presents a selection of projects undertaken by designers at their own initiative. In each case, the work has been made without the involvement of a client or a commission. The examples featured in the exhibition have been produced during the past five years, and demonstrate a broad range of interests and techniques, as well as a variety of media, including print, typography, curatorial work and exhibition design, interactive projects, web pages and essays. More importantly, though, the work on display shares a certain autonomy that can seem quite alien to conventional client-based design practice.
The exhibition itself is part of an ongoing autonomous project: our aim is to collect more works in the course of its travels.
Although made by designers, and existing in and as part of the world of design, these are works from a different planet.
FROM MARS: Self-initiated Projects in Graphic Design
16. – 27. 10. 2008
Estonian Academy of Arts
Tartu mnt 1, Tallinn 10145 (Estonia)
www.graphicdesign.ee
www.artun.ee
FROM MARS originated as an accompanying exhibition of the 22nd International Biennial of Graphic Design Brno 2006, organized by the Moravian Gallery in Brno, Czech Republic
14. 6. – 1. 10. 2006
Atrium, Pražákův palác
Husova 18, Brno (Czech Republic)
www.moravska-galerie.cz
Åbäke, A Practise For Everyday Life, Astrid Stavro Grid-it notepads, Aude Lehmann, Daniel Eatock, Delaware,Dmitri Siegel (Antemagazine), Dot Dot Dot, EAT, Enrico Bravi, Experimental Jetset, Goodwill, GTF, Harmen Liemburg, Humans, Christian Egger (Zeitschrift), Ian Wright, Jürg Lehni, Julia Born, Karel Martens, Körner Union, Lex Trüb, Lizzie Finn, Sulki&Min, Daniël van der Velden, Moire, Nieves, Norm, Paul Elliman, Philippe Desarzens, Practise, Re-magazine, Reala, Richard Niessen+Esther de Vries, Roma publications, Sugo, Silex, Urs Lehni, Zak Kyes
sortby.org (Francesca Grassi & Guillaume Mojon), Richard Rhys, Indrek Sirkel, Karl Nawrot
Collected, compiled and designed by Adam Macháček and Radim Peško
Published in cooperation of the Graphic Design Department of the Estonian Academy of Arts
The exhibition and the printing of the catalogue was supported by Estonian Cultural Endowment and The Royal Netherlands Embassy of Estonia
Tomáš Celizna (web), Yvona Ferencová (MG Brno), Kristjan Mändmaa, Indrek Sirkel, Ivar Sakk, Jaak Kaevats, Mihkel Virkus, Mikk Heinsoo, Astrid Schouten, Claudia Doms (inside cover), Walter Warton and all the participants for collaboration and support.
ISBN: 978-9985-9841-8-5
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