Hochschule Darmstadt
July 10th, 2008 posted by Matt Aubie in Schools, Student Work
Hochschule Darmstadt’s website isn’t in English, so I don’t understand a word of it. But a fluent friend of mine directed me to the faculty of design section. I love seeing student work from around the world. It all has such a different feeling and voice to it. There seems to be something so practical about the work coming out of the school. The type is legible, the decoration is limited, and production isn’t glamorous - it’s just enough. At the same time, this is the type of work I’d have a hard time convincing a local (Ontario, Canada) client to go with… and that might just mean it’s better work than anything you’ll see in my hometown. The above piece was designed by student Frederic Beier (you can see other images of this work here).
Less is more??? i like this idea.
A recent thought i found in a book about young swiss design, is the idea of reducing an idea to the max. In other words, stripping it down as much as possible without affecting recognizability. This probably goes hand in hand with the fact that so much stuff is designed to look good instead of function well.