Symphonie
     Inspirations.  
    
       
           Geigy, Swiss and European Graphic Design        
 
        
          
    
        
           Selection of outstanding graphic design from Europe        
 
       
    
       
           Book : Monk        
 
        
          
    
        
           A book by Jonathan Monk.        
 
       
    
       
           Book : Tajima        
 
        
          
    
        
           A book by Mika Tajima.
Negative Entropy is a series of five abstract Jacquard woven portraits of in...        
 
       
    
       
           Book : Lewitt        
 
        
          
    
        
           A book by Sam Levitt.
TEMPLATE is a book whose information emerges under programmatic erasure. Or p...        
 
       
    
       
           Book : Baldessari        
 
        
          
    
        
           A book by John Baldessari.        
 
       
    
       
           Book : Armleder        
 
        
          
    
        
           A book by John Armleder.        
 
       
    
       
           Book : Mullican        
 
        
          
    
        
           A book by Matt Mullican.        
 
       
    
       
           Book : Weiner        
 
        
          
    
        
           A book by Lawrence Weiner.        
 
       
    
       
           Book : Cattelan        
 
        
          
    
        
           A book by Maurizio Cattelan.        
 
       
    
       
           Book : Brannon        
 
        
          
    
        
           A book by Matthew Brannon.        
 
       
    
       
           klub katarakt 12        
 
        
          
    
        
           klub katarakt, the festival for experimental music, takes place for the twelfth time at Kampnagel, H...        
 
       
    
       
           The Menu        
 
        
          
    
        
           The food menu as we know it today is an invention of the 19th century. Traditionally, during a meal ...        
 
       
    
       
           What Is A Simulation?        
 
        
          
    
        
           What is a simulation?
It is a private game we devise when the aliveness of a situation is too comple...        
 
       
    
       
           The algorithm of fashion        
 
        
          
    
        
           Each of these scarf patterns is unique. The production workflow involves an algorithm which creates ...        
 
       
    
       
           Books of Memory: Gianpaolo Pagni        
 
        
          
    
        
           Gianpaolo Pagni creates unique, printed, painted or stamped books. His work focuses around memory an...        
 
       
    
       
           Groupe Garcia Ingénierie        
 
        
          
    
        
           Corporate identity. Marseille, France, 2015.        
 
       
    
       
           Kippenberger        
 
        
          
    
        
           Martin Kippenberger (born 1953 in Dortmund, died 1997 in Vienna) is one of the foremost and simultan...        
 
       
    
       
           German Art since 1960        
 
        
          
    
        
           German ‘paragons of painting’ such as Georg Baselitz, Jörg Immendorff and Markus Lüpertz have ...        
 
       
    
       
           Akiko Masunaga        
 
        
          
    
        
           マスナガデザイン部/Art director/Designer/O型/乙女座        
 
       
    
       
           A Summer For The Modernists        
 
        
          
    
        
           "Today every city, town, or village is affected by it. We have entered the Neon Civilization and bec...        
 
       
    
       
           Joe Colombo: Total Furnishing Unit        
 
        
          
    
        
           The Total furnishing unit: Bathroom by Joe Colombo, Milano 1971.        
 
       
    
       
           Management 7        
 
        
          
    
        
           7 thoughts on management: Paradox, Management, Hierarchy, Bureaucracy, Trust, Vision, Motivation. (C...        
 
       
    
       
           Andy Warhol: Portraits        
 
        
          
    
        
           A selection of portraits of (in)famous personalities by Andy Warhol.        
 
       
    
       
           Andy Warhol: Endangered Species        
 
        
          
    
        
           In 1983, Andy Warhol expressed his love for animals and his concern for the environment in a series ...        
 
       
    
       
           The Bauhaus Revolution        
 
        
          
    
        
           The Bauhaus was the most influential design school of the 20th century. 
See more in the new magazin...        
 
       
    
       
           In Orbit        
 
        
          
    
        
           "When I look at these complex layers of translucent lines and spheres, I am reminded of models of th...        
 
       
    
       
           Tom Ngo        
 
        
          
    
        
           "Common sense and conventional practice prohibits the evolution of architecture. Through reproducing...        
 
       
    
       
           Visual Music        
 
        
          
    
        
           Viktor Hertz was born in Uppsala, Sweden, in 1983. In 2009, he started to do graphic design as a hob...        
 
       
    
       
           Ignite        
 
        
          
    
        
           "What I try to do is use technology to create representations of imagery found in nature. Technology...        
 
       
    
       
           Liqen        
 
        
          
    
        
           Liqen was born in 1980, in Vigo, a port and industrial city of Galicia, in Spain. Since very little,...        
 
