Lynn Ogawa
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Dankeschรถn Berlin is a photographic journal and documentation of my work and experience during my four-week studies in Berlin, Germany.
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6.7.18 Willkommen I feel like I walk with a constant smile on my face. The architecture is incredible—ornate detailing intertwining with nature, making the supposedly stale and nonliving an organic form that grows from dirt, just as any other plant would do. I want to add that juxtaposition into my work. This is the first time I’ve looked out at the streets and understood none of the signage so it’s quite a shock. I wish I learned a bit more German before I came, but many people here are very kind and open-minded, greeting us with open arms. It’s also nice that a lot of people here can speak English so its not too difficult for us to find our way around. But I try to use as many phrases as I can. Danke!
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6.8.18 Memorial Blues 3.5 hour tour! Loved getting scammed by Micky Mouse out of five euros for a pic but hey, you live and learn. Contrasting from that, the most memorable part of the tour was definitely the memorial for the 6 million Jewish. It was explained to us that every block is slightly angled differently and the cobblestones are uneven. It was a surreal experience going through the exhibit. I thought that looking at it from afar was also interesting because you could see the shadows that the blocks casted on each other. I felt like it represented the light versus dark concept often found in the streets of Berlin and All The Light We Cannot See.
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6.9.18 Pasta and Pim The Kollwitz Market was at least three times as big as any farmer’s market I’ve been to in Louisville. On top of the fresh food I expected to be there, they had local artists selling shirts, prints, mugs and more. I noticed walking around that the locals were the ones going for the food and the tourists were the ones attracted to the keepsakes. As a last minute decision, Lindsey, Maddie, Cheyene, Elijah, Matt and I decided to gather ingredients at the Market to do a family pasta night. It was fun trying to figure it all out in the fifteen minutes before class was going to start. After dinner, we planned an Uno night outside. We made our first friend, Pim! He is from Amsterdam taking a solo holiday for ten days. Although the girls and I were extremely cautious of him, he grew on us and he ended up being a great friend. We all went out to a super edgy club that Pim was scared we wouldn’t get into so we divided up into pairs to go in. The place had at least five playground forts in the back on the riverfront, so it was one of the most interesting places I’ve ever been to. I felt like a Berliner the entire time and on our way back at 5am as well!
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Type and Poster
Visualizing Berlin
Day one of classes. We never get to do group
This class seemed to come with lots of work,
projects back at school so I was extremely excited
which intimidates me. I usually have a problem
for this first (partial) group project in Type and
stopping my work at a 40-50% WIP level because
Poster. My group was able to bounce ideas back
I want to continue to refine rather than to move on
and forth really well and we ended up being the
to my next project. Especially because everything
only group to come up with a really different
in the class is new to me, I feel this need to stretch
textural piece. As a introduction piece to show
my ideation process.
who we are, being able to read the similarities versus differences adjectives was essential. However, for my differences I wanted to play with legibility because I feel like people often have a different idea of my character as a first impression compared to when they get to know me. Feathering the adjectives to play with the legibility was my solution.
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6.10.18 Eat, Pray, Flohmarkt Early morning to go to mass at the Berlin Dome
interesting. The Chapel of Reconciliation across
with 1.5 hours of sleep after coming home at 5am
the street had the most beautiful lighting in there.
last night. Because it was optional, everyone who
Just sitting there looking around the little room
went out but me and Elijah slept in. Mass was a
was a peaceful experience. We followed up with
beautiful experience. Being agnostic and having
the Flohmärkte. It was like my own Bonnaroo
the language barrier let me take a step back from
in Berlin. There were lots of vendors putting
the actual religious aspect of the service and rather
out their art, as well as people selling antiques
see it from an outsider perspective. The organ was
and second hand clothing. They had this large
my favorite part. It was something I wish I could
field where people were singing and dancing. We
have shared my experience with Nancy. She would
watched from the top of the hill where artists were
have loved to hear it. Even my agnostic self was
graffitiing the wall by the sidewalk. At night
thinking about how she might have been looking
we had our family dinner. The dinner itself was
down at the service and listening to the organ with
amazing, but the kitchen was a sauna and the
me. Later, we went to the Holocaust Museum. I
process was a mess. Let’s just say cooking is most
found the stories about individuals and the video
likely not going to happen again.
of the people the day the wall went down the most
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6.11.18 Fan Favorite After class, Maddie and I went to go buy a fan to save ourselves from the AC-less sauna that we live in. On our way back, a random guy started talking to us at the train station. He told me I was beautiful and asked if we could go have dinner. Obviously I ignored it. When he asked for my name though, I thought it’d be fun to tell him that I was “Casey”. When we got up for the train, he kept saying “Ciao Casey” to me—a total of twenty times. No matter what, Berlin continues to keep me entertained. We went on an evening walk to the water tower park. Berlin has ping-pong tables and trampolines embedded in the ground at their parks. An innovation America needs to adopt.
