dictionary of elements
location: zurich switzerland, 2016
context: book
collaboration spillmann echsle architects with ortreport, editor: christoph wieser, graphic design: ludovic balland, publisher: park books
idea: the publication takes a close look at the 27 elements which constitute the building set for the house of switzerland, a temporary structure which has been on the road since 2014. with contributions by nicolas bideau, alex hanimann, max küng, hannes nussbaumer, gudrun sachse, philip ursprung and gunda zeeb.
[images 2: roger frei, 3: tonathiu ambrosetti, 6-8: gina folly]
up up - stories of johannesburg's highrises
location: johannesburg south africa, 2015 - 2016
context: book
collaboration with nele dechmann and nicola ruffo photography: mpho mokgadi, graphic design: gregor huber, ivan sterzinger, publisher: hatje cantz & fourthwall books
idea: the publication presents a selection of mundane skyscrapers as contemporary witnesses to profound shifts in the political history of the metropolis.
book launches: 16.4. kunstgriff zurich, 12.5. fourthwall johannesburg, 23.5. aa bookshop london.
awards: «most beautiful german books» 2016 and «best book design from all over the world» bronze medal 2017.
beispiel belgrad
location: belgrade serbia, 2009
context: site study
idea: we leave behind all prejudice and arrive in a new place. we let ourselves drift; we observe and collect. we publish our own newspaper, a printed version of our first impressions. it is a subjective view on the potentials of belgrade, mixed with thoughts suggesting another way to perceive our daily surroundings.
copyrights: ortreport