Buchstabenmuseum Berlin is a wonderful place. Out of love and passion for typography two graphic designers began to collect old letters from company facades. They created a “retirement home“ for the letters “gone out of business”. It is such a great idea. The letters are kept for the future and you find all kinds of
A new, playful visual identity created for Innovationsdorf Bern in Switzerland. Created recently, and barely taken in use yet. The direction is clear – they have a very cool place down there, already a lot of interesting inhabitants – and now a visual identity they can play with. We wish them luck! Follow the project
“European Ceramic Context 2014 forms part of a biennial symposium for European contemporary glass and ceramics on the island of Bornholm in Denmark. Through comprehensive exhibitions, workshops, master classes and lectures, an opportunity will arise to discuss and present the best of contemporary European ceramics today.” (text from the website) Lower East have worked for
New visual identity – for New Business Lower East just did another quick & d….. visual identity job. This time for a new master program, created by changels in Bern, Switzerland. Maybe it could be a ‘thing’ for you? Info from the info papers: NEW BUSINESS. A one year further training for people who want to
Lower East recently designed a 160-page book to the exhibition Kay Christensen – The Eternal Fairy Tale at ARoS Aarhus Art Museum in Denmark. The book, with text in both Danish & English, showing a major part of Kay Christensen’s (1899-1981) wonderful paintings, drawings and lithographs. The exhibition, which will be on show at ARoS until January 26th, pays homage
We are happy to show and share the changels news! An idea for a newspaper we at Lower East came up with some months ago together with the people from changels. In the very last days before Christmas we finished the design of the newspaper and it was immediately sent of to the printer in
Aarhus Filmfestival 2013 It’s time! – from Tuesday 12 November to Sunday 17 November the Aarhus Filmfestival will be screening international shorts and documentaries. Experimental, fun and eye-opening films that challenge the media and broaden the world. Around 140 films, and we are still counting… The festival takes place in Aarhus, Denmark. Lower East have designed
Aarhus Filmfestival 2013 is coming up. From 12th to 17th November you can see short and documentaries in cinemas, museums and culture venues all over Aarhus, Denmark. Lower East are these days working on the design of the rich catalogue for the festival. 40 (or 44?) pages filled with tempting short and documentary film programmes
For the Exhibition Director’s Choice, the Director of ARoS Jens Erik Sørensen has collected around 1000 pieces from the ARoS Collection and put them together to a personal story. The story unfolds in three houses, House no. 7, House, no. 9, The Urban Park and House no. 13 – taking the visitor from futuristic coolness
Poster contest Dansens Dag 2014 (International Dance Day) Why not design the winning poster for the Danish version of Dansens Dag 2014? Better do your very, very best, Lower East will be present in the jury panel. Deadline 30. October 2013 More info (Sorry only in the Danish, but you will find a contact person
Phone rings, one day back in 2012. Unknown number. Yeah hallo? Hallo, we have heard about you Lower East guys! Really? Yes, you have been recommended. Really?? Yes, I’m working for an organization working with blind people, could you do some graphic design for us? Okay kidding me, right??? Lower East have already done a
A new Urban Safari Berlin is coming up – October 28 and 29. Helle Marietta and Jørgen Smidstrup have based their design company, Lower East, in Berlin since the end of 2011 and have been exploring the “arm, aber sexy“ city ever since. Matti Straub-Fischer, from changels, have after several visits insisted on creating an
For ARoS Aarhus Art Museum Lower East designed a huge catalogue for the exhibition GOLD – TREASURES FROM THE DANISH GOLDEN AGE. 300 pages filled with great photos, gold metal print and texts in Danish and English written by experts in the Golden age a.o. Karina Lykke Grand. It is a wonderful exhibiton and you
Lower East just designed a quick & not-that-dirty visual identity for the new Aarhus (Denmark) based food & wine company gastro & vino. One of our good friends just started this up, based on many, many years work, walk and talk within the food & wine business. Main focus will be teambuilding, wine sales, wine
A triangular sky and lava stones at KUNSTEN. Lower East finished during the hot July the design and production of the catalogue for the Olafur Eliasson exhbition at the arts museum KUNSTEN in Aalborg, Denmark. Olafur Eliasson’s work ‘Den trekantede himmel’ (‘The triangular sky’), has been specially created for the Museum’s sculpture park. Until end
Lower East just finished the brochure for the Council Guide Training. The Council Guide Training is integrated into the education as part of the curriculum at the KaosPilots Switzerland. The CGT is “an intensive two-year personal leadership training in which participants meet nine times for five-day ceremonies. In between ceremonies the participants dedicate themselves to integrate
Lower East website We just did some summer cleaning on our website – updated the texts, new background illustrations, updated the projects (more is still to come, it has so far been a very, very busy 2013!). Added new photos and new dates for our Urban Safari Berlin, one in September and one in October.
52 new designers have just graduated from Kolding School of Design, Denmark. From 26 June to 28 July their projects will be on display at the Museum Koldinghus in Kolding. Among the new designers, two of them have for a period been in safe hands as interns at Lower East, we are more than happy
Lower East had the big pleasure of working together with Swedish artist Annika von Hausswolff and ARoS, Aarhus Kunstmuseum when we designed the catalogue for the exhibition ANNIKA VON HAUSSWOLFF – IT ALL ENDS WITH A NEW BEGINNING. (The exhibition will run until 11 August 2013). “Annika von Hausswolff’s photographs are razor-sharp, sensual, and extremely disquieting. They
Still three weeks with Michael Kvium’s Real Monsters at Kunsten, Aalborg, Denmark. The exhibition runs until April 21 and presents the recent works by the artist. Really cool work from Kvium! And be aware. Your view on your fellow citizens and what you see in the mirror will change for ever. While there, don’t miss the brand