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Similarities and Differences With the upside down textural image I chose for
I am intimidated in class and am unsure where the
myself, I realized that it would have been enough
line is to stop. When seeing everyone’s posters in a
to exclude the feathering. Because my adjectives
set, mine was obviously the one that did not fit in
were almost illegible without prior knowledge of
with the rest. How far out of the box is okay and
the words,after turning in my piece, I went back
when is it too far? Does the box even exist?
and fixed it for a better translation to an audience.
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6.12.18 F&F Nerded out during the Type Walk. Fritz and
which I thought was extremely interesting. At
Florian are incredible; they know everything. I
night, we went to the Holocaust memorial. It was
got an overload of information, but I loved how
not an easy walk through. The letters the Jewish
everything had a purpose and story behind why
wrote to their significant others almost had me in
the type and letter was the way it was. Any and all
tears to the point where I couldn’t handle listening
history classes are the bane to my existence, but
to all of the audio tracks further in the museum.
graphic design history is my way of understanding
One that I will never forget was written by a
the history in a way that is interesting to me. My
63 year old grandmother, who ended her three
favorite part of the tour was learning about the old
sentence suicide note with, “I end.” Only two
and new museums. “Only the unaware will despise
words, yet those two words were the heaviest two
art” is the translated text on one of the museums,
words I’ve heard in my life.
Type and Poster We’re making posters for the 48h Neukölln art show. I’m going to be in an international art show in Berlin! Since we’re presenting our posters as a group, our unifying theme is “Genuine Kentucky”. My poster is going to use a compare and contrast route between Berlin and Louisville. I started just jotting down some adjectives that described Berlin versus Louisville to me. It’s interesting because I know these are my adjectives and no one else would have the same exact group of words describing either place. I’m hoping that this will add a bit more “me” into my poster and it’ll showcase my own perspective on the two places. I’ve been seeing a lot of collage type posters and graffiti around Berlin, and I think it would be interesting to use that as my inspiration for this project.
Visualizing Berlin The first project ended with a refined sketch. It feels wrong but we’re moving on. Next, we’re working on a neighborhood map and I am extremely excited because I want to work on a photo montage of the places we’ve been to in our area. I remember doing a physical version in high school, so I think this digital version will turn out well too. I have high hopes.
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6.13.18 Graffiti Gallery We’ve been in Berlin for a week now and it is
its significance, after the shock of the Holocaust
the strangest experience because on one hand,
memorial, I just felt like looking out at a field was
it feels like we only got here yesterday, but on
underwhelming. Similarly, the East Side Gallery
the other it feels like we’ve been here for years.
was underwhelming as well because pictures
Visiting Neukölln was interesting, to say the
online made it seem like a more spacious area,
least. I am still excited for the experience and
when in reality it is on a narrow sidewalk next
the pieces we are creating for it, but it seemed to
to a busy road. I enjoyed the street art we pass as
me like the even was made out to be much more
we’re walking more than the art on the Gallery
prestigious like the Biennale, when in reality, I
In contrast, the Motto Zine store was amazing. I
think it is more like St. James Art Fair. Maybe
love book stores to begin with, so this place was
it will exceed my expectations because I am
pure heaven. They had all kinds of unique books
having a hard time imagining how it will turn out.
I could have never fathomed. I bought a Type Life
Afterwards, we visited an abandoned airport which used to be a concentration camp while
magazine that embodies typographic work I would love to do. I hope to use it as inspiration.
Hitler was in control. Even though I understand
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Type and Poster I’ve been seeing a lot of collage type posters and graffiti around Berlin, and I think it would be interesting to use that as my inspiration for this project. I’ve always wanted to take a stab at a more surrealistic design. They’re definitely one of my favorite styles and I think this project is going to be perfect for it since it’s going to be a poster about my perspective and how I see the two cities. I’m seeing a surreal Berlin because my experience here so far has been surreal and I almost feel like I could wake up and be back at home dreaming about all of this. In contrast, I see Louisville as home. It’s my backyard that I know like the back of my hand. Combining my perspectives on each will make a fun juxtaposition and hopefully will be up to par for the Neukölln show!
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6.14.18 Hail Halle 9
Type and Poster
Verena Gerlach was an amazing person to talk
This is most likely the most time consuming
to. It was interesting talking to someone like
project I’ve worked on recently. I’m achieving the
her, because she had an opportunity in front of
handmade scrapbook look I was imagining so the
her, took it and never looked back. Even she
work is paying off so far. I’ve been able to explore
said that there was never a time when she didn’t
an experimental style of design in the projects
think that she could make it in the design world.
we’ve been working on so far and I think I’m
Everything she created was with purpose and
finally beginning to find a personal style.
every decision she made was because it had some logical connection with the context of the work. Verena’s story was especially interesting because
Visualizing Berlin
I’ve heard James Walker talk and his story was
I finished my project to a 50% mark. The photo
basically the opposite, where he had to really work
montages turned out exactly how I wanted them
to get to where we was. Especially with the Type
to. I roughly created a numbered map with all the
Hike project, I remember him talking about all of
montages on a page, but it is nowhere near what I
the uncertainty and failures he and David Rygiol
want my final piece to look like. Taking inspiration
had to go through in order to make the project the
from my Genuine Kentucky poster in Type and
success that it turned out to be. Later, we went to
Poster class, I think I will create a vectorized
Halle 9 and I was in my element with the amount
version of the neighborhood map rather than using
of amazing street food and drink vendors there
an image I took of a street map. With that, it will
were. I realized as I was walking around by myself
feel like I’m adding another personal touch to the
that I am genuinely in love with Berlin because it
project, rather than the photo montage on its own.
makes me love life. For the first time in my life, I have been excited for the adventure that awaits the next day.
