The visual identity for 070 Shake’s sophomore album You Can’t Kill Me from 2022 was developed as a cross-media campaign including album artwork, logotype, photography, packaging, merchandise, tour posters, and promotional copy. Eddie Mandell designed the project in collaboration with 070 Shake and The C.O.R.E.

The typographic system pairs Futura (Paul Renner) with Tempos Mono (Samara Keller) for supporting and informational text and Anton (Vernon Adams) as the main title font. The blackletter face is Anglican Text (Dieter Steffmann).

The album cover features a Nicola Samorì painting, which is used alongside the typography. The cover was listed at #15 in Our Culture’s “50 Best Album Covers of 2022”.

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Brnjsmin returns with his long-awaited second album on Verydeeprecords, blending leftfield electronic(a) with bass-driven ambient and not not jazz. A tripping brain dance with a wink for fans of dreamy synths and early Four Tet.

For the artwork and release campaign, Nuremberg-based design studio Complex Pleasures combined line drawings by the artist himself with found images, typographic elements and glossy 3D graphics, creating a unique visual world reflecting the playful approach of the music.

The text is mostly set in Samara Keller’s Tempos Mono. In addition, some glyphs from ABC Maxi Round and LL Fiat77 can be found and the back cover features some customized bits and pieces from CirrusCumulus and GT Alpina.

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Mighty Oaks are an indie/folk rock trio made up of Ian Hooper (US), Claudio Donzelli (Italy) and Craig Saunders (UK). They formed in 2010 and are based in Berlin. The visual identity of their fifth studio album, High Times, was designed by German graphic designer Fabian Maier-Bode. In developing the design, Maier-Bode used three typefaces in particular: Baustraße (by Fantasia Type) stretched to characterize the band’s name, Nautica (by Giuseppe Salerno) for the titles in the album, and Tempos Mono (by Samara Keller) for the rest of the lyrics.

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Aqueous Mortar Pestle Grinding / Mortar & Pestle is a two-in-one editorial design. The left page refers to the tool itself, including its cultural significance and symbols, such as the Moon Rabbit. The right page focuses on a scientific research paper I found (Nasseb Singh, Vijai K. Rai, Anil Kumar; published by Elsevier Masson, 2017) titled Aqueous Mortar Pestle Grinding – An efficient, attractive, and viable technique for the regioselective synthesis of β-amino alcohols. I thought it would have been interesting to play with schemes and graphs to reinforce the concept of grinding.

Made in the Editorial Design course held by Armand Mevis at ISIA Urbino in 2023/2024; printed in June 2024.

The magazine Ruhm & Ego founded by Hamburg-based designers Sophia Weider and Lucas Hesse proves that fame and ego are the last things you need to get things done. The publication champions the side projects and personal passions of artists from various creative fields, showing that enthusiasm, dedication, and a true love of one’s craft are crucial to any creative process.

Aiming to inspire other creatives, the magazine encourages readers to venture into new areas, regardless of their lack of industry experience. The first issue of Ruhm & Ego was published in 2020, followed by a second issue in 2022, which is shown here.

Ruhm & Ego has a strong typographical presence. The use of two different styles of fonts creates a playful and modernist design.

The designers Sophia Weider and Lucas Hesse used Tempos Mono (Samara Keller) and TWK Lausanne​​​​​​​ (Weltkern) typefaces in the magazine.

Feminist Exposure — Feminist practices of the exhibition and archive by Federica Martini and Julia Taramarcaz

A rich anthology featuring four essays published in French, three previously unpublished contributions and a reference bibliography. With contributions from Nicole Schweizer, Rebecca VanDiver, Amelia Jones, Cecilia Canziani, Julia Taramarcaz, Federica Martini, and Olivia Alexandra Fahmy

Three typefaces in use: Bandit by Silvan Lanz, AllCaps; Tempos Mono by Samara Keller; Mule by Samira Schneuwly.

Samara Keller’s Tempos Mono is being used by Alliage for the British singer-songwriter Ben Howard and his fourth studio album Collections from the Whiteout.

Art direction: Micha Barban Dangerfield and Roddy Bow
Photography: Roddy Bow
Label: Island Records

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