The creative industries magazine Rekorder is published quarterly and covers current topics from the Stuttgart creative region, showcasing companies and creative professionals. The magazine is published by the Wirtschaftsförderung Region Stuttgart (Stuttgart Region Economic Development Corporation).

Every issue is unique—each is designed by a different agency from the Stuttgart region. For the 02/2026 issue, the corporate communications agency campra was commissioned. The main theme, “Democracy & Creativity,” was incorporated into the design in a colorful and diverse way, just as democracy should be. Fincker Font Cuisine kindly provided its typeface library for this issue. As a result, several typefaces were used, such as Marblis for the body text, as well as Finador, Royalis and Garino for headlines. The illustrations and paintings by Juliane Herrmann completed the layout, resulting in a colorful and inspiring magazine.

Aviano is a manufacturer and system provider of jewelry and watches – for retailers, display concepts, travel retail, e-commerce, and rewards programs; with private labels, licensed brands, and contract manufacturing.

Art director Tina Dompert was commissioned to develop the company’s new branding and website. She selected the Garino typeface from Fincker Font Cuisine as the corporate font. Thanks to some playful details in the letters, it is a perfect fit for the brand’s identity. The Aviano logo is in all-caps Futura.

IWB Lachenmayer is a structural engineering company that has been rebranded following the fusion of two companies. Art director Irena Cizerle was commissioned to develop this branding. She selected the Finador typeface from Fincker Font Cuisine as the corporate font.

The Markgräfliches Palais in Karlsruhe, Germany, gets a new look! PSD Bank commissioned a long-term, cross-media communication concept for Karlsruhe’s Margravial Palace, with the intention of developing a positive attitude in the entire city society towards the conversion and revitalization of the historic building.

Christopher Karl from MATHOKA designed the concept with the Spitzkant typeface by Julien Fincker for the logo and the headlines, and Merriweather Sans from Sorkin Type for copytext. Christopher playfully utilized the whole range of ligatures and alternative letters of Spitzkant, transforming the concept into a very unique and characteristic appearance.

The Markgräfliches Palais – the palatial residence – was originally commissioned by Grand Duke Karl Friedrich von Baden for his second wife Luise Karoline and built according to plans by famous local architect Friedrich Weinbrenner.

In the spirit of Weinbrenner, PSD Bank wants to bring a “breath of fresh air” to the district with the redesign and make the Margravial Palace usable for everyone in Karlsruhe. Once the construction work is complete, retail outlets, businesses, new cafés and restaurants will move in here and benches will be installed along the street for people to linger. The rooms in the central building directly on the Rondellpaltz can be rented for private and public events in future – family celebrations, weddings, anniversaries or company parties will be held here. An attractive garden area will be created behind the building, which will be accessible from the cafés and restaurants. This will beautify the entire area around the Margravial Palace and fill it with new life.

Layers: The unintentional culture of snowboarding is a double feature film project by Nitro Skateboarding consisting of both a video documentary named Layers and an action movie: Cake. In the 240 pages of the accompanying coffee table book, the Nitro team is accompanied on their journey through eleven locations around the globe. The publication pays homage to “some – but by far not all – of the important places and people who make up the global LAYERS of the snowboarding world. It is a celebration of locations, individuals, style, and artwork that form the unintentional culture of snowboarding”.

Art director Fabian F. Fuchs designed the book using Finador and Finador Slab by Julien Fincker throughout.

Branding and exhibition design for Galerie gegen Sexismus, taking place in Graz during the “16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence” in November 2022, initiated by Catcalls of Graz. The gallery served as a platform to showcase local, feminist art and raise awareness about various forms of sexism.

The exhibited artworks shed light on different types of sexism, such as everyday sexism, sexism in hospitality, sexism in media, you name it. The pieces covered a wide range of topics, encouraging visitors to reflect and contemplate upon these issues.
Editorial design for the exhibition catalogue by Clara Sinnitsch.

Design by Laura Eibeck & Clara Sinnitsch using Garino by Julien Fincker.

Irregular is a German skateboard magazine, based in Munich, Germany. The quarterly features professional skateboarders, trips and events with a lot of texts by Nico Uhler and photographs by Fabian Reichenbach.

Art director Stefan Gottwald chose a combination of typeface families Spitzkant and Ardena by Julien Fincker for this year’s issues. The typefaces are combined in very different and playful ways for headlines and body text. Each article gets its own look and feel, in a very modern and high-class way.

Issue 49 is a very special edition. It became a best-of coffee table book with the best photographs of the last 13 years on 324 pages. See also the posts about issues 43, 44, 45 and 46.

Volker Wenzlawski is a professional photographer from Hamburg, Germany. He is specialised in the categories of food, outdoor, people and still photography.

Mile Stevic was responsible for his new brand and website design and chose the Spitzkant typeface from Julien Fincker as corporate typeface family.

Merchcraft design and produce high quality promotional products, always following their consistent approach to design and quality. They believe that through the stringent interplay of excellent materials, sustainable manufacturing and creative action, they live up to their claim of making the promotional products industry better in many areas.

Studio Pona stands by the founders as a partner in brand design. In the person of Michael Frick, they accompany the brand and oversee the continuous brand development in all its facets.

Michael chose Proza Display Light by Jasper de Waard / Bureau Roffa for logo and headlines. For copy and everything else Merchcraft use various styles of Garino, designed by Julien Fincker.

