Carolin Rauen Visual Communication
A magazine cover can be more than a glossy picture: 1,300 colorful equilateral triangles, each cover cut by 104 blades. This makes the paper flexible, you can fold it in all directions and create three-dimensional shapes. The light is reflected like on a diamond, and the movements can even produce sounds. So that everyone can choose their favorite color, we printed six versions – with just one set of printing plates.
200 years ago the founders of Koenig & Bauer invented the first printing machine driven by a steam engine. On behalve of this anniversary a box including a book, a bookazine and 13 posters tell the story from the past to the future – from technical but also very personal perspectives. “Menschen”, “Maschinen” and “Ideen” proove that innovation can result from tradition.