Editorial Experimental

A spread from <n>Forward Magazine Issue No4</n> with design by <n>Zwupp</n> for <n>FORWARD FESTIVAL</n>.

The cover for <n>Air Conditioned Hours</n>, an artist book by <n>Ju Young Kim</n> with stories by <n>Guilherme Vilhena Martins</n>.

Catalog for <n>Kim Dongjun</n>'s solo exhibition, designed by <n>Everyday Practice</n>.

As humanity grapples with the escalating challenges of climate change, the discipline of architecture finds itself at a critical juncture. The urgency of the situation demands that schools of architecture not only contribute to envisioning more serene futures but also equip the next generation of architects with the audacity to question, project, criticize, explore and imagine alternative solutions.Architectural research is in re/action to this climate crisis. “Transcalar Prospects in Climate Crisis” offers a vital compilation of research projects and essays reflecting the investigative efforts at EPFL Architecture. Addressing critical issues like material uses, land and soil degradation, environmental justice and circular urban flows, the book brings together diverse, entangled perspectives and transcalar vantage points. It navigates complex factors such as comfort, standards, profit and individual needs, across a wide ecological spectrum. The book is a must-read for architects, urban planners, designers, scholars, and anyone seeking knowledge and inspiration for climate action, urging a conscious and critical, transcalar response to one of the most pressing issues of our time.

Transcalar Prospects in Climate Crisis

Neubau Forst Catalogue is the 432-page print catalogue of a digital collection of tree silhouettes and sculptures seen at different seasons. Working by hand, the Neubau designers digitally removed the trees from their original Berlin surroundings and thereby crafted a body of visual material whose scope, outstanding quality of detail and excellent image resolution sets it clearly apart from conventional tree libraries compiled with autotracing tools. The trees, which were systematically photographed in summer and winter over several years, assume a timeless validity through Neubau’s process of selection and are thus universally applicable for future visualizations. From the existing stand-alone tree objects, which can be placed against both dark and light backgrounds of all kinds, Neubau has furthermore derived individual “tree modules”. These modules can be combined with the ready-to-use trees in an endless number of ways. Alongside detailed information about tree species, size, location, year of planting and file format, the catalogue contains also numerous impressive examples of how these images can be used. The corresponding Neubau Forst Archive, consisting of 683 individual elements, is the digital library of which architects, designers, graphic designers and illustrators have previously only dreamed.Each book contains an individual download code that guarantees you an exclusive discount of 25% on purchases from the data archive in the standard image (TIFF) and vector (EPS) format.

Neubau Forst Catalogue

Publication layout by designers <n>Dennis Hoelscher</n> and <n>Daniel Hermes</n>.

Otti Berger created fabrics that fundamentally changed the understanding of what textiles could be and do. A core member of the experimental approach to textiles at the Bauhaus, she also was a female entrepreneur in the frenzied time that was the early 1930s in Berlin. Working closely with architects of the New Objectivity movement such as Lilly Reich, Ludwig Hilberseimer and Hans Scharoun, she designed upholstery and wall tapestries, curtains and floor coverings that responded to novel types of use and production methods, and thereby redefined the relationship between aesthetics and function - with fascinating results. To date Berger's textile work has only been explored in fragments. This book is the first comprehensive study of its complexity and beauty and makes her hitherto unpublished treatise on fabrics and the methodology of textile production accessible. By systematically arranging the fabrics according to their application, Raum's research offers an entirely new perspective on Berger's oeuvre that emphasises the craftsmanship and entrepreneurial side of her work, and appreciates the largely unrecognised significance of textiles in the history of architecture and design.
Design: UnknownSize: 223x317mmPages: 352Publication: 2024Binding: Casebound book


Otti Berger: Weaving for Modernist Architecture

An editorial publication from <n>Bauhaus Typography</n> with design by <n>Leonard Behre</n> and <n>Lisa Schulz-Coppi</n>.

<n>Rhizom</n>, a newspaper designed by <n>Grafisch Ontwerp Gent</n>. Photo by <n>Lynn Ruberg</n>.