A Poster for The Notwist.
Our friends from eine Welt aus Hack invited us to collaborate for this special event. We made three variations of the design for three following up gigs at UT Connewitz in November 2015. Printed in two different colors on 300g/qm creme, black and grey carton 50×70 cm. Additionally we printed a glossy varnish layer on top. The poster is hand pulled screen print, signed and numbered.
Design by Hannes Hirche &
Falk Schwalbe.
In June 2016 we presented our work at the gallery Hier + Jetzt in Leipzig/ Germany.
I wanted to make a very special poster.
I decided to do some experiments on our proof press to bring our old lady back to live again. As you already know Rainbow posters does what everybody is looking for: brilliant and damn good looking artwork! It’s pure eye-candy!
This is where my likewise brilliant idea came from to use wine gums as a cliché to print from. The color choice is foreseeable, but such a color grading from the proof press has its very own glamour, which in the end is what suits us perfectly, doesn’t it?
Design by Hannes Hirche
The Poster is one of the most important media in visuell history.
It always transferred political or cultural announcements in a very clear and direct way to the people. That’s the main idea for the poster and the music from Algiers.
It’s all based on the African American work songs between the seventeenth and nineteenth century, the gospel-like repetition and echo in the voice of Franklin James Fisher and the industrial steam sound, which it all cumulates.
At the end the music is very deep, intense and vivid.
Design by Hannes Hirche
The “Untethered Moon-Tour” from Built to Spill in 2015 inspired Holob (M. Färber) and me to create a poster which presents mr. moon as a traveller. He represents somebody, who is starting to breaks free from all boundaries and starts to follow his on path.
This is the way Built to Spill makes music for decades, far away from the uniformed sound of the big music business but nonetheless successful.
Design by Hannes Hirche
“The thing with Bowie is that it’s like liking five different artists. I think we’ve tried to establish that we can change our identity like that. Probably not as drastically as he does, but… don’t chain yourself down to anything.” – Twin Peaks.
We aimed for that feeling as well. This poster represents the Rainbow style, displaying typical 60’s style in shapes and colors like the sound from the Twin Peaks guys doe’s.
Design by Hannes Hirche
Oldie but Goldie! This is an early collaboration from Holob ( M. Färber ) and me where I was mainly responsible for the upper part. The guy really wants to get his hands on the table but somehow is not encouraged enough at that time. A weird illustration, which shows our very personal interpretation of the Built to Spill music.
Design by Hannes Hirche &
Markus Färber
Poster for Wolfmother Gypsy Caravan Tour 2016 was printed in 2 colors on 300g/qm orange carton 50×70 cm.
It’s a hand pulled screen print, signed and numbered. The edition is about 225 pieces strong.
Design by Hannes Hirche &
Falk Schwalbe.
Mumford & Sons are back in town.
That’s what we tried to illustrate – the city theme. The band juggled this idea all ready at their recent record, witch is called »Wilder Mind«. At our poster two dynamic car lights cross the night and break through an abstract typo architecture.
Design by Hannes Hirche &
Falk Schwalbe.
This is a poster for Band of Skulls from their Himalayan Tour 2014. Printed in two colors on 250g/qm, black and gold, 44×70 cm. It`s a hand pulled screen print, signed and numbered.
Design by Hannes Hirche & Falk Schwalbe.
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Version 01
Version 02
To work together with A Forest was special and inspiring. We started a kind of Ping-Pong to share our ideas and feelings about music and art without the aim of doing a poster in the first place. After sending and receiving interesting material, we started to design a poster which is the direct result to this satisfying collaboration.
A Forest is creating a very special project in Leipzig.With their label Analogsoul they are trying to establish a different way of contributing their music to fans. For more information you are very welcome to check out their website and become a part of this.
Design by Falk Schwalbe & Hannes Hirche