DESIGN NAME: Berlin
PRIMARY FUNCTION: Book
INSPIRATION: I love the era of golden twenties, Berlin, german history, music, film, pen-and-ink-drawings and typography. So I made this book.
UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: A bibliophile, fully-illustrated book about the golden era of the German capital. In a blend of illustrations, facts, anecdotes and an accompanying CD of original recordings, this book presents five dozen leading lights from Berlin's entertainment industry, as well as the artistic, literary, cinematographic and political scene during the Weimar Republic. Illustration, typography, design, and the CD form a graphic and multi-sensual unit.
OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: The target group are interested readers of beautiful books. They immerse themselves in the roaring time of the twenties.
PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The project started in 2012 in Münster, Germany and finished in December 2017. The book was published at 1 December 2017.
FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Graphics, Illustration and Visual Communication Design
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PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: pen-and-ink-drawings, infographics, hardcover, includes CD of original recordings
SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: 23.5 x 37 cm, 224 pages
TAGS: Night Falls on the Berlin of the Roaring Twenties, TASCHEN, Robert Nippoldt, Berlin, Twenties
RESEARCH ABSTRACT: The book is intended to reflect various facets of Berlin's (night) life in this confused time of the Weimar Republic. Since well-known but also less known personalities, places and events are presented, many details had to be researched. For content and design we looked at many original books, posters and writings from the twenties. In order to find out about photos, signatures and personal details, we visited libraries or established contacts with museums, collections and state libraries.
CHALLENGE: Since I had to manage this project mostly on my own, the duration of the manufacturing process was difficult. It took over 5 years to complete. I also had to find a suitable author and publisher. I regularly got advice from experts. Before the production process, picture rights and music rights for the contained CD had to be clarified.
ADDED DATE: 2018-07-24 13:43:54
TEAM MEMBERS (3) : Author: Boris Pofalla, Support: Christine Nippoldt, Saskia Kunze and
IMAGE CREDITS: Image #1: Illustrator Robert Nippoldt, Night Falls on the Berlin of the Roaring Twenties , 2017
Image #2: Illustrator Robert Nippoldt, Brandenburg Gate , 2017
Image #3: Illustrator Robert Nippoldt, Thea Alba , 2017
Image #4: Illustrator Robert Nippoldt, The Literature of Berlin, 2017
Image #5: Illustrator Robert Nippoldt, Chancellor , 2017
PATENTS/COPYRIGHTS: Copyrights belong to Robert Nippoldt, 2018.
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