“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 but at the same time has an enormous sense of humour. Fons Hickmann is professor for Graphic Design / Communication Design at the Berlin University of the Arts. He is a member of the ADC, TDC New York and the AGI Alliance Graphique Internationale.
The second issue of the »dialog« magazine for Diakonie Düsseldorf which we designed, has arrived. In this issue, it is concerned about the arrival of immigrants and refugees in the society, integration and barriers, which we need to overcome together, and above all, how our society handles the support for achievements and problems of the arrival of immigrants and refugees. Photography Anna Ehrenstein
Hooray! Happy to announce that our posters are currently on display at the Graphic Design Festival Scotland 2019! facebook.com/graphicdesignfestivalscotland/ 🏆#gdfscotland #gdfs
Recently we designed a new catalog for the Berlin-based painter Sador Weinsčlucker. For this visual archive, we translated his newly designed one-page website into a 100-page catalog. Have a look!
https://weinsclucker.de
A week has passed in a flash! On last Friday, there was a meaningful reading soirée »Die verschwundene Stadt« to commemorate the history of the Tiergarten quarter in the church of St. Matthäus, Berlin.
For this cultural event, M23 designed a 30-meter-long paper roll with historical texts and images about the Tiergarten district, which is complemented on three different evenings and assembled altogether into a 100-meter-long timeline.
Have a look and enjoy your weekend!
M23 has recently created some new print matters for the upcoming scenic reading »Die verschwundene Stadt« at St.-Matthäus-Kirche – starting today at 19 pm.
Thanks to Novum World of Graphic Design for featuring ALBERT magazine, which we designed for Einstein Foundation Berlin.
Fons Hickmann in der novum 09.19
Wissenschaftskommunikation leidet häufig darunter, dass die inhaltliche Seriosität in eine ehrfurchtgebietende optische Strenge gekleidet wird, die eine Lektüre der durchaus spannenden Themen erschwert. Dass es auch anders geht, beweist Albert – grafisch konzipiert von Fons Hickmann m23 und Raúl Kokott.
Mehr in unserer novum 09.19; Einzelhefte unter: https://novum.graphics/magazin/shop-abo/
Waiting for the weekend to come. Meanwhile we're excited to be part of DEMO Festival.
Our dear friend Sador Weinsčlucker is exhibiting his work! Come by at Reich wie die Nacht - Sador Weinsčlucker - Soloshow
Have a good, safe trip, Greta Thunberg!
The Futuro Sociale congress series addresses the future of social work. It is launched by the Büro für soziale Innovation of Diakonie Düsseldorf, a welfare organization. Speakers from various fields were invited to the inaugural congress to discuss social welfare issues concerning refugees, children, and the elderly. We designed a poster campaign for this event as well as materials for attendees.
M23 designed the accompanying folder for the exhibition of Joanna Bambi Buchowska and Sador Weinsčlucker in the Kunstverein Kunstverein Familie Montez - Frankfurt. Text by Peter Wasmachteigentlich
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/
Ten German championships in one city during one weekend, 3400 athletes competing for a total of 194 titles within 48 hours: on the 3rd and 4th of August 2019 Berlin invites both its locals and visitors to witness the weekend of the absolute athletic superlatives. Those who will not be able to experience it first-hand will have a chance to follow »The Finals« live on ARD and ZDF. Fons Hickmann M23 designed the logo for this unparalleled sports event including a custom font and a poster series.
Check out the 2019–2020 season brochure for RIAS Kammerchor Berlin, featuring work by Djuno Tomsni. The RIAS Kammerchor chamber choir was founded in 1948 and is one of Berlin’s most prestigious musical institutions. The choir has been the first to perform a number of pieces, and its repertory includes work by Arvo Pärt, György Ligeti, and Max Reger. RIAS has received numerous international honors and awards for musical excellence. M23 designed a brand-new corporate identity for all of the choir’s media in honor of its 70th anniversary.
We designed the Dialog magazine for Diakonie Düsseldorf. Dialog takes up issues to ignite a social debate and participate in current discussions. In the process we aim to create a bold blend of decidedly Christian and socially active interpretations. Dialog is colourful and stimulating. We introduce committed characters, inspiring examples and new approaches in the social affairs.
