Based in London, Michael Hor­sham began work­ing within Tomato on a free­lance basis in 1994, join­ing full-time in 1996. Tomato was founded in 1991 as a collective of artists, designers, musicians (Underworld) and writers. The group develops cross platform, multi-media projects; both commercial and research based.
Michael illuminates the philosophical and practical side of Tomato. Such as: the structure within the collective, the various people that are involved, the work and projects they do and how they work together and collaborate on a daily basis. Halfway the interview the conversation turns more towards music and we hear all about a very interesting instrument called the Irish Bouzouki, that he recently became the proud owner of. Recorded at the 20plusX 2011 Symposium in München, Germany.

Tomato

Michael Horsham interview

Underworld

Johnny Conquest video

The Irish Bouzouki

Curious Pictures

Pixelgarten is a small bureau for multidisciplinary creation based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. Catrin Altenbrandt and Adrian Nießler both studied Visual Communication at the College of Design in Offenbach and are working together since 2004 in the fields of photography, illustration and graphics.
Because Catrin and Adrian have a relationship as well, we wonder if that doesn’t get in the way of the work sometimes. And how did they start working together? Was it first love and then work or the other way around? We also get an insight on a couple of projects they did and what happens to the set after the project is done. Do they try and keep something or tear everything down? Recorded at the 20plusX 2011 Symposium in München, Germany.

Pixelgarten

Diesel wall

Um was es nicht geht

Unfolded book

Stefan Claudius has been working as a graphic and type designer since 2000 and started the Cape Arcona Type Foundry with co-founder Thomas Schostok in 2002. Next to that he teaches at different German Universities.
As Stefan studied Industrial Design at the Universities of Wuppertal and Essen in Germany, we wonder how he ended up as a typographer. The fonts by Cape Arcona have a typical visual style and are standing out in the overall serious type world. We ask why they are so attracted by this look of imperfection. Stefan also tells us about their plans to set up a new foundry for their more serious typefaces, but they still miss a proper name for it. So if you have a good suggestion you are more than welcome to send us an email! Recorded at the 20plusX 2011 Symposium in München, Germany.

Claudius Design

Cape Arcona type foundry

Thomas Schostok

Julia Kahl studied graphic design at University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt, Germany and graduated in 2008. Since then she is working for Magma Brand Design as managing editor and graphic designer of Slanted Magazine and weblog. Julia explains how she became interested in writing and talks about her most memorable interviews for Slanted Magazine. She also gives us an insight on how they come up with the topics and themes for every issue and we get an inside scoop on the upcoming editions! Recorded at the 20plusX 2011 Symposium in München, Germany.

Slanted

Julia's personal website

Magma Brand Design

Julia’s thesis interview

Andreas Uebele studied architecture and urban planning at the University of Stuttgart and art at the Stuttgart State Academy. In 1996 he founded his agency ‘büro uebele visuelle kommunikation’. Since 1998 he has been a professor of communication design at Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences.
Andreas speaks about his first design job, a poster design for the movie Dr. Mabuse. He explains how this was his first experience with typography. We ask him whether there are similarities between architecture and typography and what it was that attracted him to graphic design instead of architecture. We also talk about the process and redesign of the German Eagle, that his studio did for the Deutsche Bundestag, the German Parliament. We end the interview with a ‘mean’ question. Recorded at the 20plusX 2011 Symposium in München, Germany.

büro uebele

Andreas Uebele - AGI

Andreas Uebele - Signaletiket

Bundestag identity

Silver Design Award for the Bundestag identity