Upside Down

Björn Wiede

For the 2015 exhibition of Hannah Weinberger's show at Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, we took the exhibition title "As is became upside down, right side up" as a manifesto for designing and screen printing the poster. By turning the poster paper upside down we reveal what's normally hidden to the public eye: the blue-backed side, optimising the opacity of the print.

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    Björn Wiede, Germany (2016)

    Björn Wiede is a graphic designer and printmaker working together with Stefan Guzy in their Berlin-based studio Zwölf. He is also running the screen print atelier Handsiebdruckerei Kreuzberg. His work...

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    For the 2015 exhibition of Hannah Weinberger's show at Kunstverein Harburger Bahnhof, we took the exhibition title "As is became upside down, right side up" as a manifesto for designing and screen printing the poster. By turning the poster paper upside down we reveal what's normally hidden to the public eye: the blue-backed side, optimising the opacity of the print.

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    Björn Wiede, Germany (2016)

    Björn Wiede is a graphic designer and printmaker working together with Stefan Guzy in their Berlin-based studio Zwölf. He is also running the screen print atelier Handsiebdruckerei Kreuzberg. His work has been published and exhibited internationally and received recognition especially for his typographic posters.

    Awards

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    • 2007–2016

    Certificate of Typographic Excellence, Type Directors Club New York
    • 2011

    Best Cultural Posters Prize, 7th International Typography Exhibition Teheran
    • 2010

    Gold Medal, Golden Bee 9 Moscow
    • 2010

    Silver, Art Directors Club Germany
    • 2010

    Silver Cube, 89th Art Directors Club Award New York
    • 2009

    Silver, European Design Award
    • 2008

    Gold Cube, 87th Art Directors Club Award New York