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jerdesigns: Kopfsache

jerdesigns — Tue, 15 May 2012 14:49:47 -0400

Kopfsache

Berlin friends, berlin skyline, berlin sun, warm berlin air,...

jerdesigns — Wed, 09 May 2012 20:55:00 -0400

Berlin friends, berlin skyline, berlin sun, warm berlin air, cold berlin beer, riding my bike in berlin, design events in berlin.. and now to the employment office… yeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh

Arrived without any further problems in Berlin.. went with my...

jerdesigns — Tue, 08 May 2012 20:00:00 -0400

Arrived without any further problems in Berlin.. went with my brother to “The United Kingdom Ukulele Orchestra” \m/ ROCKS \m/

On the second (rainy) day in bavaria/franken we visited Bamberg,...

jerdesigns — Tue, 08 May 2012 08:25:00 -0400

On the second (rainy) day in bavaria/franken we visited Bamberg, had a delicious Schlenkerla, “Rauchbier” (smoke beer) and of course something to digest it.

In the evening we went to a klezmer concert with Giora Feidman in Fürth. Almost the whole hall (most of them old and probably jewish) knew the songs and sang together… goose pimples! Watch the video to get an impression of what I mean: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB08yTc8LXM

Klezmer (jiddisch, von hebräisch כלי זמר, kli („Gerät, Gefäß“) und zemer („Lied“), wörtlich „Gefäß des Liedes“, im modernen Hebräisch „Musikinstrumente, Musikanten“) ist eine aus dem aschkenasischen Judentum stammende Volksmusiktradition. Etwa um das 15. Jahrhundert entwickelten klezmorim genannte Volksmusikanten eine Tradition weltlicher, nichtliturgischer jüdischer Musik. Sie orientierten sich anreligiösen Traditionen, die bis in biblische Zeiten zurückreichen; ihre musikalische Ausdrucksweise entwickelte sich indessen weiter bis in die Gegenwart. Das Repertoire besteht vor allem aus Musik zur Begleitung von Hochzeiten und anderen Festen.

Finally back home.. or at least in Nürnberg! And finally a good...

jerdesigns — Mon, 07 May 2012 11:00:00 -0400

Finally back home.. or at least in Nürnberg! And finally a good german breakfast again..

Taking a nap on our way to a spa..

Urban hairdresser art..

German dinner and Blues..

One last fireball-shot in our favorite typical british pub...

jerdesigns — Sat, 05 May 2012 23:30:00 -0400

One last fireball-shot in our favorite typical british pub “Porter House”. Then friends brought me directly to coach station. Coincidently Jin Seong was on the same bus as me, he went to visit Athens for some days. Apart of some overweight luggage everything else went fine. And NO, this time I didn’t loose anything! :)

BTW: I’ll explain my haircut later.

On my penultimate day in England I drove once again to London...

jerdesigns — Thu, 03 May 2012 19:00:00 -0400

On my penultimate day in England I drove once again to London for the final MakeSense workshop we won at the Global Service Jam some weeks ago. We presented our Snapbook concept to several people from the MakeSense network: social entrepreneurs, comedians, software-developers, designers, psychologists etc. Mike, a really cool, funny and very capable staff from MakeSense guided us through this brainstorm session. The challenge we were trying answer was:

(Can’t remember, will update soon) Brand, compelling, community, create, around, …

We created dozens of crazy, funny and honest ideas - the most important thing at this stage > no judgement! After that we organized all the ideas, we created small groups and quickly developed concepts improving the experience for the Snapbooks. After just two hours we gained a lot of useful feedback, new ideas and effective criticism. We will definitely keep working on Snapbooks and hopefully start testing the first prototypes this summer in several cities including London, Beijing, Köln and Berlin. Here is a small video with 3 of my teammates about our experience at the Global Service Jam, the MakeSense workshop and what we’ve learned. I seem really nervous moving in the chair all the time^^.. I was so excited :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL9szFcGrxM

Last thursday we had our final AUB Corporate Design Concept...

jerdesigns — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 13:46:00 -0400

Last thursday we had our final AUB Corporate Design Concept presentation. We had been working a lot to finish all the products and especially the second prototype of Paul, the Logomachine. There were many very friendly and patient staff+students helping us building the machine, laser-cutting the letterings for the products, giving us tips and material…

Simon, the head of marketing asked for this second presentation to present our concept to staff responsible for making big decisions, for example the deputy principle. Sadly, there were some discrepancies with the presentation room so we had to postpone it to the afternoon… (at least we had time to eat lunch!) Unfortunately none of them showed up. They say they had a lot to do these days. For Flora and me it was clear that they weren’t interested enough in repositioning their brand in a new effective way. Nonetheless we are convinced about our concept and we’ll keep working on the Corporate Design and hopefully publish it in about 2 months at a high quality level like September Industry. More about the process of the AUB concept soon in our Blog.

