CORONA FOOD HABITS
When curfew, assembly bans and home office became reality, food and eating quickly advanced to the highlight of the day. For our work as designers in the area of food it is crucial to constantly follow up on social and cultural trends. With social media having been flooded by sourdough and banana bread recipes, we were wondering how the circumstances of the lockdown has changed our food preferences and eating habits. Through our research we were able to observe a number of phenomena, which we translated into a series of 8 images – styled in monochrome colours and repetitive patterns, reflecting recurring routines and the monotony of the days during the lockdown.

The straightforward flashcards series entitled “BAUHAUS x SOTO” discover the resemblance between the German and Venezuelan jargon. The series put under the microscope the way that we informally refer to those among us and towards other individuals or events in spoken word.

The emblazoned playful and toddler-driven designs resemble a hybrid of kinetic art by Venezuelan sculptor Jesús Rafael Soto and artworks of the Weimar-based Staatliches Bauhaus which suggested dimensionality by pairing flat planes with overlapping shapes or perhaps by featuring bold typography and blocks of color.

“Smoke and Mirrors” a beautifully hand made rug tufted rug. experimenting with textures and colours to create something that can be used as an ornimental art piece or a functioning rug in the front room

The Sun splendor of colors.

This series is the outcome of a lot of experimenting. We (Lukas Hopp and me) created images you get drawn into while looking at them by using vivid colors for depth and different objects for soothing shapes.

its human…

Exploring digital looks for ancient objects.

“Scale Up” consists of a series of images which reflect the idea of being ultra close to something. These images are super close ups of other images. More than 10000% scale up. A new image and aesthetic evolves.

“The best of two worlds” – this is how MAVETRA present themselves. Facts and emotion, head and heart – the two worlds of constrasts are worked into the complete brand, as to the content, tonality and look.
So we used the color gradient as an important part of the brand, showing the two worlds and how they merge together to be the perfect match for the customer. The color gradient has the two coaches in black and white pop out to the viewer instantly.

I.SL002 is a work in public space using the codes of advertising and propaganda displays. The committed text from Kate Bornstein’s book becomes a manifesto and the claim of pride. For the magazine, I may send you the original file to print it on a page or photos of the installation in the public space.

I.SL001 is a work in public space using the codes of advertising and propaganda displays. The committed text from Kate Bornstein’s book becomes a manifesto and the claim of pride. For the magazine, I may send you the original file to print it on a page or photos of the installation in the public space.

Key Visuals for NGO Miasto-Ogród Sadyba (City-Garden Sadyba) in Warsaw.

I wanted to show two creatures, looking at each other from a distance. They are made of colour, but also surrounded by it, and their bodies react to it, growing cooler or warmer. Is that good or bad? It just is, I suppose.

DJ 420@Ôa’s album cover “Fantasia”.

Colours’ fluidity is the reflection of our perception. This dynamic attitude, due to the undefined number of variabilities, reveals the multiplicity of the spatial and emotional feelings.

As I indicated in the text submitted yesterday with another photo. It is about a “photographic capture” staged not retouched and not rigged. This photo is one of the two elements of a photo diptych I submit the second image as well.

Just like stained glass patterns, the human dynamic is interchangeable. It is formed by an evolving sequence of elaborate yet basic emotions that are found in every person. Basic emotions may seem divided through cultural differences but are actually all bound by the same complex and beautiful human feelings. Facial expressions are proof that we have universal manifestations that are independent of culture and language. Stained glass is animated by colour, light, and form. Likewise, the face is altered through the expression of emotions.

This work approaches in different ways the shifted perception of reality, self-perception and intimacy during the first lockdown. Many everyday contexts are unchanged, but feel different, more intense or numb. Sometimes the days of the week blur, sometimes life seems to stand still, as if one’s own presence exists outside of general “time.”

An effective retreat from the linear concept of measurable time cannot succeed, because this time inevitably passes: the measured moment is unfortunately always completed with the execution of its measurement.

I am tired, I am weary /
I could sleep for a thousand years /
A thousand dreams that would awake me /
Different colors made of tears.

– The Velvet Underground, “Venus in Furs”

This poster was screen printed in a limited edition and exclusively sold at the concert it was made for.
It was also chosen as one of “100 Beste Plakate 2019”.

Ignore is no tolerance.

We have all been deprived of attending cultural events for almost a year. I just want everyone to remember how much these events brings happiness to our lives. That in the future, we humans are able to interact with each other, in person.