Work portfolio by communication designer Carolin Rauen

Jonas’ mother lost control and is instructed into psychiatry. Jonas tries to keep his normal life – but what is normal actually? The title of the book and the design with the shiny golden paper create a big contrast to the unsteady and broken atmosphere in the book, but at the same time, they symbolize the indestructible connection between mother and child and the hope for a happy ending.

The Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg has a collection of more than 13,000 Chinese works of art from the last 1,500 years. On the occasion of the German-Chinese Year of Culture, the catalog presents 400 ceramics, paintings and sculptures. The large heavy book with gold as an accent color represents the value of the objects. Full-frame photos show most of the pieces full-size, and additional images focus on the wonderful decors.

Family Business provides a visual alternative to outdated family pictures and the accompanying design (flowers, bears, etc.). The book attends the diversity of family life in the course of a day with a variety of illustrations, photography and typographic elements – always with an ironic wink. We created coherence in this plurality by two fonts, the color cyan and the recurring mamamoto illustrations.