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OLIVER WEISS:
Kick-Ass Projects
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his is a selection
of really neat projects which have crossed my path over the
years.These projects
include packaging designs, my award-winning Oktoberfest poster design, jacket
book designs, and work for DER SPIEGEL, DIE ZEIT and other newspapers.
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Illustrations for Welt am Sonntag |
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Die Welt, one
of Germany's large daily newspapers from Axel Springer
publishers, was actually one of my very first regular clients
back in the early nineties when it all started. Over a period
of five or six years, I used to supply weekly artwork for
their Saturday section on educational topics.
As of late, I am
again a regular for Welt am Sonntag, the terrific
Sunday edition. >more
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Ritzenhoff Coffee Mug |
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I have
created my first kitchenware design for Ritzenhoff, a coffee
mug in the My Darling series. My design shows the faces of a
man and a woman, intertwined in a pretty complex setup using
bright colors.
Ritzenhoff
is a leading producer of tableware and glassware in Germany. >more
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Illustrations for Süddeutsche Zeitung |
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I have provided many
illustrations for the Süddeutsche Zeitung from very early on
in my career. As of late, artwork I create for this daily
paper comes in large size and full color, as opposed to black
and white years ago. I am showcasing some of my more work
here.
The Süddeutsche
Zeitung, published in Munich, is the largest German national
subscription daily newspaper. >more
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Packing Designs for Tin Boxes |
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I have created a
great variety of packaging designs for empty tin boxes for
Huber Decorative in 2010.
The designs come in
different shapes and sizes – for coffee, tea, sugar, flour,
rice, pasta, cookies, bread, cereal, pet food, toys, gifts and
bottles.
Founded in 1871,
Huber Packaging is Germany’s largest manufacturer of tin
boxes. The company produces beverage-sized cans, food
packaging, jewelry boxes and decorative gift packages. >more
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DIE ZEIT Psychotherapy Infographic |
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I have created this
full-page illustrated infographic for DIE ZEIT, Germany's
largest weekly newspaper.
The page provides an
outline of the four main fields in psychotherapy which have
evolved over the years – from Sigmund Freud's psychoanalysis
and Wilhelm Reich's humanistic psychology up to the streams of
systemic psychology and behavioral psychology.
My artwork takes a
whimsical approach, and incorporates a large number of fun
illustrations. >more |
Jacket Design for Bestselling
Nonfiction Book |
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I have created the
jacket design for Richard David Precht's bestselling book,
Wer bin ich - und wenn ja, wie viele? ("Who am I - and if
so, how many?"). Published by Goldmann Verlag (Random
House), the book has skyrocketed to over 1 mill. sold copies, which makes it a national bestselling nonfiction title not only in Germany, but in all of Europe.
The author has
meanwhile published another book called Love, which I
have also designed, and which has
sold 200,000 copies in the first four weeks of its
release.
>more
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Design for Precht's Latest Book on Love |
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Felix the Cat Silent Movie Music Score |
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I have composed a soundtrack for Felix the Cat in Two-Lip
Time, a black and white animated cartoon from 1926.
Originally a silent movie, it now features music performed by
a jazz combo and an orchestra. I have deliberately not used
any sound effects for the score but have instead tried to
emulate a real orchestra using traditional instruments. This
applies also to the final scene where the orchestra gets crazy
using a whole arsenal of percussion instruments like the
marimba, the celesta, timpani, cymbals, chimes, bells, wood
blocks, and a wind machine. Felix is my largest
composition to date. >more |
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DER SPIEGEL
Cover Art |
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SPIEGEL, Germany's largest and most influential weekly news
magazine, contracted a cover illustration on the topic of
East-German disintegration in 2004 and included the process of
creating the art in a TV documentary accompanying the art
exhibition, "The Art of DER SPIEGEL." >more |
Set Prop Illustration
for CBS TV Show, NUMB3RS |
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US broadcasting
network CBS has contracted a wall clock design of mine to use
as a set prop for their TV show, NUMB3RS. The illustration
shows a woman hanging the wash. The sheets have mathematical
symbols printed on them.
NUMB3RS is a crime show
from CBS. Rob Morrow stars as FBI agent Don Eppes, who
recruits his mathematical genius brother, Charlie (David
Krumholtz), to help the Bureau solve a wide range of
challenging crimes in Los Angeles. From two very different
perspectives, the brothers take on the most confounding
criminal cases. >more |
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DIE ZEIT Poster |
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In
the summer of 2005, DIE ZEIT, Germany's largest weekly
newspaper, has contracted a poster art illustration on the
topic of political parties in Germany. The 20.5" x 25" poster
illustrates the historical development of the parties from
1848 until today. The respective parties are visualized by
streams and rivers, while historic landmarks such as the fall
of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and key figures like Otto von
Bismarck are illustrated by symbols, vignettes and statues. >more |
LEGAmedia, Self-published
Legal Online Magazine |
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After years of
experience with building web sites for law firms and mingling
with legal publishers, it seemed only logical to start my own
online legal magazine. Targeting lawyers and entrepreneurs,
LEGAmedia offered in-depth features on topics from law,
business and politics.
Within five years, LEGAmedia had grown
into one of the largest suppliers of legal resources worldwide
and a household name in Germany. Authors included major
international law firms and outstanding experts like former New
York city mayor, Ed Koch. >more |
Marketing Award for Best Law
Firm Web Site in Germany |
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1999's
legal web site competition won me the grand prize for my web
site for Haarmann Hemmelrath, at the time one of Germany's
largest law firms. Jointly initiated by a legal search engine
provider and Otto Schmidt Verlag, a major legal publisher, the
award ceremony for the 1999 "Legal Marketing Award" was held
in Cologne by the German Bar Association on November 25th,
1999. With over 500 members, Haarmann Hemmelrath was then
among Germany's top five law firms. >more |
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Oliver's
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