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6.15.18 Artistically Educated Free weekend day one! Lindsey, Elijah and I ended up spending eight hours divided between six museums. We went to Alte Nationalgalerie, Altes Museum, Deutsche Kinemathek, Neues Museum, and the Berlinische Galerie. The Altes Museum was one of my favorites because of the paintings. Painting is an artistic talent I wish I had, but it doesn’t seem to be in my blood. One thing I noticed with the museums is that the artwork is obviously beautiful, but the displays such as the frames and architecture are always equally beautiful. You can’t display gold on a paper plate. My other favorite was the Deutsche Kinemathek because it was more of an experiential imersion combined with a top quality museum. The broken up 360 degree mirrors literally reflected the way the film industry was growing all around society back in the day. Later, the three of us made our way back to the Motto Zine store. If the books were not all expensive, I’d be in trouble buying up the entire store.
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6.16.18 Cottbus Where? Free weekend day two! Our journey to Tropical Island was supposed to be 45 minutes. We more than quadrupled it at 4 hours. Painfully, we learned the hardships of riding a German train and not understanding the German announcements. We ended up taking a trip to Cottbus and then from there go back to Tropical Island. Patience is a virtue we were forced to gain today. Once we got there, it was magical and every hardship before was worth it. There weren’t very many people there so we didn’t wait in line for more than ten minutes for any and all of the rides. I’m never been more dehydrated in my life, but if I am going to be dehydrated, it might as well be in the most magical place in Germany.
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6.17.18 Rembrandt, My Husband Free weekend day 3! Museums day 2! The water park beat me up—I found bruises all over. I was more exhausted than I expected. The Deutsches Technikmuseum was interesting, but far too big for us to fully appreciate in a couple hours. I’ve never seen so many trains, airplanes, and boats in one room. On top of that, their photography, printmaking, and chemistry exhibits were my favorites. By museum number two, we were all ready to call it a day. The Gemäldegalerie had Rembrandt paintings, which I was the most excited for. He is by far one of my favorite artists, so I was excited to see his work in person for the first time. Later, we went to Brandenburg Gate to watch the first German match of the World Cup. I’ve never experienced a more intense game viewing session. Being the champions from the last World Cup, the whole crowd was extremely upset to see the team lose. But I’m invested now so I’ll be ready with my gear and I’m hoping for a comeback!
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6.18.18 Giant Rabbits Back on the grind. Worked all day with a döner break for lunch and a Vietnamese break for dinner. Elijah and I went with Cheyene to a bar afterwards because she needed to take some pictures for the Zine class. Simple day, not too much happened. It was probably as close to a normal ~Berliner~ lifestyle as we’re going to get during the trip.
Type and Poster Went into class thinking I was essentially done with my poster. Came out of class with ten times more work. The consensus for the critique was that I need to find a place in between the simple version and the overloaded version. Some people mentioned a consistency problem. I took that into mind and created my vector version of Alexanderplatz TV Tower and Berliner Dom. Playing with color to finish it off. I think the poster is coming along. I’m wondering if I should add currywurst and KFC signs as detail. Hopefully I’ll get some feedback that’ll take me into a refinement stage tomorrow.
Visualizing Berlin Too stressed about the Neukölln poster to do much with the neighborhood poster. I learned some InDesign object styles tips and tricks so that’s helping a lot with my final map. With that, I emphasized my images to make a clear connection with the numberings on my map.
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6.19.18 Hidden Gardens Class back to back. Studio day again. Later, Maddie and I went to Alexanderplatz on a
grid path around the garden and it was backed
whim to shop around. My resistance skills
by a brick wall with lots of graffiti. People were
were lacking, but on the bright side, I got some
relaxing on the hill and going up to the little shack
Deutschland Football gear and now I’m ready to
bar at the entrance. There’s always so much to
represent! We also decided to explore around
explore and find even just around our little area in
the neighborhood a bit more, and dragged Leslie
Senefelderplatz. We could stay here for a year and
with us. We found this hidden rose garden behind
still find new gems.
the street with a little pond and everything!
