» GRAPHIC DESIGN INSPIRATIONS DAAB


Good things in life come to those who wait: two years after the announcement, seven kilos of pure Graphic Design Inspirations arrived just in time before Christmas! There's also a CD-cover by Jotopia (done for Livingroom about five years ago …) featured in the book, which is published by daab.

Synopsis: The graphic design landscape fans out dazzlingly between proceedures that are characterized by digital / technical parameters and design and a stage management of that which is personal, earmarked and hand-made. Photography, street art as well as other expressive forms of art, have a mutually inspiring relationship with design. In contrast to the past decades, all this is not necessarily entirely new qualitatively, but quantitatively it is impressively different. Graphic Design Inspirations compiles over 1.500 works from all across the world. Strategies that are conceptually and communicatively different, topographical quality, visual innovations and originality have been decisive in the selection process of this book. – daab

» SEMI PERMANENT 2010 2nd EDITION DESIGN IS KINKY


"It’s our first hardcover book and is very very cool." (Andrew from Design is Kinky). There's nothing more to add and the "Building Jotopia"-illustration made it into the book. By the way, the illustration is the companion piece to "Destroying Jotopia" which was eternalized in the the 1st 2010-Edtion of SemiPermanent.

Synopsis: Printed to be released in conjunction with our Auckland, Perth and Melbourne events, this edition turns back the clock a little to reflect our original SP book. It includes both invited artists along with the submitted art that have filled the books in previous years. This gives the book a blend of both established artists at the top of their game with young up-and-coming talent, a mix that is exciting and inspirational. – Design is Kinky

» TYPOSHIRT ONE INDEX BOOK


The book which is published by Index Book from Spain features shirt-designs by Levi's, Diesel, Billabong, Iriedaily as well as some shirts by Jotopia.

Synopsis: Featuring more than 1,700 unique designs from all over the world, TypoShirt One is the first book to focus exclusively on T-shirt typography. Spanning message and logo T-shirts to more abstract and arty models that transmit more cryptic messages, TypoShirt One showcases current and historical T-shirts from small, independent labels and artists to those created by globally recognized names and brands. Ever since the T-shirt crossed over from unadorned male innerwear item to a hugely popular unisex wardrobe staple more than half a century ago, no other piece of apparel has featured as many expressive and fascinating claims, statements, typefaces and “instant messages.” These transmitted messages gain an irreversible strength and power through the motifs that, in this book’s pages, are reduced to their substance, related to the form and content. Created for fans of graphic design, fashion and popular culture, TypoShirt One is an intriguing look at the wearable fabric canvases where these worlds–and words–meet. – Index Book

» SEMI PERMANENT 2010 1st EDITION DESIGN IS KINKY


The "Destroying Jotopia"-illustration made it into the Semi-Permanent 2010 book by Design is Kinky from Australia.

Synopsis: 2010 marks the 4th year of the Semi-Permanent Submission Edition. 4 years of artwork subitted from people all over this glorious planet of ours. This issue you hold in your hands is the 5th book in this series. That means we've had approximately 1.050 pages of artwork. Plus, as we receive close to 800 submissions a book , 5 artworks per person, we have had roughly 20.000 artworks to look through. That's a hell of a lot of art no matter how you look at it! And we are looking forward to much more in the years to come… – Design is Kinky

» FREISTIL BLACK FREISTIL BLACK – BEST OF EUROPEAN COMMERCIAL ILLUSTRATION


Jotopia is featured in "Freistil Black – Best of European Commercial Illustration " published by Verlag Hermann Schmidt Mainz.

Synopsis: Paint it black – Freistil, die Biennale der europäischen Commercial Illustration in Buchform, zeigt die Bandbreite und Entwicklung der Illustrationskultur. In Freistil entdecken Sie Talente, Facetten und handwerklichen Raffinessen sowie Trends einer Kultur, die sich rasant entwickelt und durch Mut zu klaren, individuellen Standpunkten auszeichnet. Mut beweist auch Herausgeber Raban Ruddigkeit, indem er diesmal in Freistil nur schwarzweiße Arbeiten aufnimmt. The black issue, gedruckt dennoch in 4c und Extra-Schwarz plus Lack, zeigt gerade in der Reduktion die handwerkliche Qualität europäischer Illustration und macht auch im Editorial Mut, Grenzen jenseits der Grautöne auszuloten… – Verlag Hermann Schmidt Mainz

» GRAPHIC DESIGN 2 DESIGN-CUBE-SERIES BY ZEIXS


Jotopia | Visual Noise is represented with 6 double-pages in "Graphic Design 2" by Zeixs

Synopsis: "Since the first volume of “Graphic Design” turned out to be our absolute bestseller and sold out quickly, we’ve decided to prepare a sequel. The focus of this collection lies on innovation. The operational areas of the designers featured in this book include Graphic Design, Posterdesign, Corporate Identity, Editorialdesign, Coverdesign, Postcard, Invitation Cards, Catalogue, Flyer, Brochure, Booklet, and Displays. We are proud to present more than 550 new pieces/works from many international designers." Zeixs

» BEST OF POSTER DESIGN DESIGN-CUBE-SERIES BY ZEIXS


Posters designed by Jotopia | Visual Noise including one in collaboration with Couscouskid are featured in "Best of Poster Design" by Zeixs

