“Trinitas is a clothing label that was founded in 2009 by german based design and art collective Nous Sommes Des Soleils. The idea behind the label and why we started it was that we wanted to create something that wasn‘t just a t-shirt, but something of that the future owner would know that it was something unique and special.”
German street artist QBRK is part of the TPL Crew and has taken his work from both the street to the gallery and back again. He has a colorful and artistic style and it makes for an interesting display in the carefully selected places he chooses to paint.
German design studio Visualism has a small but very considered body of work. There are all kinds of fun, clean and beautiful things happening within their portfolio and I would definitely keep a keen eye on what new projects they add in the coming months. It might be a short list of projects as of now but it’s mighty.
Keller Maurer Design is a graphic design consultancy based in Munich founded in 2002 by Martina Keller and Marcus Maurer. KMD has some cracking print work in their portfolio and they take a classic squeaky clean approach to layout.
German graffiti artist, illustrator and graphic designer Dxxxtr has some mad skills under his belt. You can see some of this work that seamlessly moves from street walls to computer screens in his Flickr-folio.
The graphic design studio Cyan was established in 1992 by daniela haufe and detlef fiedler in berlin. They have a large modernist body of work with a heavy emphasis on typography. There is an impressive cache of posters in their portfolio and you can kill some time looking through the large images of their work.
I am sure you have seen these photographs of Berlin by German photographer Matthias Heiderich before. I actually confused them with some of the photos of ISO50′s Scott Hansen. The photos themselves are just beautiful with both the use of color and refined composition. You can see more in Heiderich’s Behance-folio.
Munich based multidisciplinary design consultancy C100 Purple Haze was founded by Christian Hundertmark (C100) and Clemens Baldermann (Purple Haze). The studio just updated with a new site and several new and exciting projects. They have an impressive roster of clients now and the work just keeps getting better.
Soft subtle, hues, scenes and tones blend in the dream sequence images gathered up by photographer Brigitte Heinsch.
It’s been a very very long time since I’ve mentioned the work of German designer Falko Ohlmer and he has since updated his portfolio with a lot of really fun and downright good looking work. Talk about fun, how fun would it be to create a design to be printed on a kiteboard?
German designer/motion designer and illustrator extraordinaire Sebastian Onufszak has updated his portfolio once again with some visually stunning new work in all the aforementioned categories. He continues to evolve and stretch his style, approach and capabilities.
I have seen the work of German photographer Martin Klimas some time back but have not visited his site in a very long time. Since my last visit he has updated with some amazing new image series. Klimas is currently represented by the Foley Gallery in New York and he can be commissioned for commercial work through Bransch.
Billy & Hells have amassed a stunning body of portrait photography. Each image has been meticulously composed and portrays a unique personality from each subject. Sprinkled within the portraits are a few landscape shots that are equally wonderful and as much as I loved the portraits, I felt the landscape shots were high art.
German photographer Bettina Lauck has captured several muted, contemplative and sometimes serene images that have the power to stay with you long after viewing.
Ctrl C is the work of Leipzig-based graphic designer Fiorian Lamm. He has an impressive body of print work including some fantastic posters popping with color while utilizing a classic Swiss approach to typography.
The work of 25-year-old German illustrator Valentin Fischer will no doubt remind you of the work of James Jean and Sam Weber but that doesn’t take away from the fact that it is still very well executed. Regardless of the influence, I am still a big fan of this style and with the amount of talent required to achieve it Fischer definitely has some potential to make some beautiful work.
There is some fun, trendy, poppy and psychedelic illustration work happening in the German Behance-folio of The Zonders. It’s candy but I really dig some of it. Sugar tastes good.
Nuremberg-based Artist ‘Gerhard Mayer draws with ink on paper and on walls. His lines are controlled, precise, and technicaly exact.’ The precision required to execute his pen and ink works is impressive and his collage work requires an equal amount of attention. Impressive and beautiful imagery is the result of his labor.