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The roses were beautiful because it created a
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Type and Poster Officially finished my poster for 48 hours
to try and photograph unconventional items as
Neukölln. I’m proud of my final product, because
my letters, rather than physical letters. I’ve been
I think it really shows the amount of work I put in
finding that difficult so I think I’m going to have
it. As always, I think there’s room to improve, and
to expand my horizon on that. Just like the Letters
for this one specifically, I feel like the soccer ball
of the Day for Letterforms II, I want my alphabet
seems misplaced. But for now with the deadline in
poster to be cohesive so I’ll have to do lots of
front of me, I’m satisfied with what it is. I started
editing with my images.
putting together my Berlin Alphabet poster. I want
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6.20.18 Graffiti Gallery We got to visit the Berlin Biennale. One thing I got out of it is that contemporary art is HARD. It inspired me to take a contemporary art class before graduation because the art form is so complex and difficult to understand that I feel like I need it. It’s something I want to be able to interpret and understand better too. Some things are more straightforward so thtat I can read the description panel and it be enough but some others are just too abstract for it to suffice. We passed this building today which was kept as is since WWII. It is crazy and hard to think that the essentially the whole city, especially the East, was covered in buildings like this. I just love how they kept this one building the way it is while refurbishing every other building around it. It felt like a little piece of history was preserved and left untouched.
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6.21.18 Call Me Chancellor It was an uneventful day until nighttime when we went to the Reichstag. I’ve never even been into the White House, so being able to go into the Reichstag was an honest and new experience. I thought the juxtaposition between the original and old looking outside structure versus the sleek and modern design of the inside was a very Berlin characteristic. I loved how they preserved parts of the graffiti walls inside the building. My favorite story our tour guide told us was that an American soldier wrote on the walls of the building during the war and when he came back to visit, he found his signature still on the wall. To top it off, seeing the sunset from the roof was incredible. I loved the way the Berlin flag was flowing in front of the sunset. The picture I was able to get was probably one of my favorites from the entire trip so far.
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Type and Poster Added some images and design elements for the Berlin journal and got some sketches done for my TypeWalk poster. Felt extremely productive. I’m excited to create a whole compilation book for my experience here in Berlin. I’m very satisfied with everything I’ve done so far. For the TypeWalk poster, I want to make it crazy and postmodernist while making it legible for an audience looking at my poster as an advertisement for the tour. It may be an ambitious idea but I’m excited to play around with it.
Visualizing Berlin Finished up my neighborhood map*, minus one description. I was struggling with what I would put on the back pages for the fold outs, but I think it would be a good idea to add in my population/ history map data visualizations on those pages. I’m most likely going to keep those pages pretty straightforward so hopefully it fits within the few pages I have alotted. *Check out the map in the back pocket!
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6.22.18 Country Bumpkin Living Setting up for Neukölln was not as exciting as expected. Our “exhibition” was a series of six foot tall connected glass panels. Although I was grateful that we were even in the art show, the space we were given inside a mediocre mall was not the most art-show-esque. After we quickly set up and returned to the hostel, it was time for us to leave for Spreewald. I was extremely excited to experience the German countryside and kayak tomorrow. But once we got there, the hostel was worse than expected. It was an experience to say the least. The hostel was in the middle of nowhere with no wifi or reception, our room key was bent, and we only had communal bathrooms and showers. I thought I got away with communal showers freshman year of college, but it came back to me. Although I’m concerned about the living situation, I’m still excited for kayaking because I’ve never been and I hear good things.
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6.23.18 Lost Arm Day What an experience! To say the least! I will most
a several pizzas to share amongst the 18 of us.
likely never go kayaking again. The excursion
Being completely soaked, we dried and warmed
started off well. Apparently the front is easier
ourselves by the meat roasting fire. Hallie’s jacket
to be on in a kayak so Maddie, having kayaked
caught on fire and some of her hair burnt off.
before, took the back and I took the front. It was
Although revitalized, we all ended up smelling like
difficult getting synchronized and it took much
dirty river and smoked meat. Finally, after a long
more arm strength than I anticipated. We got lost
6 hours, we finally got back to our starting point.
on our trip, and ended up kayaking for almost
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Even when we got back, we had to scavenge for
five hours straight. During those five hours, we
food. There are very little places to conveniently
got drenched with smelly river water. Everyone
get food in Spreewald. After struggling for 30
was hungry, so we stopped by at a restaurant/cafe/
minutes, we ended up at a grocery store. I had
bar that was advertised alongside the river. Turns
to eat pasta salad with the lid that it came in
out, the lady was extremely mean we had to leave.
because forks were nonexistent. To finish off the
Finally, after the five hours of straight kayaking,
night, Lindsey, Maddie, Matt, Elijah, and I had a
we found a nice restaurant. In fact, they were so
little party in our room, and later we were joined
nice that they offered us food even though they
by Hallie, Sophie and Keeley. Overall, it was
were not yet open and had a short supply of food.
definitely an experience but at least I have an ice
We were able to eat some bread and sausages, and
breaker conversation starter.