       
    
       
           Xavier Antin: Printing at Home        
 
        
          
    
        
           A printer manual to disturb and disrupt the printing process.
Xavier Antin, born in 1981, lives and ...        
 
       
    
       
           72 dpi        
 
        
          
    
        
           Images on the Internet are changing our lives. While images were once only reserved for a certain fe...        
 
       
    
       
           Áron Jancsó        
 
        
          
    
        
           “I’m a type addict. Building from scratch is how I like to work, sometimes even designing every ...        
 
       
    
       
           Luigi Colani        
 
        
          
    
        
           Colani studied sculpture and painting at the Academy of Arts, Berlin and aerodynamics at the Sorbonn...        
 
       
    
       
           Man. Kiki. Lee.        
 
        
          
    
        
           The muses of Emmanuel Radnitzky (Man Ray)
"All I need is an onion, a bit of bread, and a bottle of ...        
 
       
    
       
           Attachment        
 
        
          
    
        
           Chairs by German designers Yvonne Fehling & Jennie Peiz.        
 
       
    
       
           AG Frozoni: We need to aim at essential things        
 
        
          
    
        
           “We need to aim at essential things, to remove every redundant effects, every useless flowering, t...        
 
       
    
       
           Andrea Guccini: 4A+1        
 
        
          
    
        
           Andrea Guccini, born in Bologna in 1993, studied at the IED in Milan. He is living and working  betw...        
 
       
    
       
           Julien Notter and Sébastien Vigne        
 
        
          
    
        
           Basé à Lausanne, Notter + Vigne est un atelier graphique fondé en 2002 par les designers Julien N...        
 
       
    
       
           Erwin Poell: Naturwissenschaft + Technik        
 
        
          
    
        
           Erwin Poell (1930) is a German graphic designer. From 1951 he studied with Walter Brudi at the State...        
 
       
    
       
           101 x 101        
 
        
          
    
        
           AFTER STUDYING GRAPHIC AND PRODUCT DESIGN AT THE STATE UNIVERSITY FOR ART AND DESIGN KARLSRUHE IN GE...        
 
       
    
       
           E. Hu        
 
        
          
    
        
           Eric Hu is an art director based in New York. He previously worked as the design lead at OKFocus. Er...        
 
       
    
       
           Opie        
 
        
          
    
        
           Julian Opie studied at Goldsmiths´ College (1979-82) under Michael Craig-Martin, for whom he briefl...        
 
       
    
       
           Make War, Not Love        
 
        
          
    
        
           Digitally printed charmeuse silk series 'Touchingly Unfeeling' by Jonathan Zawada. 
Jonathan Zawada...        
 
       
    
       
           German Painting after the 1960s        
 
        
          
    
        
           What is so 'German' about the art made by German painters and sculptors after the 1960s to now? The ...        
 
       
    
       
           Merzbau        
 
        
          
    
        
           "The Merzbau is the construction of an interior from sculptural forms and colours. In the glazed gro...        
 
       
    
       
           The Many Sides of the Moon        
 
        
          
    
        
           Variations on light refraction patterns through a prism, in a set-up reminding on the iconic cover o...        
 
       
    
       
           Antonio Rubino        
 
        
          
    
        
           Antonio Rubino: Pittore, illustratore e scrittore (Sanremo 1880 - Baiardo 1964). Legato all´art nou...        
 
       
    
       
           Sadamitsu Neil Fujita        
 
        
          
    
        
           Sadamitsu Fujita was born in Waimea, Hawaii to Japanese immigrants. He attended boarding school in H...        
 
       
    
       
           L´Imparfaite by VLF        
 
        
          
    
        
           VLF studio is Thomas Cristiani and Antoine Roux in Paris.        
 
       
    
       
           Life Is Electric. Philippe Weisbecker        
 
        
          
    
        
           Born in 1942, Weisbecker studied interior design in Paris. By 1968 he moved to New York. First worki...        
 
       
    
       
           constructing meaning in 3 steps        
 
        
          
    
        
           Frank Hülsbömer was born 1968 in Münster/Germany.        
 
       
    
       
           The 2015 best of penccil        
 
        
          
    
        
           This was an extraordinary year. The world went through a series of shocks and shake-ups, and in betw...        
 
       
    
       
           Hasui Kawase 川瀬 巴水        
 
        
          
    
        
           Hasui Kawase (1883 – 1957) , the best known proponents of the  新版画 New Prints movement, was ...        
 
       
    
       
           France 1661        
 
        
          
    
        
           Views of Renaissance France by Kasper Merian, 1655-1661        
 
       
    
       
           Oskar Schlemmer: Das Triadische Ballett        
 
        
          
    
        
           After Walter Gropius founded the stage workshop in 1921, Oskar Schlemmer, the head of the stage work...        
 