As a rule white papers offer subject-specific perspectives, concrete proposals and forecasts in a matter-of-fact presentation form. The publication “Radiology in Germany. A White Paper” by Deutsche Röntgengesellschaft e.V. goes far beyond these characteristics. The articles authored by fifteen specialists active in the clinical and scientific spheres open up a broad spectrum of topics as well as textual and graphic representations. To give such content a suitable form, we designed a high-quality book that includes 248 pages, extensive photo series and an elaborately embellished cover.
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For the 95th anniversary issue of the graphic design magazine Novum World of Graphic Design, Fons Hickmann designed its cover. It is a reinterpretation of a Walter Riemer cover from 1926 and shows the Berlin Bear in a Razzle Dazzle camouflage pattern. Inspired by this pattern, we used it for several posters and objects before. Visit our website to see more Razzle Dazzle!
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Fons is part of the jury at GIF ME YOUR BEST, The European Elections GIF competition. A private initiative, supported by designers from all over Europe. You still can send your GIF. Deadline is Sunday 26 May!
Novum World of Graphic Design
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a great appeal by studio Fons Hickmann m23: https://www.instagram.com/fons_hickmann_m23/
It's Nice That: “knowledge can also have sex appeal”
https://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/fons-hickmann-raul-kokott-albert-magazine-publication-graphic-design-170519
Designer Fons Hickmann and art director Raúl Kokott collaborate on the conception and the design of Albert magazine, a publication dedicated to removing the chasm between science and the everyday world.
Slanted Blog Magazine wrote a review on the Albert Magazines we designed for the Einstein Stiftung Berlin. Thank you for the nice words.
»Wie gestaltet man Wissenschaft?« Das war die erste Frage als ein neues Magazin für die Einstein Stiftung Berlin konzipiert wurde. Hat Wissen einen Sexappeal und wie sieht der aus? Ziel der Albert Einstein Stiftung Berlin ist es, Spitzenforschung nicht nur zu fördern, sondern auch darüber zu reden. Deshalb ist Albert, das Journal der Einstein Stiftung, entstanden. Es erscheint einmal im Jahr und wurde bereits mehrfach ausgezeichnet.
“How to design science?” This essential question was the starting point in the process of creating a concept for the new print magazine of the Einstein Foundation Berlin. Can knowledge also have sex appeal and if so, how would it look like? By now the Einstein Foundation has published four issues of the Albert magazine. Each of them covers a different scientific area of study such as mathematics, natural sciences, ancient studies and the latest edition is dedicated to the topic of new departures.
Designer Fons Hickmann m23 and art director Raúl Kokott collaborated on the conception and the design of the magazine and their creative efforts were widely acclaimed and recognized by designers and scholars alike. The Einstein Foundation Berlin has the following raison d’être: “Not only do we want to support cutting-edge scientific research, we also want to talk about it.” Fons Hickmann M23 was commissioned to take over the design of the magazine’s fourth issue dedicated to the topic of new departures; future editions will highlight other scientific fields of study and the ways they are being pursued in the Einstein Berlin headquarters.
Publisher: Einstein Foundation
Editors: Christian Martin, Mirco Lomoth
Agency: Fons Hickmann M23
Designer: Raúl Kokott
Art Director: Fons Hickmann
Size: 27 × 20 cm
Scope: 104 pages
Print: 5c offset
https://www.einsteinfoundation.de/albert/
M23 is happy to be featured in the latest PAGE magazine together with great designers such as Ariane Spanier and Erik Tuckow. Fons Hickmann was interviewed about contemporary poster design. Get your copy now from your local newspaper stand.
We are very proud that coverjunkie voted the Albert Magazine cover as one of the best covers in 2018. “The typographic logo by itself is classy, but the cover turns the magazine into a stunner,” says Jaap Biemans, the founder of coverjunkie.
read the full article:
https://www.creativereview.co.uk/magazine-covers-of-the-year-2018/
Gram Publishing from Italy asked us to contribute to their latest issue which is all about desire. We designed a Razzle Dazzle banknote and are looking forward to spending it.
Recently Novum World of Graphic Design posted an interview with Fons Hickmann, given back in 2014. Read about his career, his passion to soccer and the education in the design field!