Düsseldorf based designer Yasmin Karim designed the book cover for Mission Produktivität, written by Chris Bailey and published by Cosoc Grand Palace. “Mission Productivity: proven methods to become even more awesome” is a brilliant, entertaining and easy-to-implement guide to the one topic that interests us all: how we best manage our time, energy and attention.

Yasmin decided to design the book cover with the Garino typeface by Julien Fincker, a modern sans-serif typeface family. It gains its expressive character from a dynamic sweep in the curves and high-contrast transitions, which fits perfectly to the topic.

Based in from Stuttgart and well-known in Germany, Leonhardt & Kern (L&K) is an advertising agency with a wide range of B2B and B2C clients. They are an expert in communicative management consults and the development of creative ideas and strategies.

In 2021 L&K relaunched their own corporate identity and chose Finador, by Julien Fincker as their new corporate typeface. Together they developed a custom ampersand for the logo, which was incorporated in their proprietary version of the typeface.

Irregular is a German skateboard magazine, based in Munich, Germany. The quarterly features professional skateboarders, trips and events on 128 pages, with a lot of texts by Nico Uhler and photographs by Fabian Reichenbach, Hannes Mautner and Thomas Gentsch.

Art director Stefan Gottwald chose a combination of typeface families Spitzkant and Ardena by Julien Fincker for this year’s issues. The typefaces are combined in very different and playful ways for headlines and body text. Each article gets its own look and feel, in a very modern and high-class way.

Issue 46 is the fourth issue of the year, and the fourth to feature exclusively these two typefaces. See also the posts about issues 43, 44 and 45.

Cornelia Ibbetson is a photographer from Salzburg, Austria. Her focus is on portrait and wedding photography. Together with designer Pamela Ruhe, she redesigned her corporate identity including the logo, website and business stationery.

They chose the Ardena typeface from Julien Fincker to be her corporate font. While neutral and clear at first glance, Ardena can be characterized as both pleasant and confident due to its open, rounded forms and vertical terminals. Ardena was the right choice because these characteristics fit perfect to Cornelia’s personality.

Irregular is a German skateboard magazine, based in Munich, Germany. The quarterly features professional skateboarders, trips and events on 128 pages, with a lot of photographs by Fabian Reichenbach.

Art director Stefan Gottwald chose a combination of typeface families Spitzkant and Ardena by Julien Fincker for this year’s issues. The typefaces are combined in very different and playful ways for headlines and body text. Each article gets its own look and feel, in a very modern and high-class way.

Issue 45 is the third issue of the year, and the third to feature only these two typefaces for the whole layout of the magazine. See also the posts about issues 43 and 44.

Pamela Ruhe is a freelance graphic designer, working and living in Leonberg, Germany. After working for various advertising agencies, she started her own studio named die ruhe selbst. Her focus is on logos, branding, and corporate identities.

She chose the Finador typeface from Julien Fincker to be her corporate font and uses it for her business stationery, website, and even for her letterpress printed business cards.

Heidi Brand is a physio practice in Stuttgart, Germany, which was founded in 2021. Graphic designer Pamela Ruhe designed the visual identity, including the website.

She chose the Ardena typeface from Julien Fincker to be the corporate typeface, because its modern, open and friendly character fits perfectly with the healthcare theme.

Irregular is a German skateboard magazine, based in Munich, Germany. The quarterly features professional skateboarders, trips and events on 128 pages, with a lot of photographs by Fabian Reichenbach.

Art director Stefan Gottwald chose a combination of the Spitzkant and Ardena font families by Julien Fincker for this year’s issues. He combines the fonts in very different and playful ways for headlines and copytext. Each article gets its own look and feel, in a very modern and high-class way.

Issue 44 is the second issue of the year, and the second to feature only these two typefaces for the whole layout of the magazine. See also the post about issue 43.

Weissbooks is a German book publisher. Their focus is on contemporary German and international literature and high-class entertainment. They aim for surprise and quality. This can also be expressed in narrative non-fiction, children’s books or intelligent occasion or gift books.

In 2021, founder Anne Dreesbach redesigned Weissbook’s visual identity. It was relaunched with a new logo based on Spitzkant by Julien Fincker, including a custom ei ligature. Spitzkant and another typeface by Fincker, Ardena, are used throughout the fall 2021 preview booklet. Spitzkant is used for headlines and Ardena for running texts.

Irregular is a German skateboard magazine, based in Munich, Germany. The magazine is published four times per year and features professional skateboarders, trips and events on 128 pages, with a lot of photographs by Fabian Reichenbach.

Art director Stefan Gottwald chose a combination of the Spitzkant and Ardena font families by Julien Fincker for this year’s issues. He combines the fonts in very different and playful ways for headlines and copytext. Each article gets its own look and feel, in a very modern and high-class way.

You can see the first issue of the year here. This is also the first issue to include an English translation part in the back of the magazine.

Küchenquelle (“kitchen source”) is a German kitchen manufacturer with over 400 employees and 28 stores. The inspirational catalogue for 2021 was produced by the Leonhardt & Kern advertising agency, based in Stuttgart, Germany. Senior Art Director Irena Cizerle chose Spitzkant by Julien Fincker for headlines and page numbers, and Proxima Nova by Mark Simonson for running text in the catalogue’s 92 pages. She also used OpenType features and alternate characters to create individual and expressive headlines. Note for instance the lowered caps with umlauts on the cover, or the right leaning A on the fourth image. The catalogue was designed as a high-quality lifestyle coffeetable book, and was printed on uncoated paper for a haptic experience.