       
    
       
           Spatial Objects        
 
        
          
    
        
           Spatial Objects is the result of Dan Holdsworth’s ongoing enquiry into contemporary photographic p...        
 
       
    
       
           HORT        
 
        
          
    
        
           HORT was founded 1994 by Eike König in Berlin. Clients include WALLPAPER, NEW YORK TIMES, PROJECT F...        
 
       
    
       
           Erik Nitsche        
 
        
          
    
        
           Born on September 7, 1908, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Erik Nitsche attended the Kunstgewerbeschule in...        
 
       
    
       
           What You Think You Know        
 
        
          
    
        
           Philip Herrman is graphic designer in Zurich, Switzerland. Clients include Reto Geiser for Standpunk...        
 
       
    
       
           The Sea by Emil Nolde        
 
        
          
    
        
           Born in the village of Nolde in 1902, Emil Hansen came from a family of peasants. Nolde completed an...        
 
       
    
       
           Sweets by 若杉 智也        
 
        
          
    
       
           Bender Chair        
 
        
          
    
        
           The human body is not built for rigid sitting on a chair over an extended period. In fact, moving an...        
 
       
    
       
           Spin it        
 
        
          
    
        
           Posters by London-based graphic design studio Spin.        
 
       
    
       
           Ink kisses paper        
 
        
          
    
        
           Grant Dickson, born in Belfast, 1974, studied Graphic Design at Nottingham Trent University (1994-97...        
 
       
    
       
           RGB Studio        
 
        
          
    
        
           RGB Studio is Rob Brearley, a graphic designer & art director based in Leeds UK. He continues to dev...        
 
       
    
       
           長嶋りかこ  Rikako Nagashima  グラフィックデザイナー  Founder / Graphic designer        
 
        
          
    
       
           Touch        
 
        
          
    
        
           Touch Collection for Nespresso by Geckeler Michels. A choice of black pigmented porcelain guarantees...        
 
       
    
       
           Versuchsaufbau A        
 
        
          
    
        
           Die Grundidee des Versuchsaufbaus–A beruht auf dem System der astronomischen Sonnenuhr. Sonnenuhre...        
 
       
    
       
           邵 年 Shao Nian        
 
        
          
    
        
           Graphic designer Shao Nian, born 1993, is co-founder of Orgasm studio and owner of slow salon. He li...        
 
       
also:
 Eden        
 
        
  
 Paper sculpture        
      
        
       
 
 Surface N° 2        
 
        
  
 Arctic Paper presents Surface N° 2 – a second edition featuring a specially curated selection of ...        
      
        
       
 
 The painted house        
 
        
  
 These experimental structures have been created by combining design processes of architecture and gr...        
      
        
       
 
 SCARABOOK        
 
        
  
 SCARABOOK is the combination of Scarabottolo and the English word book (but perhaps we ought to say ...        
      
        
       
 
 My calendar        
 
        
  
 I start to make it in 2000, the year in which the future has passed, at the request of Adriano Mei G...        
      
        
       
 
 71 views of the magic mountain        
 
        
  
 In the days of the first lockdown I started making these drawings, remotely inspired by Hokusai´s "...        
      
        
       
 
 on paper books and e-books        
 
        
  
 these drawings were made thinking about what is happening to the books through various titles of cla...        
      
        
       
 
 Haribo Centennial        
 
        
  
 Haribo, the company behind the bear-shaped fruit-flavored jelly candy from Germany, is 100 years old...        
      
        
       
 
 Ebb and Flow        
 
        
  
 This student design project smartly uses paper to give shape to the intertidal coastline of Taiwan, ...        
      
        
       
 
 Culinary Tradition        
 
        
  
 Four examples of contemporary food packaging designs inspired by traditional Chinese patterns and gr...        
      
        
       
 
 TRIAL        
 
        
  
 Old-school postal packaging usually gets little attention from graphic designers. Not so in this fun...        
      
        
       
 
 Archip-elles        
 
        
  
 Swiss graphic designers We Play created this pop-art inspired, fun poster series for the Archipelles...        
      
        
       
 
 Kids House        
 
        
  
 For Inwayi Kids House in Ningbo City, China,  designer Nono Xia of graphic design studio Ninemix cam...        
      
        
       
 
 Origami envelopes        
 
        
  
 Origami Envelopes have a special place in Japanese gift-giving  culture. The four envelopes here rep...        
      
        
       
 
 Les Concerts du mercredi        
 
        
  
 The idea of Swiss based graphic design practice We Play Design for these posters for Les Concerts du...        
      
