German design WTF?!?!
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- tomkat0
*waves fist in a big circle
caaaareeefuuul now, y'all..
I'm afraid german design is actually more difficult to grasp than for example dutch, swiss etc.
maybe take a look at some of the greats, like otl aicher etc.
good luck
and more bratwurst
- Mimio0
He means pretentious and vacuous.
- tomkat0
ahahahaha
- randoman0
i think it's similar to what is considered Swiss design in that it's a bit rigid or heavily dependant on Grids.
What exactly defines German design? It's hard to say. It also might be easier to gauge on what period if we knew what the overall concept behind your design is, or what the brief calls for.
German Design might be most known for high contrast (Primary red, black) use of Bauhaus and similar fonts, stark images and/or shapes.
Old German advertising posters are really cool tho... they have a light propaganda feel, use friendly illustrations, etc.
- arinya0
yah know. That is what I thought at first. Maybe he's talking about those old german posters graphic design....no he means something clean and minimal. Like everything else I've seen.
- randoman0
Why not check out a successful German design/web house and do some research?
- vburo0
yeah, just go check out german design forums/portals and the major german (mainstream) ad and design agencies..
- vburo0
haha is that a statement tomkat?
it's an empty site..
saying design is dead in germany?
- todelete__20
not sure if it's been said but if it's german design you're after design a page and throw a large hitler mustache over the bottom of it near the footer.
there. german.
- danthon0
rent a german and get them to art direct
- k770
arinya, why don't you ask him for further elucidation?
- tomkat0
hehe vburo, its actually a rather nice german forum, but obviously down recently.. :D how fitting
there ya go
http://redesigndeutschland.de/
- Lesk0
hehe, I'm could help you.
cough
*im so broke right now.
- designerror0
go ISO 9000 style
germans are crazy with standards!
- Lesk0
Isn'T LG a cellphone company?
And what kind of design is this?
- Witt0
german design ist tot:
- randoman0
Witt thats the most minimal site Ive ever seen, even for German design. But they get the point across clearly.
- tomkat0
you can repeat me again on that.