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6.24.18 Art Show Famous After yesterday, we were all exhausted and ready to go back to Berlin. I never realized how luxury the Meininger was. Doreen was nice enough to let us rest for a couple hours before having to go to Neukölln. Once we got there, I was upset to find out that our table where we sit and offer everyone our sweet tea was nowhere near our exhibition. Rather than being artists in the show presenting our work, we ended up becoming the information booth for the show. We met a couple kind people that came up to the table to talk to us, but it was just unfortunate that it wasn’t up to what I was anticipating for the art show. After Lindsey, Maddie, Elijah and my shift working at the table, we decided to go visit Becky’s exhibition. Again, it was a disappointment because we later found out that she had to take her exhibit down early because they had scheduled a concert at her location. Once we got back, all the exhaustion from the weekend hit and it was time for an early night’s sleep.
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6.25.18 Meet Happiness During breakfast, Leslie decided that our
songs she recognized with her. We sat in the
Visualizing Berlin class would take an impromptu
laundromat singing Fugees, Michael Jackson and
field trip to the Topography of Terror for
Disney. By the end, She was grabbing my hand so
inspiration and data collection for our next
that I would dance with her. I was questioning
population/history data visualization project. I
the entire situation the moment she approached
think its humbling how all of Germany’s museums
us because I was confident she would ask for
and learning centers about the Holocaust are free
money. But she never once mentioned anything
to the public. On top of that, I think the way they
materialistic and it seemed to me as if she was
displayed the information with the clear glass so
genuinely seeking people to share a moment with.
that you can see the Berlin Wall behind it was
No one is in a position like hers because they
beautiful as well. Later, Maddie and I went to
want to be. It is heartbreaking to me to think that
the Mall of Berlin. It has an East and West side
someone has been pushed to a position in life to
with hundred of shops each. It was so expansive
where they feel like they have no other choice but
that we were overwhelmed and exhausted.
to come to homelessness and drugs. Happiness is
Afterwards, it was just another work and laundry
a knowledgeable German woman who can speak
day. Once we got to the laundromat, we met a
English. She is educated. Interacting with her from
homeless lady named “Happiness” translated
the most privileged situation, it broke my heart
from German. She told us her story—in English—
and made me wonder what the tipping point was
and our interaction was a heartbreaking and
because falling off the edge even by a single step
heartwarming experience. She loved music and
can happen to anyone.
dancing, and begged us to sing the American
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Type and Poster
Visualizing Berlin
I caught up on my journals. It is pretty
I got an idea to base my project on the laws that
straightforward and modern in style, which
were decreed during the Nazi regime for their own
is different than what I usually feel like I lean
benefit. I’m not sure how I am going to present my
towards. I hope this doesn’t translate as boring.
information yet, but I think it will be powerful if I
I’m not sure if it’s still what I want for it. There’s
can execute it properly.
just one thing missing design wise. I’m in a rut with the TypeWalk poster. I feel like I had good ideas, but none of them are coming to life like I thought they would. I guess I just have to push through and keep the iterations going... and some people have the audacity to tell others that art isn’t work! I work just as hard on my iterations as the chemistry major next to me working on her formulas.
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these faces in order to cross to the other side and
Museum because I thought it would be a sad
truly give them a voice. The almost mundaneness
way to start the day. But the museum was less
of the exhibition without flashy lights or sound
focused on the tragic stories of the murdered
effects made it even more effective. The only thing
innocent than keeping the history alive and acting
I wished was that there was more time for us to go
as an educational center. I liked how our tour
through the museum. We skipped so many things
guide focused on the architecture and the design
in the museum, and I think I would have enjoyed
choices of the building after finding out we were
the museum even more if we had the opportunity
art students. He also interacted with us and asked
to experience it in the full. Later, we went to the
us questions and got our opinions before giving
Turkish Market. We were expecting lots of döner
his and or the architect’s. The most intense part
kebabs to be there but there were none so we were
of the museum was an intallation by Menashe
disappointed. I guess it was meant to be because
Kadishman called Shalekhet (Fallen Leaves) in the
the döner shop we went to afterwards was the best
Memory Void. The idea that we have to step on
döner we’ve had.
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6.27.18 Loud Posters, Loud Music Just like the TypeWalk, I completely geeked out during the 100 Best Poster Show excursion at the Kulturforum. There were so many posters that were up my alley—loud. Some were loud in terms of composition, and others were loud in terms of color. I took so many of pictures of the ones that immediately caught my eye during the show. To top it off, I even bought a book for the show so I could read up on the purpose of each poster and have a mini physical copy with me at all times. This was definitely one of my favorite excursions so far. Later, we went to the Gropius Bau museum and I chose to go through the Philippe Parreno exhibit. Being a musician, this was definitely a great choice because he played with sound and light. Within the exhibition, my favorite was the automated grand piano playing music. To end the day, we went to the Komische Oper to watch Carmen, which was amazing. I recognized some of the songs they were singing so I felt like a real opera connoisseur!