        
       
 
 Tatsuo Miyajima: Being Coming        
 
        
  
 Although this is for an exhibition of Japanese contemporary artist Tatsuo Miyajima at Shanghai Minsh...        
      
        
       
 
 Yokohama Museum of Art Calendar        
 
        
  
 Graphic designers Aizawa office from Yokohama designed this wall calendar. With its unassuming but a...        
      
        
       
 
 Pulp Fiction        
 
        
  
 A selection of American and Mexican Pulp Fiction covers from the nineteen-forties.        
      
        
       
 
 Synthetic Paradise        
 
        
  
 Generative music combined with abstract graphics. Click the screen to generate new graphics:
https:/...        
      
        
       
 
 Back in the USSR        
 
        
  
 Great retro logos from the old USSR, and a Beatles song.
https://soundcloud.com/thebeatlesrevisited...        
      
        
       
 
 Faces by 田中 一光 Ikko Tanaka        
 
        
  
 Inspired by the Bauhaus, by Jazz and by American graphic design, Ikko Tanaka (1930-2002) was one of ...        
      
        
       
 
 chair_ONE        
 
        
  
 chair_ONE is the best known design by Konstantin Grcic, a German furniture designer whose work is eq...        
      
        
       
 
 Rudolf Belling        
 
        
  
 Rudolf Belling was sculptor, designer, architect and stage designer. In 1908, he founded a studio fo...        
      
        
       
 
 penccil        
 
        
  
 Concept,  branding, design and coding of penccil, the site for creative people, studios and gallerie...        
      
        
       
 
 Pattern generator        
 
        
  
 A generator for tile and fabric patterns. Drag and drop images and see kaleidoscopic patterns emerge...        
      
        
       
 
 The e-scooter Boom        
 
        
  
 The German Ministry of Transport announced that it will legalize e-scooters as road vehicles. All Ge...        
      
        
       
 
 Cognition        
 
        
  
 This experiment looks at the process of human cognition. Letters get progressively filled with color...        
      
        
       
 
 Writing & Design        
 
        
  
 Bohemian Crossroads: Art & Culture Collide Then Subside. Writer and Designer.        
      
        
       
 
 Writing & Design        
 
        
  
 Bohemian Highways: Abide Then Divide Along the California Coast. Writer and Designer.        
      
        
       
 
 Writing & Design        
 
        
  
 Horizon Homes: Living a Concrete Dream. Writer and Designer, Ted Wells.        
      
        
       
 
 Writing & Design        
 
        
  
 Artists Abroad: A Woman´s Journey to Discover the Artists. Writer and Illustrator.        
      
        
       
 
 Writing & Design        
 
        
  
 Bohemian Bridges: California as a Superstructure for Social and Cultural Change. Writer and Designer...        
      
        
       
 
 Exiled from Truth: Nine Allegories by Dmitry Borshch        
 
        
  
 "Exiled from Truth: Nine Allegories by Dmitry Borshch"
105 NY-110, Melville, NY 11747
July 10, 11 a...        
      
        
       
 
 Jerszy Seymour Amateurtopia        
 
        
  
 Berlin born and –based designer Jerszy Seymour studied engineering at South Bank Polytechnic 1987 ...        
      
        
       
 
 The Joys of Ice Skating        
 
        
  
 That skating 400 years ago was one of the most popular winter activities in the Netherlands can be s...        
      
        
       
 
 Cutting the edges        
 
        
  
 Arctic Paper launches new swatch books for the brands Arctic, Amber and G-Print, as well as the two ...        
      
        
       
 
 The pattern of You        
 
        
  
 Each name results in a unique pattern. The pattern and colors created are unique to each name, and t...        
      
        
       
 
 Maurice Binder        
 
        
  
 Maurice Binder was a film title designer best known for his work on 14 James Bond films including th...        
      
        
       
 
 Neverending Graphics        
 
        
  
 Graphics and animations are generated on the fly, resulting in perpetual variations. Move your mouse...        
      
        
       
 
 Le Drugstore Brand Identity        
 
        
  
 Design&Practice designed the brand identity for the newly opened restaurant "Le Drugstore," with int...        
      
        
       
 
 Coffee maker        
 
        
  
 Visualization of the process of coffee making. 
The aim was not to use words.        
      
        
       
 
 FASHION ADVERTISING        
 
        
  
 RESEARCH        
      
        
       
 
      
      
    
      
      
        Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.
— Pablo Picasso
        
       
     
       
        — Pablo Picasso
- penccil is free.
- No trackers. No cookies.
 Just creativity.
 
 
  
    
 
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
           
          