Atelier Jérôme Knebusch
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60329 Frankfurt am Main
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Rudolf Koch and Fritz Kredel's remarkable Blumenbuch [Book of Flowers] was published between 1929 and 1942, from precious volumes and portfolios to pocket editions, involving numerous collaborators, printers and publishers such as Mainzer Presse in Mainz, Ernst-Ludwig-Presse in Darmstadt and Insel-Verlag, Leipzig. The Insel paperback edition continued to be printed throughout the 20th century. Koch began drawing wild flowers in 1922. He explains that he 'collected [the flowers] at random and without any particular purpose. I only drew those that grew in Offenbach and the surrounding area...'. A member of Koch's Werkstatt, the young Kredel, engraved most of the 250 drawings. The flowers were engraved on wood and coloured entirely by hand. The entire project - the various editions, sketchbooks, printing tests and original woodcuts - constitutes an exceptional archive that was exhibited for the first time in France, at the Modulab gallery in Metz The exhibition curated by Jérôme Knebusch is a joint venture between the Klingspor Museum, Poem, Modulab and the École nationale d'art et de design de Nancy.

Title
Das Blumenbuch
Date
2023
Type
Research
Client
Modulab
Place
Metz
Material
Exhibition
Curator
Jérôme Knebusch
Archive
Klingspor Museum
Conference
ANRT 2020
Photography
Benjamin Roi

Das Blumenbuch, Modulab, Metz, 4.5 – 17.6.2023. Klingspor Museum Archive.

Là où les détails se cachent, Sébastien Gouju, Institut Français Stuttgart, 2013.

Parix, w/ Thomas Huot-Marchand, isdaT Toulouse, 2018.

klaatu barada nikto: histoires de science-fiction, ESAL Metz, 2013.

Durandus, Hochschule Mainz, Gutenberg Museum, 2016.

Chercher sa recherche, Ministère de la culture, ENSAD Nancy, 2012. Published by Presses Universitaires Nancy.

Art direction, design & organisation of the Pangramme: learning type design call and exhibition together with the Design graphique & Typographie class at ESAL Metz. The exhibition showcases fifty unpublished student type designs. Jury: Andrea Tinnes (Germany), Alejandro Lo Celso (Argentina), Matthieu Cortat (France), Hans-Jürg Hunziker (Switzerland) & Gerard Unger (Netherlands). The exhibtion traveled after ESAL Metz to ESAD Amiens, Le Signe Chaumont, ATypI Montréal and Druckkunst Museum Leipzig. Free PDF download of the catalogue (link below).

Title
Pangramme: learning type design
Date
2016–2018
Type
Education, Visual identity
Client
ESAL, ESAD, Le Signe, ATypi, Museum für Druckkunst
Place
Metz, Amiens, Chaumont, Montréal, Leipzig
Material
Exhibition, call for applications, signage, ads
Assistance
Francis Ramel
Download
Catalogue

Pangramme: learning type design, ESAL Metz, ESAD Amiens, Le Signe Chaumont, ATypI Montréal, Druckkunst Museum Leipzig, 2016-2018.

Etienne Pressager, Malzéville, 2006. etiennepressager.fr

Europa String Quartet, Marienkirche, Berlin, 2009.

Un mot, un matériau, École Française de Saarbruck et Dilling, 2008.

Notizen zu Berlin, residency, text, custom typeface, Berlin, 2010-2011. Available at poem-editions.com

Une brève histoire des lignes, Centre Pompidou-Metz, 2013.

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