Design Reaktor Berlin

November 2008 - edited by Design Reaktor Berlin: Prof. Axel Kufus, Judith Seng, Marc Piesbergen, Joachim Schirrmacher
Concept, Art Direction, Design: onlab, Nicolas Bourquin with Sven Ehmann, Yassin Baggar, Marte Meling Enoksen, Matthias Hübner, Sueh Li Tan, Thibaud Tissot, Kasper Zwaaneveld
Management: onlab, Rainalt Jossé, Judith Wimmer / UdK: Judith Seng
Cover picture (inner page): Paul Graves
Editorial office: Judith Seng
Authors: Stefan Heidenreich, Christopher Dell, Andreas Galling-Stiehler, Axel Kufus, Marc Piesbergen, Joachim Schirrmacher, Jürgen Schulz, Judith Seng
Published by: Berlin University of the Arts (UdK), Berlin 2008
172 pages, 22.5 x 14.5 cm, German and English texts; ISBN 978-3-89462-166-7 order >

"Design Reaktor Berlin" won the German Prize for Young Book Designers 2009!

The book documents experimental product design cooperations between university students and small or medium-sized businesses in Berlin. More about the Design Reaktor Berlin

'The cohesion of this documentation of an experiment is determined by the subject matter of reactor and the very powerful, homogenous and harmonious typography'. (The Best German Book Design, Prize for Young Book Designers 2009, p. 266)

short demo of the multiple accessibility that the book offers to the reader

"This is a book you want to spend time with."

Grafik Magazine, April 2009

Effectively creating five separate booklets bound into one package, onlab maintained a sense of clarity and functionality across the booklets, highlighting the common thread running through the project by linking sections of the book. [...] Designed as both an in-depth read and an overview, the booklets are punctuated with large quotes, offering a digested read for people flickering through the book. This is, however, a book you want to spend time with, a typographic treat and an accomplished piece of paper engineering.