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Column Four
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Motto
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Germany
Lars
Harmsen
Design
Teaching, Typography
Bio
Prof. Lars Harmsen is creative director and partner of Munich-based agency Melville Brand Design and initiator & head of Slanted Publishers, co-founded in 2014.
Since 2011 he is professor for typography and editorial design at the Dortmund University of Applied Sciences & Art and was Associate Professor at the American University of Sharjah (2018).
He also is curator of the artist book series 100for10 and co-founder of Poster Rex, a silkscreen poster project. Harmsen is author and designer of numerous books on design, typography and photography. His work has been awarded nationally and internationally.
Clients
Slanted, Adidas, Canon, Prestel, Makers Bible, 100for10
Awards
ADC Wettbewerb, Deutscher Designer Club, ADC of Europe, Annual Multimedia, Berliner Type, Designpreis der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, European Design Awards, German Design Award, Gregor International Calendar Award, iF communication design award, Lead Awards, Red Dot Award Communication Design, Tokyo TDC, Type Directors Club NY, Werkbund Label
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Zofia
Dzierzawska-Bojanowska
Polish design history has been very tumuluous and directly related to the country's history and political systems.
Jan
Diehl-Michalowski
In Poland, design is still in the development phase and there is currently no one specific dominant style characteristic only of our country. Until recently, we were trying to design correctly, and now we are looking at how to design incorrectly.
Mateusz
Machalski
I think that Polish design is mainly associated with the Polish school of posters – and this is definitely superficial, because we had very good illustrators and an extremely interesting history of typography and the geopolitical changes that influenced its development.
Bartlomiej
Witanski
I have the impression that design culture in Poland has been changing in a good way over the last few years. Increasingly, clients see value in what we do and appreciate it. Of course, there will also be people who do not fully value our work, in which case it is better to let such a project go.