Ein Interview mit Fons Hickmann m23 über seinen Lebensweg, Fußball und die Ausbildungssituation im Designbereich: https://novum.graphics/history/detail/fons-hickmann-auf-direktem-weg/
Neshan 44 on Design and Music is out now! We are so happy to be featured with the big Face to Face interview »Power and Passion« between Fons Hickmann and Majid Abbasi
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
The Homebase. Künstleragentur represents more than 50 directors, screenwriters as well as actresses and actors. Fons Hickmann M23 created a corporate design with compressed, moving typography referring to the aesthetics of film credits.
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.
In celebration of their 10th anniversary, Einstein Foundation Berlin dedicates it's newest publication of ALBERT magazine to the wind of change in scientific research. It is the fourth issue we designed and we are more than happy with the result.
For the current exhibition of Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden »Gegen die Unsichtbarkeit«, M23 designed the accompanying Catalog. The exhibition showcases the story and work of the female designers of the Deutsche Werkstätten Hellerau from 1898 to 1938. The publication with its 245 pages uses two different papers as well as embossed detailing for the cover.
Liebe Maria, Danke für die wunderbare und intensive Zeit mit Dir. Du wirst uns unsagbar fehlen.
https://www.facebook.com/mariamagdalena.ludewig
http://www.staatstheater-wiesbaden.de/aktuelles/meldung-477/?fbclid=IwAR1wpsOnuWLCq_4LgSkE-9da30i8gg1I3MDvTJ3IeYcpyQwyLZvWqQJc1XE
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.
Freshly printed guidelines for the practical work with volunteer workers. We designed »Ehrenamt« – the latest Publication of Diakonie Düsseldorf Verlag – which is directed at people who want to establish and promote volunteer work in their organization.
Throwback: a hot poster for cold days. This summer, the Diakonie Düsseldorf asked us to design a poster for their summer festival in Flingern.
The exhibition »Vier Schinken« showcases four works by four Berlin based artists Lennart Grau, Sador Weinsčlucker, Fritz Bornstück and Axel Geis. M23 designed the accompanying folder. Curated by Peter Ungeheuer
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/
From the archives:
Seventeen years ago PAGE Magazine asked Fons Hickmann to visualize creativity.
Tomorrow Borussia Dortmund is going to face Bayern München as the leader of German Bundesliga.
Heja BVB – good luck and godspeed!
Fons Hickmann m23's cover photo
We designed the exhibition »Gegen die Unsichtbarkeit«, which highlights the work of female designers from the early 19th century. On display from November 3rd at the Japanisches Palais in Dresden!
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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
What a search bar! You can type in any keyword and our archive will automatically show you all related works. www.fonshickmann.com Programmed by Martin Wecke • Design Code Lab
Today we were at the printers. It will never become less exciting!
Our animated science fiction poster for the Festival of Tolerance with tanks to Mirko Ilić
We picked our four favorites of the new book »Kochtagebücher« we designed for GREENPEACE MAGAZIN. Photographed by Hans Hansen
What are you doing tonight? See ya in Lisboa Macau. 超盈文化
Happy birthday to our new intern Daniel Künzner!
birdy, birdy in the sky dropped a poopy in my eye, i'm not sad, i don't cry, i'm just glad that cows don't fly
Let's start the weekend II
After the spectacular production of the Mozart trilogy by Teodor Currentzis we started with the artwork for »Le Sacre du Printemps« by Stravinsky. For the design of the CD and vinyl we used Op Art techniques and transformed it into a typographic play for a first and second sight.
The period after Bauhaus was quite uneventful in the history of german design and dance. The 70s brought a change. With their new football shirts the Germans won the championship and received recognition as a funny nation.
For the Portuguese Canal180 we were DJ’ing our favorite music for an hour. The program was broadcasted yesterday, but unfortunately it could only be seen in Portugal. The first 23 seconds we recorded ... www.facebook.com/canal180
2st contrast: short film of our exhibition in hanghzou
1st contrast: short film of our exhibition in miami
ny i love you but you re freaking me out
ny i love you but you're freaking me out
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Oranienstr. 24Life model sketching sessions in Bethanien Ar
Mariannenplatz 2Bundesverband Theater im öffentlichen Raum
Mariannenplatz 2Komplizen - Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien
Mariannenplatz 2
Photography in Berlin street Style.
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