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Seventeen words to describe seventeen used space bars, arranged vertically, left aligned in a white wooden frame. |
Siebzehn Wörter um siebzehn gebrauchte Leertasten zu beschreiben, vertikal arrangiert, linksbündig angelegt in einem weißen hölzernen Rahmen. |
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Leben liebt lieben belebt Glück auf! Müssen und wollen denken und tun streben und warten |
Life loves loving enlivens Good luck! Obliged and willing thinking and performing strive and waiting |
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Harald Geisler’s handwritten black ink calligraphy on white Rosenthal porcelain. Poem by Goethe. Open edition, price upon request → here |
| The plate is plain white, with two gold bands and a gold rim. Simple and delicate. I’m a typographer and the plate is part of an ongoing research I’m doing about how writing and images are used on tableware. It started when i continuously had to look at the ikea logo at the the cheap glasses in my studio after finishing a drink. Then i realized that there is on almost everything a logo, typography, images that subtle but constant deliver information. Continue reading |
| “Wahrheit und Politik” refers to the title of an essay that was published 1964 by Hannah Arendt (October 14, 1906 – December 4, 1975). The text was translated from german to english and then published in 1967 “Truth and Politics.” Continue reading |