Synopsis: "Another classic: posters- sometimes in A4-size, sometimes in A0-size, sometimes without pictures, sometimes with great photos. But that’s not the point. We’re looking for great ideas, formats and possibilities to create innovative designs even for rather “boring” topics/tasks." Zeixs

» LOGO 2 DESIGN-CUBE-SERIES BY ZEIXS


Jotopia | Visual Noise is featured with more than 15 pages in "Logo 2" by Zeixs

Synopsis: "Since logo 1 was one of our absolute top sellers, we decided to publish a follow-up. Hence we’re again looking for logos from all areas you can think of." Zeixs

» LOS LOGOS 4 JOS LOGOS IN LOS LOGOS 4


Logos designed by Jotopia are featured in Gestalten's latest logo coup "Los Logos 4".

Synopsis: Gestalten’s best-selling Logos series has documented and indicated design styles and trends in contemporary logo design worldwide. At 568 pages, Los Logos 4 provides an overview of current developments and advances in logo design. This authoratitive compendium is the largest volume to date showcasing a collection of over 5,000 examples of stylistic approaches by designers from around the globe by bourgeoning design talent and once again offering an essential resource for all designers. Los Logos 4 is the perfect companion to the Logos series and an unparalleled publication on contemporary logo design. Die Gestalten

» SUPERSONIC SUPERSONIC – VISUALS FOR MUSIC


Jotopia music-artworks are published in "Superonic – Visuals for Music", by Die Gestalten

Synopsis: Supersonic presents over 300 striking pages of today’s best-designed music products with a focus on Independent and Alternative Rock as well as Electronica. In addition to abundant visuals, the book features portraits of selected designers and companies, who are creating outstanding work in these musical fields. With its stunning images from today’s most exciting music, Supersonic is a source of inspiration for all music insiders, graphic artists creating music packaging and anyone interested in cutting-edge visuals. (...) Die Gestalten

» FREISTIL 3 FREISTIL – BEST OF EUROPEAN COMMERCIAL ILLUSTRATION


Jotopia is featured in "Freistil – Best of European Commercial Illustration 3" published by Verlag Hermann Schmidt Mainz.

Synopsis: »Zeichnen ist das Singen der Hände« Seit wir Freistil vor vier Jahren an den Start geschickt haben, entwickelt sich die Illustration in rasantem Tempo und hat dabei eine eigenständige Qualität beibehalten und gestärkt. Immer mehr Medien und Agenturen setzen auf Illu. Umso wichtiger wird Freistil, das zur Leipziger Buchmesse zum dritten Mal Spitzenleistungen von 222 Illustratoren aus Deutschland, Europa und inzwischen auch darüber hinaus präsentiert. Ausgewählt von einer fachkundigen Jury. (...) – Raban Ruddigkeit (Hrsg.)

» TRES LOGOS JOS LOGOS IN TRES LOGOS


Jotopia designed logos for and by the name of Formgeber. Appearance in "Tres Logos", published by Die Gestalten

Synopsis: »Imagine that someone went shopping for you all over the world, in the trendiest, most insider boutiques and bought you the coolest, most comprehensively drop-dead, streetwise wardrobe you could ever dream of. Translate that idea into the world of sketches, shapes and icons and you can see why Los Logos is such a hit.« – The Independent on Sunday

LOCKED IN KOMMA-MAGAZINE



Locked In – A Graphic Novel by Johannes Bayer is featured with two double-pages in komma-magazine ("Kommunikationsdesign aus Mannheim")

Synopsis: "Visuelle Implosion" (...)eine geradezu das Bewusstsein erweiternde Reizung der Sinne in der Verknüpfung von visueller und auditiver Kunst. (...) Melodien werden im Kopf visualisiert, zu akustisch erklingenden Bildern.Der gestaltete Teil des Werkes überwältigt vor allem durch den Einsatz verschiedener Techniken der Illustration. Aquarell, Acryl, Gouache, Tusche, Polaroidtransferverfahren, Wachsmaler, Marker und Kartoffelstempel kamen neben digitalen Techniken wie 3D-Visualisierung hemmungslos in einen Topf. Doch das Ergebnis ähnelt keineswegs einem Potpourri. Allen Bedenken angesichts der bunten Vielfalt an Techniken zum Trotz bildet das Buch auf 96 Seiten eine absolute Einheit. Was diese Arbeit herausragend macht, ist die Art, wie der Bildrhythmus die Geschichte trägt. Oft bilden mehrere Doppelseiten nebeneinander betrachtet eine fortlaufende und zusammenhängende Collage. Soviel Augenschmaus kommt an (...) Get more informations at Komma Mannheim

LOCKED IN »LOCKED IN – A GRAPHIC NOVEL«


A Graphic Novel by Johannes Bayer

Synopsis: Detached from any graphical conventions »Locked In – A Graphic Novel« combines a diverse range of traditional design-techniques (watercolor, indian ink, acrylics, gouache, wax-crayon, polaroid-transfers and potatoe-stamps) with modern high-technological media. The book contains illustrative elements as well as (fine-)typographical aspects in form of compository rhythms spreading over cohering double-pages. Special thanks to Carsten, Daniel and Christian from Benea who are responsible for the incredible soundtrack of the book!