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100 Best Posters The poster for Typojanchi 2017 created by Paula
Biennale in Korea. One of their themes this year
Troxler and Kleon Medugorac is my favorite out
is “The Process of Intuition and Variation of
of the 100 Best Poster Show this year. Stating the
Experience”. On their site, it is described as “This
obvious, it caught my eye, making me curious.
exhibition is divided into two parts: the process
Slowly, you can read the texts “Where I go time
of intuition, which elaborately records how a
to time”, “Have some place in my mind”, and
designer’s intuition and senses come up with
“Excuse me if I”. With the right balance of legibility
creativity, and variation of experience, which
and illegibility, it pulls the audience in first as a
displays how a designer’s intuition and senses
graphic entity, then as a mysterious contextual
create various results when meeting the individual
entity. If you do more research on it, you find out
experience.” They were able to word the way I feel
that the poster is for the International Typography
about this piece.
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The Louise Bourgeois exhibition was beautiful.
work would have done better in a space like the
I thought that the juxtaposition between the
upstairs area. Volta Press was a fun experience,
downstairs and upstairs exhibition spaces were
especially after having visited Brad Vetter’s studio.
interesting. The downstairs was very broken
Laureen was kind enough to give us a quick run
down, grungy and concrete, which made her work
down of the studio and how their two letterpress
feel very clinical and depressing. In contrast, the
machines worked. I thought it was interesting
upstairs area was open, airy and peaceful, which
how the wooden block types are just as difficult to
made her work feel heartbreaking yet inspiring. It
get in Berlin as they are in America, because my
was interesting to see how the interpretation of
impression of Berlin was that there would be lots
her work drastically changed depending on the
of printing going on. At night, we had our last
space it was in. For certain works like the empty
Halle 9 experience. Just like the first time, I got a
sac spider I think the gloominess of the downstairs
muffle and it was and will continue to be one of
area worked. But with many others, I think her
the best desserts to bless my taste buds.
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6.29.18 Lost in Copenhagen Early 7am flight to Copenhagen! The travelling process blew my mind with how smooth and fast it was. The German airport did not check my passport at all. I’m not sure if it’s because we are travelling within the UN or not. We were walking around in Copenhagen by 9am. Exhausted from our early morning, we ideally would have checked in at our hotel but check-in was at 3pm. We settled for breakfast and napping at a park. Napping at the park with our tired looks and stuffed backpacks full of clothes for the weekend made us look more homeless than not. But the warm nap in the sun was well worth it in my book. During our first night of exploring the city, I immediately noticed how strange Danish Krones are, making me feel like I dropped one hundred dollars on one meal. I was also blown away with the amount of English spoken. I heard more English than Danish.
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We conquered Copenhagen like no other. We
gave us, it didn’t seem like Copenhagen had much
started our morning off in a cafe for a quick
of a rich history. It might be an effect I felt after
breakfast to make our way to Nyhavn as quick
coming from Berlin, a place with most likely one
as possible. Going through one of the largest
of the richest and deepest histories in the world.
shopping centers, it was difficult for us to move
Nonetheless, I enjoyed going around the colorful
through because there were so many shops to look
city of Copenhagen. I’ve heard that Denmark
into. Once we got to Nyhavn, it was otherworldly.
was voted one of the happiest countries in the
The pictures online don’t do it justice. The
world. You don’t think much of it, especially when
beautifully painted row of houses running up
you’re from America. But walking the streets of
against each other with massive boats lining the
Copenhagen, for some magical reason, I could
edge of the pier was unexplanably breathtaking.
genuinely tell that this place was a place of shared
It was a economic and social hotspot as a tourist
happiness for all. It was a strange feeling coming
favorite area, but somehow the number of people
from the cold and grungy city of Berlin. By the end
only made Nyhavn livelier and more attractive.
of the day, we had conquered the shopping center,
We did an hour long boat tour around the city.
Nyhaven, the King’s Garden, Little Mermaid,
From the information our trilingual tour guide
several parks, and Tivoli.
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Geschaftshaus Berthold & Georg Tietz Parochialkirche Memorial Lustgarten
Fritz and Florian
Letzte Instanz
Berlin Street Signs Classic Berlin Street Signs
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Type and Poster My TypeWalk poster is more commemorative
sort of hierarchy in my poster. At first I was having
than promotional. I wanted to use Herb Lubalin’s
trouble with the background images because I
typographics packing style because I thought it
wanted them to have more presence, but I realized
fit well with the theme of the tour—the way Fritz
that the impact of the typographics and the simple
and Florian packed as much information about
red line would work much more effectively if I
type around Berlin in a 3.5 hour tour. On top of
pulled the images back as a subtle effect.
the typographics, I knew I needed to have some
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7.1.18 Lost Part Two Determined to complete our Copenhagen 101 tour, we got up early so that we could visit the Botanical Gardens and the Statens Museum For Kunst (SMK), or the National Gallery of Denmark. From the Gardens that we’ve visited in the past two days, it can officially be concluded that Denmark knows how to do parks. Every park we visited was created beautifully with varieties of flowers and some kind of water feature. As for the SMK, I was slightly underwhelmed. The work in the museum was all beautiful. However, the way they displayed their temporary removed items with a scrap piece of paper was just not up to par with the high end national gallery that they advertise as. On top of that, the special exhibitions were displayed in an ugly yellow walled room that did not work with the work displayed. I think the museums that we’ve visited in Berlin set the bar a bit too high. Afterwards, we went to the airport early. This made our travel process seem longer than necessary. We had plenty of time to nap, making us look like the homeless yet again. Although flying with EasyJet made it financially friendly, the flight process is not simple. You pay for what you get. The gate wasn’t even listed on the boards until the time our gate technically “closed”, and there was lots of confusion between the Tegel and the Schönefeld flights. Setting that aside, we made it back home to reunite with Döner and the Meininger beds.
