Graphic Design & Illustration/2006/33 min/Reel № 06.001
ByChristoph Niemann, Nicholas Blechman
Blechman & Niemann: Collaboration is key
Entrenching Itself on the International Design Calendar/Recorded 2006
A close reading, kept within reach.
Christoph Niemann takes graphic design & illustration as a lens on the larger question the festival keeps returning to: what design owes to the people and places it works among. The talk moves from specific projects toward a broader argument about practice.
Recorded in USA in 2006, the conversation is grounded in Christoph's own working method — the compromises, the constraints, and the moments where the work taught them something they didn't expect.
The closing turn is characteristic of the archive: less a conclusion than a provocation, handed to the audience to carry into their own disciplines.
From concept to labour division, Nicholas Blechman and Christoph Niemann give a detailed account of the collaborative work experience.
About the speaker
Christoph Niemann
New York/USA
Christoph Niemann is an illustrator, graphic designer and author. He has been a speaker at Design Indaba Conference, in 2006 and 2013.
Nicholas Blechman
New York/USA
Nicholas Blechman is the art director of the “Week in Review” section of the New York Times.
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