PUBLIC—Editorial Design from Cairo 

Publishing can take a myriad of forms and formats, which are united in the act of making things public. Referring to the original sense of the Latin word “publicare” (engl. to make sth. public), the question of publishing is a hybrid of display and creating something physical in order to create an audience. Publishing media, whether digital or printed, assigned or self-initiate, could be ordered by their frequency of appearance—from newsfeed, daily or weekly newspaper, poster, magazine or journal, book or application to exhibition, mural, or inscription. The context in which something is published, for example a medium, culture, audience, or a writing system, has an impact on the way stories are told, information is displayed and finally an audience is listening up. The traditional role of the editorial or publishing designer, focusing on form-giving, layout, typography, or art-direction, has expanded towards many related fields, including researcher, curator, writer, editor, information designer, entrepreneur, publisher, and producer. PUBLIC—Editorial Design from Cairo is a premaster project, supervised by designers and teachers Markus Lange and Phillip Paulsen, which aims to give their students an overview on the world of publishing.

In the Editorial Design premaster course at the German University in Cairo, students researched a topic of their choice, developed an editorial design concept for a publication, and went through all the processes of publishing and achieved a high-quality print object, which could be seen in PUBLIC—Editorial Design from Cairo.

The new Design Study Programs, offered by the Faculty of Applied Arts and Sciences at the German University in Cairo, is a modern array of study programs in Design, consciously rooted in the traditions of both Egypt and Germany. The aim of the program is further to develop personalities of young women and men with the ability to create new products for the Egyptian and international market with a special focus on the needs of new markets in the middle East, Africa, Europe, India, China, which are all in a process of constant change and in search for new ideas.

PUBLIC—Editorial Design from Cairo

Cover and Concept: Markus Lange and Phillip Paulsen
Course: Editorial Design Premaster Course, Graphic Design Department of the German University in Cairo
Semester: Summer 2020

The project includes seven publications designed by:
Reham Mohamed, Sahar Tawfik, Marina Gohar, Rehab Ayman, Habiba Hesham, Nour Megahed, Monica Emad,
Monica Samir, Engi Mohamed, Heba Nounou, Mena Zaki, Marina Gomaa, Sandy Ayman, Hannah Alaa, Mirette Moudy, Sara Hesham