Today I have been updating my portfolio and watching Mad Men (series about advertising in the Madison Avenue in the 60’s). The rest of my final week I will be making the last photographs for the Kopfsache and AUB project, helping the fashion students with their brand identities and traveling to London for a follow-up design workshop. Can’t wait to be back in the warm Berlin! (:

Cambridge English: Advanced Exam - Passed! :D

jerdesigns — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:56:00 -0400

On friday we started another project called...

jerdesigns — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 06:49:45 -0400

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On friday we started another project called “Kopfsache” inspired by the “Its all about type!” project. The photos are based on german idiomatic expressions related to the head. Can you recognize them? :) The other half will follow next week.

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jerdesigns — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 06:38:00 -0400

As Gülcan went back to Berlin on saturday and Thomas, Flora,...

jerdesigns — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:00:00 -0400

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As Gülcan went back to Berlin on saturday and Thomas, Flora, Nina and me are leaving very soon, last thursday was our last day together. After making the fonts at the uni we met at Day’s Restaurant with Jin Soeng and payed 14 pounds for this enormous buffet. The others came in a bit later and were sooo lucky that the security was busy with other customers that they could “accidentally” just pass without paying! On that day I had just had a glass of milk, a bag of doritos and about 50 bubble gums so I was very hungry. The food - as you may see - was DELICIOUS! :) I probably should start working out now^^

The AUB Corporate Design Concept includes a new handmade font...

jerdesigns — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 18:00:00 -0400

The AUB Corporate Design Concept includes a new handmade font every year that will be used for the headlines. I made one with my favorite chips/crisps Dorito’s. (Can you find the mistake?^^)

And here the bubble gum font. Unfortunately Flora’s hard...

jerdesigns — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:00:00 -0400

And here the bubble gum font. Unfortunately Flora’s hard drive broke and we lost her tape font and all the other making of pictures we made! :( If we have the time, we’ll make it again on monday and redo the Dorito’s B. :)

I’ve been dreaming really a lot and very strange things since...

jerdesigns — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 11:00:00 -0400

I’ve been dreaming really a lot and very strange things since the 2012. Last week a woke up after dreaming something really awkward (can’t remember what exactly). Apparently I was so relieved it was a dream, that I made a photo and wrote something my sketchbook. I thought I dreamt that too but I actually discovered it some days ago: “Thank god I woke up and all this crazy shit did not happen.” Must have been something really terrible! (:

London, 6th - 9th April 2012

jerdesigns — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:30:00 -0400

London, 6th - 9th April 2012

Nadine, another graphic design colleague from the my class at...

jerdesigns — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:06:00 -0400

Nadine, another graphic design colleague from the my class at the Lette-Verein which also is doing a similar exchange/internship project in London, came with us to the centre. We came across magmabooks, a book store chain focused on design. This little shop was filled with hundreds of high quality design books and magazines! We probably stayed there about an hour flipping through all the books we’d love to have someday in our shelf. Surprisingly we, 3 graphic designers, left the store without buying anything. They just had so many great books we couldn’t decided which one to buy… and because of the space on our flight back to germany… and the money too! ;)

aubprocess: Planning the prototype 2.0 of ”Paul - The...

jerdesigns — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:00:00 -0400

How deep should Paul be?

aubprocess:

Planning the prototype 2.0 of ”Paul - The Logomachine”. Hope the workshop will finish making it until the presentation, otherwise we’ll have to built another one with cardboard.

Just had enough time to make photos of the NikeTown and the...

jerdesigns — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 18:00:00 -0400

Just had enough time to make photos of the NikeTown and the Apple Store :(

After buying the stuff for AUB we went to the Camden Market....

jerdesigns — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 17:00:00 -0400

After buying the stuff for AUB we went to the Camden Market. This time we had a closer at the Stables Market which is the biggest part/market of Camden. It mainly offers clothes and furniture but also this awesome Neon-Night-Lights-Shop with really loud techno music!