Meisterschüler:innen im Weißenhof-Programm:
A Series of Annual Publications for the Post-Graduate Class

Schutzumschlag und Schnitt der Künstlerpublikation »Practice Process Progress, Meisterschüler im Weißenhofprogramm, Band I«

The “Weißenhof Program” is a postgraduate course of study that concludes with the degree of Meisterschüler [master student] at Stuttgart State Academy of Fine Arts. The three-semester program is aimed at selected, particularly gifted artists who would like to implement a work project. Furthermore it is possible to specialize within the study program. Since 2016, we have supported ABK Stuttgart with the annual yearbook design and graphic ephemera for the exhibition.

Area Of Effect

“Area Of Effect” is the 2024 edition of the series. Nina Aeberhard, Eunyoung Bae, Ezgi Böttger, Natalie Brehmer, Juli Gebhardt, Victoire Gonzalvez, Hyunjeong Ko und Da Shi present their works on 192 pages in this softcover brochure.

Catalogue design for the ABK Stuttgart Meisterschüler exhibition, featuring the publication Area of Effect with a black-and-white typographic cover and shrink-wrapped stacked copies.
Catalogue design for the ABK Stuttgart Meisterschüler exhibition at Villa Merkel Esslingen, featuring a spread on Nathalie Brehmer with a reduced typographic layout and a poem-like text composition.
Catalogue design for the ABK Stuttgart Meisterschüler exhibition at Villa Merkel Esslingen, featuring a full-bleed photographic spread with a reduced editorial layout and black-and-white image composition.
Catalogue design for the ABK Stuttgart Meisterschüler exhibition at Villa Merkel Esslingen, featuring a spread on Nina Aeberhard with bold typographic titling, editorial text and documentary exhibition photography.

Ungeordnete Koordinaten

“Ungeordnete Koordinaten” [Unordered Coordinates] is the 2022 edition of the series. Min Bark, Kuo Hsin-Hui, Leif Kauz-Zeller und Tino Kukulies works are featured in this 192-page book with a pearlescent cover and front- as well as back-cover embossing. To display the struggle the artists of the class of 2020 had to put up with, we combined global headlines with the artists artwork documentation. That way, we counteracted the missing exhibition photos. Printed on coloured paper, this gives the books edges a colourful gradient.

We Grew Some Eyes

»We Grew Some Eyes« was the fourth yearbook design we worked on. It combined the artistic output of Nina Joanna Bergold, Jochen Damian Fischer, Franziska Sophie Geissler, Johanna Mangold, Lisa Moll, Jonas Maria Ried and Vladimir Unkovic. The 192-page yearbook design was bound in recycled leftovers from leather production to give it a human feel.

Vehement!

In 2019, the annual exhibition appeared under the title Vehement!. In this third instalment of the series, Havin Al-Sindy, Ferhat Ayne, Anna-Elisabeth Frick, Claudia Gienger, Shana Levy, Jan-Hendrik Pelz, and Hiroki Tsukiyama presented their work. Furthermore, we printed the book in five colours and introduced each chapter with bright orange opening pages throughout the publication.

Künstlerbuch Vehement!, Freirückenbroschur mit 252 Seiten.

Die Größten Künstler aller Zeiten

The second instalment of the series, “Die Größten Künstler aller Zeiten” [The Greatest Artists of All Time], used its title as an ironic comment on the group of Gala Adam, Lilith Becker, Marton Dès, and Charlie Stein. In addition, we silkscreen-printed the embossed cover in white and gold and added golden edge colouring to complete the publication.

Back cover, spine and front cover of the 2017 catalogue

Practice. Process. Progress.

In 2016, we designed Practice. Process. Progress as the inaugural exhibition and first annual publication. Across 216 pages, the yearbook design brought together works by Andreas Bauer, Benjamin Bronni, Anna Gohmert, Valentin Hennig, Valentin Leuschel (Gruppe CIS), Georg Lutz, Ann-Kathrin Müller, and Fabian Treiber. A laser-cut dust jacket completed the red catalogue.

Detail der Laserveredelung auf dem Cover der Künstlerpublikation »Practice Process Progress, Meisterschüler im Weißenhofprogramm, Band I«

Client:

 Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart [Stuttgart State Academy Of Fine Arts]

Partners:

 Stephan Rößler, Studio Tillack Knöll

Technique:

 Offset print

URL:

 https://www.abk-stuttgart.de/wp.html

Studio Tillack Knöll is a multicreative design practice that concerns itself with the visual and spatial aspects of communication. We design exhibitions, wayfinding systems, books, posters and cultural identities for a variety of clients involved in architecture, art, science and commerce to cultural institutions and NGOs.