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I feel like I walk with a constant smile on
3.5 hour tour! The most memorable
my face. The architecture is incredible— ornate detailing intertwining with
part was definitely the memorial for the 6 million Jewish. It was explained
nature, making the supposedly stale and
to us that every block is slightly angled
nonliving an organic form that grows
differently and the cobblestones are
from dirt, just as any other plant would
uneven. It was a surreal experience
do. I want to add that juxtaposition
going through the exhibit. I thought
into my work. This is the first time I’ve
that looking at it from afar was also
looked out at the streets and understood
interesting because you could see the
none of the signage so it’s quite a shock.
shadows that the blocks casted on each
I wish I learned a bit more German
other. I felt like it represented the light
before I came, but many people here are
versus dark concept often found in the
very kind and open-minded, greeting us
streets of Berlin and All The Light We
with open arms. It’s also nice that a lot
Cannot See.
fo people here can speak English so its not too difficult for us to find our way around. But I try to use as many phrases as I can. Danke!
Type and Poster Started going into the layout for my journal. I liked Leslie’s idea to use Mozart’s Ah ! Vous dirai-je Maman as inspiration. That piece has
6.9.18 day 3
twelve variations of the famous Twinkle Twinkle Little Star melody. I want to have variations in my layouts, while keeping the same melody. I’ve got a couple so far, but because my journal is so long, I
Day one of classes. We never get to do group projects back at school so I was extremely excited for this first (partial)
The Kollwitz Market was at least three times as big as any farmer’s market I’ve
group project in Type and Poster. My group was able to bounce ideas back
been to in Louisville. On top of the fresh
and forth really well and we ended up
food I expected to be there, they had
being the only group to come up with
local artists selling shirts, prints, mugs
a really different textural piece. As a
and more. I noticed walking around
introduction piece to show who we
that the locals were the ones going
are, being able to read the similarities
for the food and the tourists were the
versus differences adjectives was essential.
ones attracted to the keepsakes. As a
However, for my differences I wanted
last minute decision, Lindsey, Maddie,
to play with legibility because I feel like
Cheyene, Elijah, Matt and I decided to
people often have a different idea of my
gather ingredients at the Market to do a
character as a first impression compared
family pasta night. It was fun trying to
to when they get to know me. Feathering
figure it all out in the fifteen minutes
the adjectives to play with the legibility
before class was going to start.
was my solution.
After dinner, we planned an Uno night outside. We made our first friend, Pim! He is from Amsterdam taking a solo holiday for ten days. Although the girls and I were extremely cautious of him, he grew on us and he ended up being a great friend. We all went out to a super edgey club that Pim was scared we wouldn’t get into so we divided up into pairs to go in. The place had at least five large playground forts in the back on
think adding a couple extra variations would keep
the riverfront, so it was one of the most interesting places I’ve ever been to. I felt like a Berliner the entire time and on our way back at 5am as well!
my readers more interested.
Visualizing Berlin seemed to come with lots of work, which intimidates me. I usually have a problem stopping my work at a 40-50% WIP level because I want to continue to refine rather than to move on to my next project. Especially because everything in the class is new to me, I feel this need to stretch my ideation process.
6.10.18 day 4 Early morning to go to mass at the Berlin Dome with 1.5 hours of sleep after coming home at 5am last night. Because it was optional, everyone who went out but me and Elijah slept in. Mass was a beautiful experience. Being agnostic and having the language barrier let me take a step back from the actual religious aspect of the service and rather see it from an outsider perspective. The organ was my favorite part. It was something I wish I could have shared my experience with Nancy. She would have loved to hear it. Even my agnostic self was thinking about how she might have been looking down at the service and listening to the organ with me. Later, we went to the Holocaust Museum. I found the stories about individuals and the video of the people the day the wall went down the most interesting. The Chapel of Reconciliation across the street had the most beautiful lighting in there. Just sitting there looking around the little room was a peaceful experience. We followed up with the Floshmarket. It was like my own Bonnaroo in Berlin. There were lots of vendors putting out their art, as well as people selling antiques and second hand clothing. They had this large field where people were singing and dancing. We watched from the top of the hill where artists were graffitiing the wall by the sidewalk. At night we had our family dinner. The dinner itself was amazing, but the kitchen was a sauna and the process was a mess. Let’s just say cooking is most likely not going to happen again.
