Watch out for bacteria and stay healthy. Fons Hickmann m23 wishes you happy holidays and a good health for 2019! Poster for the Triotage at Neubad Lucerne.
Throwback: a hot poster for cold days. This summer, the Diakonie Düsseldorf asked us to design a poster for their summer festival in Flingern.
We had the chance to create this years Christmas card for Connecting Talents! Have a look at our website for the designs of the last years: https://fonshickmann.com/work/ct_connecting_talents_christmas_cards/
Our collection of animated posters is growing – have a look … https://fonshickmann.com/work/filter/animated/
Have a look at the webiste we've made for Bündnis internationaler Produktionshäuser e.V. – https://produktionshaeuser.de
My animated poster for the Swiss Folk-Trance duo Cyril Cyril at Neubad Luzern. Find more animated posters for Neubad here! https://bit.ly/2L4U0SP
»Who owns the city?« We designed a campaign, a flyer, a brochure and a website for the Bündnis Internationaler Produktionshäuser. More at https://goo.gl/m44i5d
Our poster series for RIAS Kammerchor won one of the 100 beste Plakate awards! Have a look at the whole series online https://goo.gl/JZNhpK or at the Kulturforum in Berlin.
We hope everyone is well recovered from the amazing Duotage | Festival. Here is a lovely animation of the poster we've made! Animation by @Erich Brechbühl Check out more at https://goo.gl/ddejDW
Did you already discover whats behind the amazing images in the new issue of the Albert magazine? Images and app by Refrakt Check out the whole issue on our website https://goo.gl/FhwMWE
Yeah – we are proud to announce that our book »Kochtagebücher« (Cooking Diaries) won a TDC award! Check out the whole project on our website https://goo.gl/eT7pAZ
Whether you need reading material, a christmas gift or inspiration – »Morgen und davor« (Tomorrow and before – 100 works from 10 years of Klasse Fons Hickmann) fulfills all these purposes. Its available here http://bit.ly/2j5PnvI Check out the whole project here http://bit.ly/2BbFLrk Edited by Pascal Kress and Fons Hickmann. Published by Verlag Hermann Schmidt Mainz. Featuring contributions from Franziska Morlok, Martin Conrads, and Anke Nowottne. Designed by Lena Drießen and Majada Daria. Universität der Künste Berlin Video by Piotr Zapasnik
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