 |
|
 |
OLIVER WEISS:
Kick-Ass Projects
|
T |
|
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 The New York Times, DER SPIEGEL, DIE ZEIT and other newspapers.
|
 |
|
|
|
|
“Parteienlandschaft”-Poster |
|
|
|
ZEIT WISSEN science
magazine commissioned a large-scale poster design in 2005 on
the development of the political parties in Germany since
1848.
An updated version from
2016 is now for sale. >more |
|
Illustrations for Welt am Sonntag |
|
|
|
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
|
|
Ritzenhoff Coffee Mug |
|
|
|
|
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
| >Shop
online |
|
Illustrations for Süddeutsche Zeitung |
|
|
|
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
|
|
Packing Designs for Tin Boxes |
|
|
 |
|
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 |
|
Psychotherapy Poster |
|
|
|
I originally made
this poster for DIE ZEIT, Germany's largest weekly newspaper.
It provides an outline of the four main fields in
psychotherapy that have evolved over the years – from Sigmund
Freud's psychoanalysis and Wilhelm Reich's humanistic
psychology up to systemic psychology, and behavioral
psychology. An
updated poster version from 2021 is now for sale. >more |
Jacket Design for Bestselling
Nonfiction Book |
|
|
|
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 1.5 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 |
Grand Prize, Oktoberfest
Poster Design Competition |
|
|
|
I have won the grand prize in the 2008 offical Oktoberfest poster design
competition. The competition has been organized by the city of
Munich to celebrate the largest beer festival worldwide, the
famous Oktoberfest. My pop art design was shown on posters, in
brochures, and on memorabilia ranging from beer bugs to
glasses, t-shirts and caps. >more |
|
DER SPIEGEL
Cover Art |
|
|
|
DER
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 |
|
|
|
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 |
|
|
|
Showcase
Book Design