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day 5
I chose for myself, I realized that it would have been enough to exclude
After class, Maddie and I went to go buy a fan to save ourselves from the AC-less
the feathering. Because my adjectives were almost illegible without prior
sauna that we live in. On our way back, a
knowledge of the words,after turning
random guy started talking to us at the
in my piece, I went back and fixed it for
train station. He told me I was beautiful
a better translation to an audience. I
and asked if we could go have dinner.
am intimidated in class and am unsure
Obviously I ignored it. When he asked
where the line is to stop. When seeing
for my name though, I thought it’d be
everyone’s posters in a set, mine was
fun to tell him that I was “Casey”. When
obviously the one that did not fit in with
we got up for the train, he kept saying “Ciao Casey” to me—a total of twenty times. No matter what, Berlin continues
the rest. How far out of the box is okay and when is it too far? Does the box even exist?
to keep me entertained. We went on an evening walk to the water tower park. Berlin has ping-pong tables and TRAMPOLINES embedded in the ground at their parks. An innovation America needs to adopt.
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We’ve been in Berlin for a week now and
Verena Gerlach was an amazing person
it is the strangest experience because on
someone like her, because she had an
yesterday, but on the other it feels like
opportunity in front of her, took it and
we’ve been here for years.
never looked back. Even she said that
Visiting Neukolln was interesting, to
there was never a time when she didn’t
say the least. I am still excited for the
think that she could make it in the design
experience and the pieces we are creating
world. Everything she created was with
for it, but it seemed to me like the even was made out to be much more prestigious like the Biennale, when
purpose and every decision she made was because it had some logical connection with the context of the work. Verena’s
in reality, I think it is more like St.
story was especially interesting because
James Art Fair. Maybe it will exceed my
I’ve heard James Walker talk and his
expectations because I am having a hard
story was basically the opposite, where
time imagining how it will turn out.
he had to really work to get to where
Afterwards, we visited an abandoned
we was. Especially with the Type Hike
airport which used to be a concentration
project, I remember him talking about
camp while Hitler was in control. Even
all of the uncertainty and failures he and
though I understand its significance,
David Rygiol had to go through in order
after the shock of the Holocaust
to make the project the success that it
memorial, I just felt like looking out at a
turned out to be.
field was underwhelming. Similarly, the
Later, we went to Halle 9 and I was in
East Side Gallery was underwhelming
my element with the amount of amazing
as well because pictures online made it
street food and drink vendors there
seem like a more spacious area, when in
were. I realized as I was walking around
reality it is on a narrow sidewalk next to
by myself that I am genuinely in love
a busy road. I enjoyed the street art we
with Berlin because it makes me love life.
pass as we’re walking more than the art
For the first time in my life, I have been
on the Gallery.
excited for the adventure that awaits the
In contrast, the Moto Zine store was
next day.
amazing. I love book stores to begin with,
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to talk to. It was interesting talking to
one hand, it feels like we only got here
so this place was pure heaven. They had all kinds of unique books I could have never fathomed. I bought a Type Life magazine that embodies typographic work I would love to do. I hope to use it as inspiration.
Visualizing Berlin My project is based on a bar graph. Because bar graphs are usually associated with marketing statistics, I’m changing it a bit by stacking cubes that each represent a population. This way, my audience can immediately get a better sense of the quantity. Using two different keys to represent the population makes showing the statistics easier, but it also shows a more drastic change between the 1933 versus 1943 populations. The pieces of “paper� that have the law information are based on the Reich Criminal Investigation Police Office reports from the Nazi Regime.
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Alphabet Poster Because I was so enamored at the typographic
only to be visually interesting, but also to act as a
beauty in and around Berlin, I wanted to create an
personal memory keepsake. Looking at each letter,
alphabet set from objects and signs that I found
I can tie it back to an excursion we went on during
around the city. The point of this poster is not
the trip.
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Blue My month in Berlin was one of the most
matter where I went. Every building had its own
influential experiences of my life thus far. The
form of design history hidden within. To have this
language barrier was a major concern I had
type of experience felt like an intiation into the
because of the possibility that it would hinder
design world. I would have given anything to go
some of my experiences. Thankfully, the Berliners
to Berlin, and I now have no words to convey the
were welcoming and sticking with my group of
amount of gratitude I have to have experienced
friends made the whole experience easygoing and
what I did. I now have even bigger ambitions to
worthwhile. The cultural differences rooted in
travel around, but Berlin will be my forever home
historicity was humbling. Much of Berlin’s art
in Europe. Having such a deep history in art and
scene was influenced by their deep culture, creating
design that emits complex emotions of humbled
this extreme juxtaposition between traditional and
pain and beauty because of social and cultural
modern. Because this is the international city of
events, it will always have a place in my newfound
design, I really felt emersed in art and design no
wanderlust heart.
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Dear Friends I sat alone at SDF on June 5th waiting for a flight that would take me on a trip to experience a still unknown. I now sit with friends who will be the only four individuals in the world to understand my experience in Berlin, which I can’t even begin to articulate. I’m hoping this book does it half the justice it deserves. Berlin still has a thousand of faces I’ve yet to discover, but I am a million times thankful that I can say that your faces are the ones I’ll remember when I think of Berlin. Don’t be a stranger but for now, Ciao Casey!
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